But then, his playing days as a Yankee had something of a melancholy cast.
And in the last half of his career he was a diminished player, his skills attenuated by the persistent back problems that forced him to quit prematurely at 34, his spirit likely withered by the mortifying shenanigans of the Yankees’ principal owner, George Steinbrenner, and his minions (who once ordered Mattingly fined and benched for not getting a haircut), not to mention the ignominy of a last-place finish in 1990.
And in the last half of his career he was a diminished player, his skills attenuated by the persistent back problems that forced him to quit prematurely at 34 , his spirit likely withered by the mortifying shenanigans of the Yankees’ principal owner, George Steinbrenner, and his minions (who once ordered Mattingly fined and benched for not getting a haircut), not to mention the ignominy of a last-place finish in 1990.
And in the last half of his career he was a diminished player, his skills attenuated by the persistent back problems that forced him to quit prematurely at 34, his spirit likely withered by the mortifying shenanigans of the Yankees’ principal owner, George Steinbrenner, and his minions (who once ordered Mattingly fined and benched for not getting a haircut), not to mention the ignominy of a last-place finish in 1990.
He arrived for a cup of coffee in 1982, a year after the Yankees went to the World Series, and retired in 1995, a year before they returned.
He arrived for a cup of coffee in 1982, a year after the Yankees went to the World Series, and retired in 1995 , a year before they returned.
And in the last half of his career he was a diminished player, his skills attenuated by the persistent back problems that forced him to quit prematurely at 34, his spirit likely withered by the mortifying shenanigans of the Yankees’ principal owner, George Steinbrenner, and his minions (who once ordered Mattingly fined and benched for not getting a haircut), not to mention the ignominy of a last-place finish in 1990.
And in the last half of his career he was a diminished player, his skills attenuated by the persistent back problems that forced him to quit prematurely at 34 , his spirit likely withered by the mortifying shenanigans of the Yankees’ principal owner, George Steinbrenner, and his minions (who once ordered Mattingly fined and benched for not getting a haircut), not to mention the ignominy of a last-place finish in 1990.
And in the last half of his career he was a diminished player, his skills attenuated by the persistent back problems that forced him to quit prematurely at 34, his spirit likely withered by the mortifying shenanigans of the Yankees’ principal owner, George Steinbrenner, and his minions (who once ordered Mattingly fined and benched for not getting a haircut ), not to mention the ignominy of a last-place finish in 1990.
Don Mattingly is the author of one of baseball’s most preposterous statistical anomalies.
Two of them came during a streak in mid-July when he matched the record for most consecutive games with a home run — eight — actually hitting 10 in eight games.
Two of them came during a streak in mid-July when he matched the record for most consecutive games with a home run — eight — actually hitting 10 in eight games.
The last one, in Texas against the Rangers, just barely sailed over the wall in left-center field, not exactly the left-handed Mattingly’s power alley.
The last one, in Texas against the Rangers , just barely sailed over the wall in left-center field, not exactly the left-handed Mattingly’s power alley.
Don Mattingly is the author of one of baseball’s most preposterous statistical anomalies .
In 1987 , he set the major league record (it has since been tied) for most grand slams in a season — six — and those were the only ones he ever hit.
Two of them came during a streak in mid-July when he matched the record for most consecutive games with a home run — eight — actually hitting 10 in eight games.
In 1987, he set the major league record (it has since been tied) for most grand slams in a season — six — and those were the only ones he ever hit.
“Holy cow, he did it!” Phil Rizzuto screamed, announcing the feat on TV.
Now, of course, he’s the manager of the Dodgers , which strikes me as ridiculous — wrong shade of blue.
After Joe Torre stepped down as manager of the Yankees, I favored Mattingly over Joe Girardi to replace him.
Now, of course, he’s the manager of the Dodgers , which strikes me as ridiculous — wrong shade of blue.
In 2004, when he was the hitting coach , the team belted 242 homers, the most of any Yankee team in history.
In 2004 , when he was the hitting coach, the team belted 242 homers, the most of any Yankee team in history.
Now, of course, he’s the manager of the Dodgers , which strikes me as ridiculous — wrong shade of blue.
In 2004 , when he was the hitting coach, the team belted 242 homers, the most of any Yankee team in history.
Now, of course, he’s the manager of the Dodgers , which strikes me as ridiculous — wrong shade of blue.
After Joe Torre stepped down as manager of the Yankees, I favored Mattingly over Joe Girardi to replace him.
In a play that seemed to unfold in slow motion so that you could see the heartbreak coming long before it arrived, Edgar Martinez doubled into the left-field corner off Jack McDowell, scoring two runs, including Ken Griffey Jr. on an all-out sprint from first base.
But David Cone, another Yankees war horse, walked in the tying run in the eighth, and the game went to extra innings.
In a play that seemed to unfold in slow motion so that you could see the heartbreak coming long before it arrived, Edgar Martinez doubled into the left-field corner off Jack McDowell, scoring two runs, including Ken Griffey Jr. on an all-out sprint from first base.
In the top of the 11th , the Yankees scored on a single by Randy Velarde, and all they had to do was hold the lead.
But David Cone , another Yankees war horse, walked in the tying run in the eighth, and the game went to extra innings.
But David Cone , another Yankees war horse, walked in the tying run in the eighth, and the game went to extra innings.
In the top of the 11th , the Yankees scored on a single by Randy Velarde, and all they had to do was hold the lead.
In a play that seemed to unfold in slow motion so that you could see the heartbreak coming long before it arrived, Edgar Martinez doubled into the left-field corner off Jack McDowell, scoring two runs, including Ken Griffey Jr. on an all-out sprint from first base.
In a play that seemed to unfold in slow motion so that you could see the heartbreak coming long before it arrived, Edgar Martinez doubled into the left-field corner off Jack McDowell, scoring two runs, including Ken Griffey Jr. on an all-out sprint from first base.
But their rigid opposition to animal research in particular may come at a steep price. “ They don’t want to play the game ,” said W. McIntyre Burnham, a neuropharmacologist at the University of Toronto, with whom Dr. Ohayon studied.
“They don’t want to play the game,” said W. McIntyre Burnham, a neuropharmacologist at the University of Toronto, with whom Dr. Ohayon studied.
“They don’t want to play the game,” said W. McIntyre Burnham, a neuropharmacologist at the University of Toronto , with whom Dr. Ohayon studied.
“They don’t want to play the game,” said W. McIntyre Burnham, a neuropharmacologist at the University of Toronto, with whom Dr. Ohayon studied.
“They don’t want to play the game,” said W. McIntyre Burnham , a neuropharmacologist at the University of Toronto, with whom Dr. Ohayon studied.
The two came to the idea of an alternative approach to neuroscience on a backpacking trip on Vancouver Island in 2011 .
“They don’t want to play the game,” said W. McIntyre Burnham, a neuropharmacologist at the University of Toronto, with whom Dr. Ohayon studied.
Eventually they found a kindred spirit in the neuroscientist Jay S. Coggan .
“They don’t want to play the game,” said W. McIntyre Burnham, a neuropharmacologist at the University of Toronto , with whom Dr. Ohayon studied.
Dr. Coggan had earlier grown disappointed with the “establishment” science in which, he says, academic research and corporate profit priorities are increasingly indistinguishable.
He bootstrapped the research laboratory with his own money and now supports it with funding from a variety of private individual contributions and scientific research grants.
Dr. Coggan had earlier grown disappointed with the “establishment” science in which, he says, academic research and corporate profit priorities are increasingly indistinguishable .
NeuroLinx now supports a range of research projects , including an exploration of the way dolphins sleep, an effort to create a computer simulation of the ubiquitous lab worm C. elegans (known as the Open Worm project), and an exploration of nerve damage in diseases like multiple sclerosis.
Dr. Ohayon had done early research in the field of autonomous agents based on neural networks, computing models inspired by biological nervous systems , but stopped for almost a decade because of worries about military applications of the technology.
Dr. Coggan had earlier grown disappointed with the “establishment” science in which, he says, academic research and corporate profit priorities are increasingly indistinguishable.
NeuroLinx now supports a range of research projects, including an exploration of the way dolphins sleep, an effort to create a computer simulation of the ubiquitous lab worm C. elegans (known as the Open Worm project), and an exploration of nerve damage in diseases like multiple sclerosis.
NeuroLinx now supports a range of research projects, including an exploration of the way dolphins sleep, an effort to create a computer simulation of the ubiquitous lab worm C. elegans (known as the Open Worm project), and an exploration of nerve damage in diseases like multiple sclerosis.
NeuroLinx now supports a range of research projects, including an exploration of the way dolphins sleep, an effort to create a computer simulation of the ubiquitous lab worm C. elegans (known as the Open Worm project), and an exploration of nerve damage in diseases like multiple sclerosis .
Dr. Ohayon had done early research in the field of autonomous agents based on neural networks, computing models inspired by biological nervous systems, but stopped for almost a decade because of worries about military applications of the technology.
Now he has returned to the research: In the Green Neuroscience Laboratory, a sandboxlike table is home to small robot used to model neural network behavior .
The research group recently published work exploring the basis of neural activity needed to support movement in an environment .
But Dr. Ohayon is treading gingerly, looking for ways to ensure that his findings are not misused .
“We have to treat neuroscience and robotics like we treat biological and chemical weapons ,” he said.
Now he has returned to the research: In the Green Neuroscience Laboratory , a sandboxlike table is home to small robot used to model neural network behavior.
But Dr. Ohayon is treading gingerly, looking for ways to ensure that his findings are not misused.
Now he has returned to the research: In the Green Neuroscience Laboratory, a sandboxlike table is home to small robot used to model neural ne two rk behavior.
Now he has returned to the research: In the Green Neuroscience Laboratory, a sandboxlike table is home to small robot used to model neural network behavior .
Now he has returned to the research: In the Green Neuroscience Laboratory, a sandboxlike table is home to small robot used to model neural network behavior.
One is the “familiar and experimental” outline of the scope and requirements of the project, Dr. Lam said .
The other is a bit more unusual: “A parallel green paper that guides the study and helps explore the application guidelines.” In short: How can the study be done ethically, and how can the finding be used ethically?
Dr. Lam and Dr. Ohayon have begun to travel around the country, speaking about the moral quandary they believe faces neuroscientists. They start by reviewing dystopian futures as described in science fiction.
They start by reviewing dystopian futures as described in science fiction. “You know all of that stuff?”
In short: How can the study be done ethically, and how can the finding be used ethically? Dr. Lam and Dr. Ohayon have begun to travel around the country, speaking about the moral quandary they believe faces neuroscientists.
The other is a bit more unusual: “A parallel green paper that guides the study and helps explore the application guidelines.”
Dr. Lam and Dr. Ohayon have begun to travel around the country, speaking about the moral quandary they believe faces neuroscientists .
They start by reviewing dystopian futures as described in science fiction.
FRANKFURT — A strong indication on Friday that the European Central Bank is on the verge of aggressive action to stimulate the economy, just as the Federal Reserve is dialing back its stimulus, helped push the euro to its lowest level against the dollar since 2010.
At 0.3 percent in November, inflation in the eurozone was far below the central bank’s official target of close to 2 percent .
Mario Draghi , the president of the European Central Bank, said in an interview published in the German newspaper Handelsblatt that the risk that the central bank would not be able to meet its main task of keeping inflation from being too low or too high was greater than it had been six months ago.
At 0.3 percent in November, inflation in the eurozone was far below the central bank’s official target of close to 2 percent.
FRANKFURT — A strong indication on Friday that the European Central Bank is on the verge of aggressive action to stimulate the economy, just as the Fed eral Reserve is dialing back its stimulus, helped push the euro to its lowest level against the dollar since 2010.
Mario Draghi , the president of the European Central Bank, said in an interview published in the German newspaper Handelsblatt that the risk that the central bank would not be able to meet its main task of keeping inflation from being too low or too high was greater than it had been six months ago.
At 0.3 percent in November, inflation in the eurozone was far below the central bank’s official target of close to 2 percent.
At 0.3 percent in November, inflation in the eurozone was far below the central bank’s official target of close to 2 percent .
Investors interpreted Mr. Draghi’s comments to mean that the central bank is moving closer to broad-based purchases of government bonds , the same kind of “quantitative easing” that the Fed used to push down market interest rates in the United States — and is phasing out as growth picks up.
The diverging paths of the two central banks prompted investors to put money into dollars , on the expectation that interest rates in the United States will rise and offer a better return than in Europe, where interest rates are falling.
The euro fell to 1.20 against the dollar on Friday, its lowest since June 2010, while the yield, or market interest rate, on German two-year government bonds fell to a new low of minus 0.11 percent.
The euro fell to 1.20 against the dollar on Friday, its lowest since June 2010, while the yield, or market interest rate, on German two-year government bonds fell to a new low of minus 0.11 percent .
The diverging paths of the two central banks prompted investors to put money into dollars, on the expectation that interest rates in the United States will rise and offer a better return than in Europe, where interest rates are falling.
Against a broad basket of currencies, the dollar has risen more than 13 percent since September to its highest level in almost six years.
The euro fell to 1.20 against the dollar on Friday, its lowest since June 2010, while the yield, or market interest rate, on German two-year government bonds fell to a new low of minus 0.11 percent.
The euro fell to 1.20 against the dollar on Friday, its lowest since June 2010, while the yield, or market interest rate, on German two-year government bonds fell to a new low of minus 0.11 percent .
Against a broad basket of currencies, the dollar has risen more than 13 percent since September to its highest level in almost six years.
Against a broad basket of currencies, the dollar has risen more than 13 percent since September to its highest level in almost six years .
The euro on Friday reached its lowest level against the dollar since June 7, 2010, when it hit $1.1923 .
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The last time the euro was so low, Greece ’s debt problems were causing havoc in the eurozone and there was fear the common currency would not survive.
Greece is again in turmoil, with coming elections likely to usher in a left-wing government, but is no longer the main cause of the euro’s decline.
“History shows that falling prices can be as damaging to the prosperity and stability of our countries as high inflation,” Mr. Draghi told Handelsblatt.
The euro on Friday reached its lowest level against the dollar since June 7, 2010, when it hit $1.1923 .
The currency of the 19-nation eurozone has fallen nearly 14 percent since it climbed to $1.3910 on May 7.
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The last time the euro was so low, Greece ’s debt problems were causing havoc in the eurozone and there was fear the common currency would not survive.
Greece is again in turmoil, with coming elections likely to usher in a left-wing government, but is no longer the main cause of the euro’s decline.
European exporters will gain a competitive advantage against foreign rivals because their products will become cheaper for customers who pay in dollars or other currencies that tend to track with the dollar.
The weaker euro is a mixed blessing for the struggling eurozone economy.
European exporters will gain a competitive advantage against foreign rivals because their products will become cheaper for customers who pay in dollars or other currencies that tend to track with the dollar.
With the collapse of the crude oil market adding to the downward pressure, economists expect an official report next Wednesday to show that consumer prices fell at an annual rate of about 0.1 percent in December, down from the rate of 0.3 percent in November.
With the collapse of the crude oil market adding to the downward pressure, economists expect an official report next Wednesday to show that consumer prices fell at an annual rate of about 0.1 percent in December, down from the rate of 0.3 percent in November.
With the collapse of the crude oil market adding to the downward pressure, economists expect an official report next Wednesday to show that consumer prices fell at an annual rate of about 0.1 percent in December, down from the rate of 0.3 percent in November.
With the collapse of the crude oil market adding to the downward pressure, economists expect an official report next Wednesday to show that consumer prices fell at an annual rate of about 0.1 percent in December, down from the rate of 0.3 percent in November.
With the collapse of the crude oil market adding to the downward pressure, economists expect an official report next Wednesday to show that consumer prices fell at an annual rate of about 0.1 percent in December, down from the rate of 0.3 percent in November.
Cheaper energy is good for companies because it reduces production costs for factories .
Consumers benefit because they pay less for fuel and can spend the money on other things .
The recent decline in the euro, he said, is “a natural outcome of diverging monetary policy path in the U.S. and the euro area.
Markets expect a less accommodative monetary policy in the United States .
Mr. Draghi and other top E.C.B. officials appear to be preparing financial markets for stronger action to combat low inflation. “ Low inflation is already a serious obstacle to economic recovery and rebalancing within the eurozone,” Jean Pisani-Ferry, an economist who serves as a policy adviser to the French government, wrote in a blog post this week.
“Low inflation is already a serious obstacle to economic recovery and rebalancing within the eurozone,” Jean Pisani-Ferry, an economist who serves as a policy adviser to the French government, wrote in a blog post this week.
“Low inflation is already a serious obstacle to economic recovery and rebalancing within the eurozone,” Jean Pisani-Ferry, an economist who serves as a policy adviser to the French government , wrote in a blog post this week.
“ Outright deflation would be an even more dangerous threat.”
The recent decline in the euro, he said, is “a natural outcome of diverging monetary policy path in the U.S. and the euro area .
Mr. Draghi and other top E.C.B. officials appear to be preparing financial markets for stronger action to combat low inflation. “ Low inflation is already a serious obstacle to economic recovery and rebalancing within the eurozone,” Jean Pisani-Ferry, an economist who serves as a policy adviser to the French government, wrote in a blog post this week.
“It seemed that going over poetry with her and singing songs with her was a tremendous way to interact with her,” he recalled.
This year, he felt confident enough about his experience to write about it in The Journal of Poetry Therapy, in an article titled “A Poetry Program for the Very Elderly — Narrative Perspective on One Therapeutic Model.” In it, he argues that without intending to do so, he has developed a curriculum for others to follow.
Convinced that poetry could be therapeutic, he asked the Sarah Neuman Center, the Westchester County campus of a sprawling nonprofit, Jewish Home Lifecare , based near his home in New Rochelle, to let him give readings, and the administration agreed.
Convinced that poetry could be therapeutic, he asked the Sarah Neuman Center, the Westchester County campus of a sprawling nonprofit, Jewish Home Lifecare, based near his home in New Rochelle , to let him give readings, and the administration agreed.
Convinced that poetry could be therapeutic, he asked the Sarah Neuman Center , the Westchester County campus of a sprawling nonprofit, Jewish Home Lifecare, based near his home in New Rochelle, to let him give readings, and the administration agreed.
This year, he felt confident enough about his experience to write about it in The Journal of Poetry Therapy , in an article titled “A Poetry Program for the Very Elderly — Narrative Perspective on One Therapeutic Model.”
This year, he felt confident enough about his experience to write about it in The Journal of Poetry Therapy, in an article titled “A Poetry Program for the Very Elderly — Narrative Perspective on One Therapeutic Model.”
Convinced that poetry could be therapeutic, he asked the Sarah Neuman Center, the Westchester County campus of a sprawling nonprofit, Jewish Home Lifecare, based near his home in New Rochelle, to let him give readings, and the administration agreed.
Filled with a sensational mix of romance-gone-wrong murder mysteries like “Scorned: Love Kills” and “Deadly Affairs,” hosted by the former soap opera queen Susan Lucci, Investigation Discovery has attracted a global audience of fans so dedicated that they complain to the network that its logo is permanently visible on their television screens.
Filled with a sensational mix of romance-gone-wrong murder mysteries like “Scorned: Love Kills” and “Deadly Affairs,” hosted by the former soap opera queen Susan Lucci, Investigation Discovery has attracted a global audience of fans so dedicated that they complain to the network that its logo is permanently visible on their television screens.
Filled with a sensational mix of romance-gone-wrong murder mysteries like “Scorned: Love Kills” and “Deadly Affairs,” hosted by the former soap opera queen Susan Lucci , Investigation Discovery has attracted a global audience of fans so dedicated that they complain to the network that its logo is permanently visible on their television screens.
Investigation Discovery, which made its debut in the United States in 2008 , has become one of the fastest growing cable television networks in the country.
Filled with a sensational mix of romance-gone-wrong murder mysteries like “Scorned: Love Kills” and “Deadly Affairs,” hosted by the former soap opera queen Susan Lucci, Investigation Discovery has attracted a global audience of fans so dedicated that they complain to the network that its logo is permanently visible on their television screens.
It is especially popular among women, ranking as a top five cable network for women 24 to 54 years old in the United States.
It is especially popular among women , ranking as a top five cable network for women 24 to 54 years old in the United States.
Investigation Discovery, which made its debut in the United States in 2008 , has become one of the fastest growing cable television networks in the country.
Filled with a sensational mix of romance-gone-wrong murder mysteries like “Scorned: Love Kills” and “Deadly Affairs,” hosted by the former soap opera queen Susan Lucci, Investigation Discovery has attracted a global audience of fans so dedicated that they complain to the network that its logo is permanently visible on their television screens .
Then Henry S. Schleiff arrived in 2009 as group president of Investigation Discovery and a roster of other networks, bearing the ideal credentials for proceeding with a crime network.
Then Henry S. Schleiff arrived in 2009 as group president of Investigation Discovery and a roster of other networks, bearing the ideal credentials for proceeding with a crime network .
Mr. Schleiff had been chief executive of Crown Media Holdings , owner of the Hallmark Channel, known for its sentimental love stories.
Earlier, he was chief executive of Court TV Network, the home of live court coverage that gained attention during the O. J. Simpson trial.
Earlier, he was chief executive of Court TV Network, the home of live court coverage that gained attention during the O. J. Simpson trial .
Then Henry S. Schleiff arrived in 2009 as group president of Investigation Discovery and a roster of other networks, bearing the ideal credentials for proceeding with a crime network.
Earlier, he was chief executive of Court TV Network, the home of live court coverage that gained attention during the O. J. Simpson trial .
Mr. Schleiff had been chief executive of Crown Media Holdings , owner of the Hallmark Channel, known for its sentimental love stories.
The executives made their bet based on the popularity of crime novels and police procedurals, like “NCIS,” “CSI” and “Law and Order,” which for years had topped the ratings charts.
Mr. Schleiff had been chief executive of Crown Media Holdings, owner of the Hallmark Channel, known for its sentimental love stories .
For most of his college years, hardship dogged him off the court.
For most of his college years, hardship dogged him off the court.
So it is little wonder that Trice , finally getting his chance, appears so composed and peaceful on the court.
So it is little wonder that Trice, finally getting his chance, appears so composed and peaceful on the court.
“I’ve always felt like that was part of my job as the point guard ,” he said.
“And truthfully, in my head, I am trying to stay calm and be sure I’m thinking straight. ” Trice’s measured approach to the game was evident at least three times in the regional final.
Trice’s measured approach to the game was evident at least three times in the regional final .
Near the end of regulation, after his teammate Marvin Clark Jr .
“I told him that those misses weren’t going to lose us the game,” Trice said.
A brain infection caused by a parasite was eventually suspected.
A brain infection caused by a parasite was eventually suspected.
“ It made him realize that tomorrow is not promised, and neither is the next game .”
The last six weeks, he’s just been electric. ”
Healthy again, Travis Trice had time to work out and get stronger. “He got up to maybe 175 pounds,” Izzo said, laughing.
In the N.C.A.A. tournament, Trice has averaged 19.8 points a game , an increase from a season average of 14.8 entering the tournament.
The seventh-seeded Spartans will play Duke , the top seed from the South Region, in the national semifinals Saturday in Indianapolis.
Asked to explain Trice’s jump in production , Izzo grinned and said, “The bigger the game, the more often you want the ball in Travis’s hands.”
When his two free throws dropped with 10 seconds left Sunday for his 16th and 17th points, Trice allowed himself a small smile. But when the game ended, he collapsed to the floor.
But when the game ended, he collapsed to the floor. “That’s the first time I’ve ever seen Travis cry,” said Dawson, who has been his teammate for many seasons.
The sanctions have cut deeply into the lives of ordinary people, contributing to an inflation rate that has exceeded 40 percent, slashing buying power and generally casting a blanket of depression over the nation of 70 million.
As the idea of a future without sanctions started to sink in, some became emotional.
There was no immediate reaction from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , Iran’s supreme leader, or from his office.
Many in Iran have spent the past week following the news, but also expressing doubt that there would ever be a solution.
The sanctions have cut deeply into the lives of ordinary people , contributing to an inflation rate that has exceeded 40 percent, slashing buying power and generally casting a blanket of depression over the nation of 70 million.
Analysts and commentators from across the political spectrum welcomed the agreement.
Iranian officials called the agreement a “statement” and a “solution,” in keeping with Mr. Khamenei ’s pronouncement that any deal would have to lift all sanctions in one step.
Iranian officials called the agreement a “statement” and a “solution,” in keeping with Mr. Khamenei’s pronouncement that any deal would have to lift all sanctions in one step .
The American negotiators had preferred a step-by-step approach, but the Iranians seem to have gotten their way, for the most part.
The American negotiators had preferred a step-by-step approach, but the Iranians seem to have gotten their way, for the most part.
Mr. Rouhani has been leading an effort to bring down inflation, while the end of sanctions might mean a return to oil production of more than two million barrels per day, only half what Iran once produced but twice its output in recent years.
He added, “The future looks bright .
“We need to wait for the final deal to be signed in order to see the positive effects on our economy,” said Hamidreza Taraghi , an analyst close to Ayatollah Khamenei.
“The solutions are good for all as they stand,” Mr. Zarif said on Twitter.
“There is no need to spin using ‘fact sheets’ so early on.” Reviving the economy is now the primary issue for most people.
High numbers of students are beginning college having felt depressed and overwhelmed during the previous year , according to an annual survey released on Thursday, reinforcing some experts’ concern about the emotional health of college freshmen.
High numbers of students are beginning college having felt depressed and overwhelmed during the previous year, according to an annual survey released on Thursday, reinforcing some experts’ concern about the emotional health of college freshmen.
High numbers of students are beginning college having felt depressed and overwhelmed during the previous year, according to an annual survey released on Thursday, reinforcing some experts’ concern about the emotional health of college freshmen.
The survey of more than 150,000 students nationwide, “The American Freshman: National Norms Fall 2014,” found that 9.5 percent of respondents had frequently “felt depressed” during the past year , a significant rise over the 6.1 percent reported five years ago.
Those who “felt overwhelmed” by schoolwork and other commitments rose to 34.6 percent from 27.1 percent.
Conducted by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program at the University of California, Los Angeles’s Higher Education Research Institute for almost 50 years, the survey assesses hundreds of matters ranging from political views to exercise habits.
Conducted by the Cooperative Institutional Research Program at the University of California, Los Angeles’s Higher Education Research Institute for almost 50 years, the survey assesses hundreds of matters ranging from political views to exercise habits .
It is considered one of the most comprehensive snapshots of trends among recent high school seniors and is of particular interest to people involved in mental well-being.
“We’re expecting more of students: There’s a sense of having to compete in a global economy, and they think they have to be on top of their game all the time. It’s no wonder they feel overwhelmed.”
It is considered one of the most comprehensive snapshots of trends among recent high school seniors and is of particular interest to people involved in mental well-being .
Other survey results indicated that students were spending more time on academics and socializing less — trends that would normally be lauded.
“Students may be getting the message that they have to take the last year of high school more seriously to get into college , so they’re coming in with greater levels of anxiety,” Mr. Eagan said.
But the lead author of the study, Kevin Eagan, cautioned that the shift could result in higher levels of stress .
“Students may be getting the message that they have to take the last year of high school more seriously to get into college, so they’re coming in with greater levels of anxiety,” Mr. Eagan said.
“There may need to be a balance that students need to have at some point, and helping students achieve that balance will be more of a concern on colleges and universities .
Julia Fortier, a freshman at Haverford College in Pennsylvania who graduated last year from the prestigious Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, N.Y., said it had not been uncommon for some of her friends to take five Advanced Placement classes in the same year, while also trying to juggle the extracurricular activities expected by college admissions boards.
“That’s a lot of pressure to live up to sometimes.”
Julia Fortier, a freshman at Haverford College in Pennsylvania who graduated last year from the prestigious Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, N.Y., said it had not been uncommon for some of her friends to take five Advanced Placement classes in the same year, while also trying to juggle the extracurricular activities expected by college admissions boards.
“You have to get good grades, have all sorts of after-school activities that take up tons of hours, and you have to be happy and social — you have to be everything ,” Ms. Fortier said.
Suzanne Ciechalski, a freshman at St. John’s University in Queens, said technology that might appear social in nature could in fact lead to stress and feelings of depression .
“I feel like people spend a lot of time on social networks trying to create this picture of who they want to be ,” Ms. Ciechalski said.
I feel like being a teenager or young adult, the pressure to try and make people see you’re the best is really high.”
Contrary to some reports of high rates of drinking among high school students , the survey found a continued decline in college freshmen reporting those behaviors.
Fewer than one in 50 students reported smoking cigarettes.
Physical testing took place over two days , Friday and Saturday, instead of one.
For the first time in its history, the combine moved from the Toronto area, where it had been held the last several years in a crowded ballroom in Mississauga, Ontario .
But in this case, the commodities were teenagers, the top draft-eligible hockey prospects in the world, who last week were examined and tested — physically and mentally — at the 2015 N.H.L. scouting combine here at HarborCenter, part of a two-rink hockey complex completed in 2014 by the host Sabres .
But in this case, the commodities were teenagers, the top draft-eligible hockey prospects in the world, who last week were examined and tested — physically and mentally — at the 2015 N.H.L. scouting combine here at HarborCenter, part of a two-rink hockey complex completed in 2014 by the host Sabres.
But in this case, the commodities were teenagers, the top draft-eligible hockey prospects in the world, who last week were examined and tested — physically and mentally — at the 2015 N.H.L. scouting combine here at HarborCenter, part of a two-rink hockey complex completed in 2014 by the host Sabres.
It was an opportunity for teams to better predict the professional potential of a group, made up mostly of 18-year-olds, based on their body types, quickness, agility, stamina and attitude .
“No player has to prove anything, because this is not a competition,” said Dan Marr, the N.H.L.’s director for central scouting, while describing the three components of the combine — medical screening, personal interviews and physical testing .
“No player has to prove anything, because this is not a competition,” said Dan Marr , the N.H.L.’s director for central scouting, while describing the three components of the combine — medical screening, personal interviews and physical testing.
“They try to tell us it’s not a competition, but we’re all naturally pretty competitive, so we want to do our best,” said Noah Hanifin , a defenseman for Boston College and the player ranked third in the draft class by N.H.L. Central Scouting.
“They try to tell us it’s not a competition, but we’re all naturally pretty competitive, so we want to do our best,” said Noah Hanifin, a defenseman for Boston College and the player ranked third in the draft class by N.H.L. Central Scouting.
McDavid is the top-ranked player in the draft.
Edmonton is expected to select McDavid first at the draft on June 26 at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla.
Edmonton is expected to select McDavid first at the draft on June 26 at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla.
Edmonton is expected to select McDavid first at the draft on June 26 at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla. The Sabres are expected to take Eichel with the second pick.
It is thought that he and Eichel can contribute immediately in the N.H.L. next season.
Earlier in the week, word leaked out that during private interviews with team staff members, Eichel had told the Sabres that he was the best player in the draft.
That wasn’t me comparing myself to Connor or anything like that.
Earlier in the week, word leaked out that during private interviews with team staff members , Eichel had told the Sabres that he was the best player in the draft.
Earlier in the week, word leaked out that during private interviews with team staff members, Eichel had told the Sabres that he was the best player in the draft.
McDavid, who tends to be more soft-spoken , said: “It’s not up to me to decide.
Eichel prevailed in five tests: bench press, pull-ups and agility, and vertical and standing broad jumps.
When it came to testing this week, Eichel was superior to McDavid.
He had the best endurance result ( 12 minutes 15 seconds ) in a grueling test in which the prospects pedal a bike against stiff resistance while wearing an oxygen mask.
Eichel prevailed in five tests: bench press, pull-ups and agility, and vertical and standing broad jumps .
Like so many of the plans for Afghanistan laid out in Washington since the war’s outset in 2001 , realities on the ground appear to again be forcing American officials to consider revamping their strategy for ending the war.
Obama’s focus is currently on what to do next year, not afterward.
Like so many of the plans for Afghanistan laid out in Washington since the war’s outset in 2001, realities on the ground appear to again be forcing American officials to consider revamping their strategy for ending the war.
Separately, Bernadette Meehan , a spokeswoman for the council, said, “President Obama has not opened the door to anything larger than an embassy force after 2016.”
So instead of talking about how to end the war, Afghan and American officials are preparing for violence to intensify as the snow melts in the high passes that separate the insurgents from their safe havens in Pakistan and what is known as the fighting season gets underway.
Monday was the eighth anniversary of Mr. Levinson’s disappearance, which occurred during a visit he made to Kish Island, Iran. His family received photographs and a video in late 2010 and early 2011.
The F.B.I. offered a $1 million reward in 2012 for information about Mr. Levinson and increased it by $4 million on Monday.
The United States announced Monday that it had increased to $5 million its reward for information that could lead to the safe return of Robert A. Levinson, a former F.B.I. agent who disappeared in Iran in 2007.
Monday was the eighth anniversary of Mr. Levinson’s disappearance, which occurred during a visit he made to Kish Island, Iran .
Reuters reported that a relative said the family was refusing to receive the body because Israeli authorities had limited the number of people allowed at the burial.
The measure is often imposed by Israel at the funerals of Palestinian militants in Jerusalem and when security officials fear that a funeral will turn rowdy or violent.
The measure is often imposed by Israel at the funerals of Palestinian militants in Jerusalem and when security officials fear that a funeral will turn rowdy or violent.
The measure is often imposed by Israel at the funerals of Palestinian militants in Jerusalem and when security officials fear that a funeral will turn rowdy or violent.
Reuters reported that a relative said the family was refusing to receive the body because Israeli authorities had limited the number of people allowed at the burial.
Top-ranked Kentucky fought off a slow start to cruise to a victory over host Mississippi State (12-16, 5-10 Southeastern Conference) and keep its undefeated season on track.
Trey Lyles scored a career-high 18 points and Aaron Harrison added 16 for Kentucky (28-0, 15-0).
The Bears (21-7, 9-6) shot 14 of 26 from 3-point range and hit their last seven, becoming the first team other than Kansas to win in Ames since 2012.
Taurean Prince scored 20 points and No. 19 Baylor upset No. 12 Iowa State (20-7, 10-5 Big 12) on the road for its third straight win.
The Bears (21-7, 9-6) shot 14 of 26 from 3-point range and hit their last seven, becoming the first team other than Kansas to win in Ames since 2012.
11 seed , used a second-half to surge to defeat sixth-seeded Providence, 66-53, at Nationwide Arena.
In front of a friendly crowd Friday night, Dayton, the East Region’s No. 11 seed, used a second-half to surge to defeat sixth-seeded Providence, 66-53, at Nationwide Arena.
In front of a friendly crowd Friday night, Dayton, the East Region’s No. 11 seed, used a second-half to surge to defeat sixth -seeded Providence, 66-53, at Nationwide Arena.
In front of a friendly crowd Friday night, Dayton, the East Region’s No. 11 seed, used a second-half to surge to defeat sixth-seeded Providence, 66-53, at Nationwide Arena .
It was an ugly game — the teams combined for three baskets in the first 11 minutes of play — that eventually gave way to something of an encore for the Dayton fans who had watched their team rally to beat the Broncos on Wednesday.
The Flyers will play third-seeded Oklahoma on Sunday evening in the round of 32.
At the beginning of the second half, when the game was tightly contested, the sophomore guard Kyle Davis picked off an inbounds pass, raced downcourt and laid the ball in the basket .
The Flyers will play third-seeded Oklahoma on Sunday evening in the round of 32.
Ford said it was in talks with Tencent , maker of the popular WeChat messaging app, to develop messaging functions for the manufacturer’s cars in China.
Drivers would sync their phone to their car’s software system and control WeChat functions, chosen by Tencent and certified by Ford as safe, through voice commands or limited use of buttons. Yale Zhang, managing director of the Shanghai-based consultancy Automotive Foresight, said connectivity was a deciding factor for Chinese customers buying a car.
Yale Zhang , managing director of the Shanghai-based consultancy Automotive Foresight, said connectivity was a deciding factor for Chinese customers buying a car.
Many Chinese use WeChat’s free voice messaging feature instead of phone calls, holding up their smartphones like walkie-talkies as they speak, tap and listen to replies.
Ford said it was in talks with Tencent, maker of the popular WeChat messaging app, to develop messaging functions for the manufacturer’s cars in China .
Since its release in spring 2013, “Secret Garden” has sold more than 1.4 million copies in 22 languages.
Since its release in spring 2013, “Secret Garden” has sold more than 1.4 million copies in 22 languages .
Since its release in spring 2013 , “Secret Garden” has sold more than 1.4 million copies in 22 languages.
Her follow-up, “ Enchanted Forest ,” which came out in February, is briskly selling through its first print run of nearly 226,000 copies.
Her follow-up, “Enchanted Forest,” which came out in February , is briskly selling through its first print run of nearly 226,000 copies.
Ms. Basford’s coloring book “ Secret Garden ,” a 96-page collection of elaborate black-and-white ink drawings of flowers, leaves, trees and birds, has become a global best-seller.
Ms. Basford’s coloring book “Secret Garden,” a 96 -page collection of elaborate black-and-white ink drawings of flowers, leaves, trees and birds, has become a global best-seller.
Ms. Basford’s coloring book “Secret Garden,” a 96-page collection of elaborate black-and-white ink drawings of flowers, leaves, trees and birds , has become a global best-seller.
Since its release in spring 2013 , “Secret Garden” has sold more than 1.4 million copies in 22 languages.
Since its release in spring 2013, “Secret Garden” has sold more than 1.4 million copies in 22 languages.
Though it is tempting to describe the market for her books as niche , Ms. Basford, a 31-year-old illustrator in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has quickly outgrown that label.
Though it is tempting to describe the market for her books as niche, Ms. Basford, a 31 -year-old illustrator in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, has quickly outgrown that label.
Though it is tempting to describe the market for her books as niche, Ms. Basford, a 31-year-old illustrator in Aberdeenshire, Scotland , has quickly outgrown that label.
Like Play-Doh, jungle gyms and nursery rhymes, coloring books have always seemed best suited for the preschool set .
So Ms. Basford and her publisher were surprised to learn that there was a robust — and lucrative — market for coloring books aimed at grown-ups .
Surging demand caught Ms. Basford and her publisher off guard.
Rebekah Jean Duthie, who lives in Queensland, Australia, and works for the Australian Red Cross, says she regularly gathers with friends for “ coloring circles ” at cafes and in one another’s homes.
More accolades flowed on social media , as people posted images from their coloring books.
Rebekah Jean Duthie, who lives in Queensland, Australia, and works for the Australian Red Cross, says she regularly gathers with friends for “coloring circles” at cafes and in one another’s homes .
Fan mail poured in from busy professionals and parents who confided to Ms. Basford that they found coloring in her books relaxing.
Ms. Basford has become something of a literary celebrity in South Korea , where “Secret Garden” has sold more than 430,000 copies, she says.
The craze was kicked off in part, it seems, by a Korean pop star, Kim Ki-bum, who posted a delicately colored-in floral pattern from Ms. Basford’s book on Instagram , where he has 1.8 million followers.
The craze was kicked off in part, it seems, by a Korean pop star, Kim Ki-bum , who posted a delicately colored-in floral pattern from Ms. Basford’s book on Instagram, where he has 1.8 million followers.
Ms. Basford has become something of a literary celebrity in South Korea, where “Secret Garden” has sold more than 430,000 copies, she says.
“And coloring is not as scary as a blank sheet of paper or canvas .
“I came back and said I would like to do a coloring book for grown-ups , and it got a bit quiet for a moment,” Ms. Basford said.
“I came back and said I would like to do a coloring book for grown-ups, and it got a bit quiet for a moment
“I came back and said I would like to do a coloring book for grown-ups, and it got a bit quiet for a moment ,” Ms. Basford said.
“I came back and said I would like to do a coloring book for grown-ups, and it got a bit quiet for a moment,” Ms. Basford said.
“Coloring books for adults weren’t as much of a thing then .
Major publishers are seizing on the trend.
This year, Little, Brown will release four illustrated coloring books for adults, all subtitled “ Color Your Way to Calm .”
The books, “Splendid Cities” by the British artists Rosie Goodwin and Alice Chadwick and three titles by the French illustrator Zoé de Las Cases , feature detailed cityscapes with famous landmarks, cafes and street life.
The books, “Splendid Cities” by the British artists Rosie Goodwin and Alice Chadwick and three titles by the French illustrator Zoé de Las Cases, feature detailed cityscapes with famous landmarks, cafes and street life.
This year, Little, Brown will release four illustrated coloring books for adults, all subtitled “Color Your Way to Calm.”
His success underlines the extent to which European political structures have been destabilized by the aftershocks of the financial crisis in 2008 , with voters increasingly attracted away from the political center ground, either to the socialist left or the nationalist right.
On Saturday there were jubilant scenes after the release of results showing that Mr. Corbyn had won almost 60 percent of the vote, crushing his three opponents, Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall.
On Saturday there were jubilant scenes after the release of results showing that Mr. Corbyn had won almost 60 percent of the vote, crushing his three opponents, Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall.
However, Mr. Corbyn’s program, which includes nationalizing energy and rail companies, has shallow support among fellow Labour lawmakers , a fact that suggests he may struggle to unite his party.
On Saturday there were jubilant scenes after the release of results showing that Mr. Corbyn had won almost 60 percent of the vote, crushing his three opponents, Yvette Cooper, Andy Burnham and Liz Kendall.
“Whether it’s weakening our defenses, raising taxes on jobs and earnings, racking up more debt and welfare or driving up the cost of living by printing money — Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party will hurt working people,” he said in a statement.
On Saturday they thronged the conference center where the results were announced , some cheering or chanting.
Doing so more quickly might risk the wrath of the party supporters, many of whom have been energized by Mr. Corbyn’s campaign, Mr. Fielding added.
Steven Fielding, professor of political history at Nottingham University, said that the emphatic nature of Mr. Corbyn’s victory made it likely that his opponents would keep quiet for some months, and hope for him to trip up. “I think there will be some kind of cease-fire, and that they will see how it goes, assuming that in six to 12 months, Labour’s opinion poll position will start to fall, and then they can start acting more assertively,” Mr. Fielding said.
“ Whether it’s weakening our defenses, raising taxes on jobs and earnings, racking up more debt and welfare or driving up the cost of living by printing money — Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party will hurt working people,” he said in a statement.
WASHINGTON — Three months ago, Matt Harvey strutted around the Nationals’ mound here during one of the most important starts of his young career, his first since having Tommy John surgery .
Harvey lost the first game, 7-2 , in humbling and conflicting fashion.
He fired fastballs at will, snapped his slider like a whip, struck out Bryce Harper three times and announced to the baseball world that he was back.
WASHINGTON — Three months ago, Matt Harvey strutted around the Nationals ’ mound here during one of the most important starts of his young career, his first since having Tommy John surgery.
the third inning .
Afterward, Manager Terry Collins said Cuddyer had been available, but he had waited too long, and the right situation had never arisen, so Cuddyer remained on the bench.
The Mets’ pitchers have set an example for the whole team, compiling 17 R.B.I., the most of any pitching staff in baseball.
Ending with a flourish, he struck out Harper looking at a stinging 98-mile-per-hour fastball, on his 99th and final pitch.
Afterward, Manager Terry Collins said Cuddyer had been available, but he had waited too long, and the right situation had never arisen, so Cuddyer remained on the bench.
With the bases loaded in the fourth, he flipped a single into right field, scoring two runs .
He was initially inspired by a friend who told him about his upbringing in Kansas .
Then he read about homeless young people being involved in the riots.
He noted that he had shown the film to two veterans of the Stonewall riots, Martin Boyce and Williamson L. Henderson, “to make it as accurate as possible.”
Asked if he would have done anything differently, given the backlash, Mr. Emmerich emphatically replied: “ No. No. ” He noted that he had shown the film to two veterans of the Stonewall riots, Martin Boyce and Williamson L. Henderson, “to make it as accurate as possible.”
He noted that he had shown the film to two veterans of the Stonewall riots, Martin Boyce and Williamson L. Henderson, “ to make it as accurate as possible .
that there are so many trans actors and actresses waiting for their big break .
Pat Cordova-Goff, an 18-year-old who describes herself as a “trans woman of color” and a student at Citrus College in Glendora, Calif., created the Gay-Straight Alliance Network petition calling for a boycott of “Stonewall” after watching the trailer.
The petition has now racked up more than 24,100 signatures.
Pat Cordova-Goff, an 18-year-old who describes herself as a “trans woman of color” and a student at Citrus College in Glendora, Calif., created the Gay-Straight Alliance Network petition calling for a boycott of “Stonewall” after watching the trailer.
It’s Danny’s story.”
It’s a nuanced and powerful question, 46 years after the riots — which lasted several days — became part of a broader push for gay and transgender rights.
Mr. Emmerich, known for directing big-budget fare like “ Independence Day ,” and Mr. Baitz, the playwright and screenwriter, continue to stand by the trailer, created by the London-based Picture Production Company, and the film.
If people want to boycott a movie because of its trailer, what kind of country do we live in ?”
He continued: “I always say I hope this is the first of many Stonewall films .
Sergei Aksyonov, the prime minister of Crimea appointed by Russia, said Monday that the blockade would have little effect, as only about 5 percent of the goods consumed in Crimea came through Ukraine.
Sergei Aksyonov , the prime minister of Crimea appointed by Russia, said Monday that the blockade would have little effect, as only about 5 percent of the goods consumed in Crimea came through Ukraine.
Most Russian goods are transported by large ferries across the Sea of Azov and through the Kerch Strait, but bad weather can halt service despite significant improvements during the last year.
Russian television focused much of its attention on the fact that roadblocks were being manned with the help of members of Right Sector , a Ukrainian nationalist organization banned in Russia, where the news media frequently portray it as neo-fascist.
Most Russian goods are transported by large ferries across the Sea of Azov and through the Kerch Strait , but bad weather can halt service despite significant improvements during the last year.
And it fails to address some of the sensible reforms pushed by a diverse group of defense experts, like reducing the number of private contractors working for the Pentagon and closing excess military bases in the United States. These could save billions of dollars.
The House bill invests millions of extra dollars in a questionable missile defense program. It continues to prohibit Mr. Obama from shutting down the Guantánamo Bay military prison in Cuba.
a diverse group of defense experts , like reducing the number of private contractors working for the Pentagon and closing excess military bases in the United States.
The country faces daunting security challenges — from the Islamic State to Russia in Ukraine and China in the South China Sea. B ut throwing money at the military doesn’t guarantee security, especially when it is spent on programs that don’t make the country safer and is denied to programs that enhance security.
But throwing money at the military doesn’t guarantee security, especially when it is spent on programs that don’t make the country safer and is denied to programs that enhance security.
The Citigroup team issued the report as other Wall Street banks are putting pressure on the legal profession to do more to prevent the theft of confidential client information.
Banks are also demanding more documentation from law firms about online security measures as a condition of retaining them for assignments.
The Citigroup team issued the report as other Wall Street banks are putting pressure on the legal profession to do more to prevent the theft of confidential client information .
For nearly a year , banks and law firms have talked about forging a closer partnership to share some information about hacking incidents.
For nearly a year, banks and law firms have talked about forging a closer partnership to share some information about hacking incidents .
In the last several months, Mandiant , the security firm that is a division of the security consultant FireEye, has been advising a half-dozen unidentified law firms that were victims of a breach or other attack, said a person briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
In the last several months, Mandiant, the security firm that is a division of the security consultant FireEye, has been advising a half-dozen unidentified law firms that were victims of a breach or other attack, said a person briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
In the last several months, Mandiant, the security firm that is a division of the security consultant FireEye, has been advising a half-dozen unidentified law firms that were victims of a breach or other attack , said a person briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Federal law enforcement authorities are urging law firms to be more open about reporting incidents.
Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation have met with law firm leaders in the last few years to discuss online security .
John P. Carlin, assistant attorney general for national security , spoke this month at an American Bar Association conference in New Orleans, impressing on the lawyers the need to promptly inform clients and law enforcement authorities of attacks that could compromise confidential information.
John P. Carlin, assistant attorney general for national security, spoke this month at an American Bar Association conference in New Orleans, impressing on the lawyers the need to promptly inform clients and law enforcement authorities of attacks that could compromise confidential information.
John P. Carlin, assistant attorney general for national security, spoke this month at an American Bar Association conference in New Orleans, impressing on the lawyers the need to promptly inform clients and law enforcement authorities of attacks that could compromise confidential information.
John P. Carlin, assistant attorney general for national security, spoke this month at an American Bar Association conference in New Orleans , impressing on the lawyers the need to promptly inform clients and law enforcement authorities of attacks that could compromise confidential information.
The Citigroup report said the information on the attacks involving Covington and Fried Frank had come from iSight Partners , a security consulting firm based in Dallas that has received financial backing from Blackstone.
The Citigroup report said the information on the attacks involving Covington and Fried Frank had come from iSight Partners, a security consulting firm based in Dallas that has received financial backing from Blackstone.
The Citigroup report said the information on the attacks involving Covington and Fried Frank had come from iSight Partners, a security consulting firm based in Dallas that has received financial backing from Blackstone.
The Citigroup report said the information on the attacks involving Covington and Fried Frank had come from iSight Partners, a security consulting firm based in Dallas that has received financial backing from Blackstone .
Citigroup issued a statement on Thursday distancing itself from the report.
Still, advocates have cheered the improved “hit rate” on police stops and the decline in the total number of innocent people stopped: In each of Mr. Bloomberg’s last three years in office, less than 12 percent of stops led to arrests or summonses.
And as the mayor seeks to assure residents that New York remains “the safest big city in America,” citing a drop so far this year in overall crime, the number of recorded stops has also continued to fall sharply .
And as the mayor seeks to assure residents that New York remains “the safest big city in America, ” citing a drop so far this year in overall crime, the number of recorded stops has also continued to fall sharply.
And as the mayor seeks to assure residents that New York remains “the safest big city in America,” citing a drop so far this year in overall crime , the number of recorded stops has also continued to fall sharply.
In the first three months of this year, officers conducted 7,135 stops , about half of the total over the same period last year.
As with the stop-and-frisk approach, they say, the aggressive enforcement of minor offenses unfairly targets young black and Hispanic men .
“That’s all that happened.” Mr. Jeffries is one of several elected officials who have chafed at the mayor’s continued support for the so-called broken windows policing strategy.
Mr. de Blasio has said broken windows must evolve with the times.
“What you’ve done, you’ve implemented a federal court order,” Representative Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from Brooklyn , said last month.
“What you’ve done, you’ve implemented a federal court order ,” Representative Hakeem Jeffries, a Democrat from Brooklyn, said last month.
Prime Minister Habib Essid presented his second government in two weeks on Monday, this time including more parties and a position for Islamists.
The cabinet he proposed on Jan. 23 consisted of just two parties and did not survive a no-confidence vote.
It has now been expanded to involve five parties, including one post — that of employment minister — for the powerful Islamist party, Ennahda .
Mr. Essid’s Nida Tunis party won the most seats in October’s election but still needed to form a coalition.
The government faces a confidence vote in Parliament on Wednesday , which it is expected to pass.
Thomas E. Faust Jr. does not come across as an industry disrupter.
He is the chief executive of Eaton Vance, a midsize fund company in Boston that has carved out a solid yet unspectacular niche as a provider of investment funds and advice.
He is the chief executive of Eaton Vance, a midsize fund company in Boston that has carved out a solid yet unspectacular niche as a provider of investment funds and advice .
But since last November , when his company won regulatory approval for a new fund vehicle that seeks to marry the best features of active and passive investing, Mr. Faust has been arguing that the mutual fund industry — or stock-picking funds at least — must either embrace his model or die.
He is the chief executive of Eaton Vance, a midsize fund company in Boston that has carved out a solid yet unspectacular niche as a provider of investment funds and advice.
“I really believe it’s a more efficient structure,” said Mr. Faust, a former equity research analyst who became chief executive of the firm in 2007 .
So instead of an exchange-traded fund tracking an index , Eaton Vance could, for example, offer one directed by a portfolio manager who specializes in United States growth stocks.
“Now, all we need is for the asset managers and the broker dealers to embrace it.”
Unlike a traditional exchange-traded fund though — and this is the company’s special twist — the new vehicle would not have to disclose its daily basket of stocks , a crucial concern for managers who worry about speculators getting in front of their trades.
To Mr. Faust’s point, after the fund’s approval was disclosed, shares of Eaton Vance soared 20 percent in a day as investors bet that the innovation would transform the company.
“There are a lot of operational hurdles for them to clear,” said Dave Nadig, a specialist at ETF.com , an industry research firm based in San Francisco.
Moreover, analysts say, exchanges like Nasdaq as well as broker dealers will have to make significant investments to accommodate the new funds.
“There are a lot of operational hurdles for them to clear,” said Dave Nadig, a specialist at ETF.com, an industry research firm based in San Francisco .
We were eating dinner at Houseman, a restaurant opened by the chef Ned Baldwin on the once-quiet far-western side of SoHo, now called Hudson Square.
We were eating dinner at Houseman , a restaurant opened by the chef Ned Baldwin on the once-quiet far-western side of SoHo, now called Hudson Square.
We were eating dinner at Houseman, a restaurant opened by the chef Ned Baldwin on the once-quiet far-western side of SoHo, now called Hudson Square .
There was succulent roast chicken in front of us, and a confitted turkey leg accompanied by bacon and prunes and a slab of grilled bread , a shatteringly crisp fist of fried haddock, a few fingers of juicy sausage.
We were eating dinner at Houseman, a restaurant opened by the chef Ned Baldwin on the once-quiet far-western side of SoHo , now called Hudson Square.
For the dressing, which Baumgart builds out of what he calls ‘‘a deconstructed za’atar,’’ the Middle Eastern spice blend, some confidence is required.
For the dressing, which Baumgart builds out of what he calls ‘‘a deconstructed za’atar,’’ the Middle Eastern spice blend, some confidence is required.
The result looks dry and grainy , as if something is wrong.
But olive oil, lime juice and white-wine vinegar (best available, please!) begin to smooth things out, and the cheese, pistachios and vinegar-plumped currants finish the job.
‘‘ Let it sit for a while ,’’ Baumgart advised.
Which makes it a weekend dish , probably?
You could set the currants in vinegar in the morning
‘‘I eat a lot of vegetarian food at home ,’’ Baumgart said.
I’d pair this salad with a plate of braised greens, some good bread , and I’d be all set.
And drape the sauce — thick and almost clumpy — across them, and onto the negative space between them as well.
Mr. Foxx said the governing structure would help advance the project quickly.
“When I sounded the alarm this summer, my goal was to get the necessary parties to the table ,” he said.
The corporation will own the new tunnel and enter into operating agreements with railroads to use it.
“Now, that table is set. ”
Under the agreement, the Port Authority and Amtrak will provide staff for the corporation, and the authority will arrange for office space and logistical support.
The 19th-century ballets tend to be labeled the classics, and “The Sleeping Beauty” (1890) has long been considered the most classical.
It’s fair to say that Ballet Theater’s production of “Beauty,” directed by Alexei Ratmansky , is the most historically informed and sensitive production of any classic in our time.
The 19th-century ballets tend to be labeled the classics , and “The Sleeping Beauty” (1890) has long been considered the most classical.
I’ve been watching this ballet for 40 years — but here the lines, phrasing, steps, extensions, footwork, turn-out, story-telling and mood are all different from what I’ve known.
Perhaps its most startling suggestion is that we should reconsider the classicism of its master-choreographer, Marius Petipa.
The week brings five casts at the Metropolitan Opera House.
Having already seen five casts in the production’s opening season this March in California, I can attest that it’s rewarding to see them all — partly because Mr. Ratmansky has coached his casts with different textual options .
There are, for example, two versions of the Lilac Fairy’s solo variation in the Prologue — both notated from the original St. Petersburg production.
In the Act III wedding pas de deux, Sarah Lane and Herman Cornejo (on Thursday) eschew the celebrated and traditional fish dives.
They instead perform supported pirouettes with an upright ending (one leg flourished to the side) — which is recorded in the notation as the original choreography.
Pete Docter is a director, writer, animator and voice actor for Pixar Animation Studios , part of the Walt Disney Company.
READING I am finishing “Dead Wake,” by Erik Larson, about the sinking of the Lusitania .
And I’m just starting “River of Shadows,” by Rebecca Solnit , about the photographer Eadweard Muybridge.
His latest credit is “ Inside Out ,” about the inner workings of a young girl’s brain, which he directed and co-wrote.
Pete Docter is a director, writer, animator and voice actor for Pixar Animation Studios, part of the Walt Disney Company .
He was a stride piano player who had a big band in the ’30s and ’40s.
He was a stride piano player who had a big band in the ’30s and ’40s .
Lately it’s been Laurel and Hardy shorts and clips of steam engines , like what powered the early railroad.
It’s hard to pick a favorite, but “Gorilla My Dreams” and “Hare Tonic” are pretty funny.
FOLLOWING Walt_at_Disneyland on Instagram.
In his newest, “A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence,” a man drops dead in the capacious cafeteria of a cruise ship, leading the cashier to offer up the man’s tray of food and drink .
Each shot in the features has the same deadpan, uncanny look, opening on a deep-focus view of some room or bar, viewed slightly askew , with muted gray or beige walls or sidewalks.
The world this award-winning 72-year-old Swedish filmmaker creates is an indelible one. Populated by pasty-faced men in suits and assorted other hapless souls, his last three features have unfolded like a series of blackout sketches in what resemble preserved dioramas of life.
Populated by pasty-faced men in suits and assorted other hapless souls, his last three features have unfolded like a series of blackout sketches in what resemble preserved dioramas of life .
“Pigeon,” as Mr. Andersson has referred to it, opens June 3 at Film Forum, preceded by a retrospective at the Museum of Arts and Design showing the other two films in Mr. Anderson’s so-called “Living” trilogy as well as shorts .
It’s a pure and bizarre piece of millennial art, set amid perpetual traffic jams at some apocalyptic turning point .
The end of days looms — Mr. Andersson makes jokes about get-rich-quick crucifix salesmen — and over-the-top doomsday sights appear, like self-flagellating crowds, the dead rising and even a sacrificial rite.
The “ hyperreality ,” as Mr. Andersson called it, makes for a forceful visual effect that is unforgettable.
The filmmaker’s signature style is in effect, but occasional songs are added as in a musical. “Pigeon” takes another step away from reality with bewildering jumps between periods in Swedish history:
“Pigeon” takes another step away from reality with bewildering jumps between periods in Swedish history : One episode has the country’s 18th-century king riding into a modern bar to find a toilet.
“We’ve had no problem, but I am in the military, so I could be called or activated at any time, and we are concerned about the legal aspects for Jan if something happened,” said Ms. Phillips, who is a captain in the Mississippi Air National Guard.
“We’ve come so far here just recently; it’s pretty amazing the speed of the change,” said Janet Smith, a plaintiff in the case, who is seeking to adopt the 8-year-old daughter , Hannah Marie Phillips, she is raising with her wife, Donna Phillips.
“We’ve come so far here just recently; it’s pretty amazing the speed of the change,” said Janet Smith, a plaintiff in the case, who is seeking to adopt the 8 -year-old daughter, Hannah Marie Phillips
“We’ve come so far here just recently; it’s pretty amazing the speed of the change,” said Janet Smith , a plaintiff in the case, who is seeking to adopt the 8-year-old daughter, Hannah Marie Phillips, she is raising with her wife, Donna Phillips.
Because of the adoption ban, Ms. Smith has no official status in Hannah’s life, Ms. Phillips being her only legal parent.
At one point, they tried to find someone who would do the home study that would be a requirement for adoption, but could not find anyone who would come to their home to do it.
“It seems like it’s just the logical next step, but oftentimes, Mississippi doesn’t take the logical next step,” Ms. Smith said.
Last year, 29 percent of Mississippi’s same-sex-couple households were raising children younger than 18 — the highest percentage of any state in the nation, the complaint said.
Both women are cautiously hopeful that the lawsuit will quickly change their situation.
Both women are cautiously hopeful that the lawsuit will quickly change their situation.
a principled position based on my faith.
“As I have gotten older, I came to understand that a person’s sexual orientation has absolutely nothing to do with their ability to be a good parent.”
“As I have gotten older , I came to understand that a person’s sexual orientation has absolutely nothing to do with their ability to be a good parent.”
“I believed at the time this was a principled position based on my faith .
he wrote .
Last week, as members of Congress did the things they do during recess — drink merlot at fund-raisers, zip to fact-finding missions abroad, meet with local chambers of commerce — Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin and two of his three children strung Halloween decorations across their Janesville lawn.
Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin and two of his three children strung Halloween decorations across their Janesville lawn.
In his lengthy enumeration of conditions for taking on the role of House speaker, Mr. Ryan made it clear to his Republican colleagues Tuesday night that one was sacrosanct: “ I cannot and will not give up my family time. ”
In his lengthy enumeration of conditions for taking on the role of House speaker, Mr. Ryan made it clear to his Republican colleagues Tuesday night that one was sacrosanct: “I cannot and will not give up my family time.”
In his lengthy enumeration of conditions for taking on the role of House speaker , Mr. Ryan made it clear to his Republican colleagues Tuesday night that one was sacrosanct: “I cannot and will not give up my family time.”
But by declaring the preservation of his family life a key concern in taking on a job that is a seven-day-a-week venture — the sort of job he sought once before, in 2012, when he was the Republican vice-presidential nominee — Mr. Ryan, 45 , may be ushering in a new era for a position traditionally held by older congressmen who spent years rising through party ranks.
“In U.S. society, we often talk about ‘working moms’ but not about ‘working dads,’ and the work-life policies that organizations do provide are often considered as being mainly for women,” said Erika Kirby a professor of communication studies and an authority on work-life issues at Creighton University in Omaha.
“In U.S. society, we often talk about ‘working moms’ but not about ‘working dads,’ and the work-life policies that organizations do provide are often considered as being mainly for women,” said Erika Kirby a professor of communication studies and an authority on work-life issues at Creighton University in Omaha.
“In U.S. society, we often talk about ‘working moms’ but not about ‘working dads,’ and the work-life policies that organizations do provide are often considered as being mainly for women,” said Erika Kirby a professor of communication studies and an authority on work-life issues at Creighton University in Omaha .
But by declaring the preservation of his family life a key concern in taking on a job that is a seven-day-a-week venture — the sort of job he sought once before, in 2012, when he was the Republican vice-presidential nominee — Mr. Ryan, 45, may be ushering in a new era for a position traditionally held by older congressmen who spent years rising through party ranks.
“There’s a number of members, male and female, who have young families now,” said Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, who has had three children since she was elected to Congress in 2004, and who serves on the House Republican leadership team.
“There’s a number of members, male and female, who have young families now,” said Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, who has had three children since she was elected to Congress in 2004, and who serves on the House Republican leadership team .
“There’s a number of members, male and female, who have young families now,” said Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, who has had three children since she was elected to Congress in 2004 , and who serves on the House Republican leadership team.
“Maybe it’s because Congress is getting younger and finding how to balance things.
“There’s a number of members, male and female, who have young families now,” said Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers of Washington, who has had three children since she was elected to Congress in 2004, and who serves on the House Republican leadership team.
The person at whose expense Aveling generally made himself comfortable was, of course, Eleanor .
The person at whose expense Aveling generally made himself comfortable was, of course, Eleanor .
The person at whose expense Aveling generally made himself comfortable was, of course, Eleanor.
The person at whose expense Aveling generally made himself comfortable was, of course, Eleanor.
“Berlin Metropolis: 1918-1933” is an ambitious effort in a limited setting that successfully combines historical sweep, clockwork organization and an egalitarian approach to mediums.
Its nearly 350 pieces — expertly shoehorned into six themed spaces — cover the cultural ferment of the fragile Weimar Republic, as it came to be known, which was sandwiched between the end of World War I and the onset of the Third Reich and was Germany’s first attempt at full democracy.
New York has just added another outstanding museum exhibition to its autumn roster, this one at the Neue Galerie.
The show is hardly definitive, yet it can feel that way because it creates such a poignant, specific view of the devastation of Hitler ’s rise and rule: the array of potential cultural achievements destroyed by death, disruption and the shattering of a great city.
Finally, he was returned to the church, where Daniel Irwin made up a “mattress and a blanket and pillow for me” and “brought me some food and water .”
He later was driven to a Home Depot parking lot near the hospital, he said, where he tried to rest but instead vomited.
Tom O’Brien, the lawyer for Ms. Ferguson, had little comment on the charges but said he expected evidence for the defense to come out at trial.
“We are looking at everybody who was involved in this incident,” Mr. McNamara said, adding that he could pursue charges like depraved indifference to murder or gang assault .
Scott D. McNamara , the Oneida County district attorney, said he would not comment on the facts of the case but suggested that Tiffanie Irwin could face charges when the case went before a grand jury, which is likely to happen before the end of November.
This belief is not born of the syrupy, early April optimism that is bred into Cubs fans.
That was beaten out of me long ago, either by so many years as a sportswriter or by Larry Himes ’s stint as general manager.
The new manager, Joe Maddon , won’t treat the 107-year wait for a championship as a 107-ton weight.
Jon Lester is a war horse of a pitcher, Anthony Rizzo is a franchise cornerstone, and Kris Bryant looks like a star in waiting.
Jon Lester is a war horse of a pitcher, Anthony Rizzo is a franchise cornerstone, and Kris Bryant looks like a star in waiting.
Until his health began to fail, we traveled to see the Cubs in San Francisco and San Diego ,
But first I will have to speak with his high school basketball coach.
In truth, as time passes, the results have mattered less than the time we had together .
I do not imagine he will be happy about my son missing practice right before the start of the season, so I am prepared to explain that the Cubs do not play in a World Series every day.
But first I will have to speak with his high school basketball coach.
More: ■ In 2011, Richard A. Oppel Jr. of The New York Times wrote about the effect of a shift in sentencing guidelines: “After decades of new laws to toughen sentencing for criminals, prosecutors have gained greater leverage to extract guilty pleas from defendants and reduce the number of cases that go to trial, often by using the threat of more serious charges with mandatory sentences or other harsher penalties. ”
Nationwide, prosecutors are now far more likely to charge violent criminals as felons, rather than bring a misdemeanor charge .
More: ■ In 2011, Richard A. Oppel Jr. of The New York Times wrote about the effect of a shift in sentencing guidelines: “After decades of new laws to toughen sentencing for criminals, prosecutors have gained greater leverage to extract guilty pleas from defendants and reduce the number of cases that go to trial, often by using the threat of more serious charges with mandatory sentences or other harsher penalties.”
Nationwide, prosecutors are now far more likely to charge violent criminals as felons, rather than bring a misdemeanor charge .
Studies of imprisonment rates have shown that violent crimes are prosecuted much more severely today than they were 30 years ago.
A kindergartner was killed in his bed in Versailles before dawn Monday when a stranger from Indiana broke into his home, grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed the boy multiple times, the police said.
Deputy Coroner T. A. Rankin identified the boy as Logan Tipton, 6.
Deputy Coroner T. A. Rankin identified the boy as Logan Tipton , 6.
The suspect, Ronald Exantus , 32, of Indianapolis, was charged with murder and first-degree burglary.
Two of his sisters suffered non-life-threatening cuts , and the suspect was held by the boy’s father until the police arrived, the arrest citation said.
“I have decided that he is not available for selection,” the president of France’s soccer federation, Noël Le Graët , said Thursday.
“I have decided that he is not available for selection,” the president of France ’s soccer federation, Noël Le Graët, said Thursday.
A tape obtained by Europe 1 Radio of a conversation between Benzema and a friend included several apparently damning comments, the BBC reported, including Benzema’s saying that he said to Valbuena, “If you want the video to be destroyed, my friend comes up to see you in Lyon and you sort it out face to face with him.”
A tape obtained by Europe 1 Radio of a conversation between Benzema and a friend included several apparently damning comments, the BBC reported, including Benzema’s saying that he said to Valbuena, “If you want the video to be destroyed, my friend comes up to see you in Lyon and you sort it out face to face with him.”
A tape obtained by Europe 1 Radio of a conversation between Benzema and a friend included several apparently damning comments, the BBC reported, including Benzema’s saying that he said to Valbuena, “ If you want the video to be destroyed, my friend comes up to see you in Lyon and you sort it out face to face with him. ”
Whether peacekeepers serve the United Nations or are under their own national commanders — as in the case of the French troops in Bangui — it is ultimately up to the soldiers’ home countries to investigate and prosecute such cases.
But in many instances, including cases of sexual abuse allegations against peacekeepers on United Nations missions, some countries do not respond to queries from United Nations headquarters at all about how — or whether — they investigate their soldiers abroad, according to a recent internal audit obtained by The New York Times.
France has announced an official investigation into the accusations against its troops.
The United Nations does not have the legal authority to prosecute or punish a country’s soldiers, even when they are serving under the banner of the United Nations.
But in many instances, including cases of sexual abuse allegations against peacekeepers on United Nations missions, some countries do not respond to queries from United Nations headquarters at all about how — or whether — they investigate their soldiers abroad, according to a recent internal audit obtained by The New York Times .
Officials point to the case of Pakistani peacekeepers accused of raping a boy in Haiti a few years ago as a model of accountability.
Officials point to the case of Pakistani peacekeepers accused of raping a boy in Haiti a few years ago as a model of accountability .
Officials point to the case of Pakistani peacekeepers accused of raping a boy in Haiti a few years ago as a model of accountability.
One peacekeeper was convicted, and then, to the dismay of many Haitians, whisked back to Pakistan to serve a one-year jail sentence .
One peacekeeper was convicted, and then, to the dismay of many Haitians, whisked back to Pakistan to serve a one-year jail sentence .
In the Central African Republic case, French and United Nations officials have blamed each other for delays in the investigation.
According to the children’s testimonies, the abuse began in December 2013 .
In May 2014, the United Nations human rights office appointed an employee in Bangui to interview children, accompanied by a child protection officer from Unicef, the United Nations children’s agency.
In May 2014, the United Nations human rights office appointed an employee in Bangui to interview children, accompanied by a child protection officer from Unicef , the United Nations children’s agency.
In the officer’s six-page report, based on interviews with six victims and witnesses, the children described the features of some of the suspects, including tattoos and piercings, and in one case, a mole .
Several recalled being hungry and receiving food and cash after the abuse.
One witness described hearing his friend cry out in pain as he was raped by a Chadian soldier .
The same witness also said he saw soldiers from Equatorial Guinea raping a boy.
By mid-July, the report was sent up the United Nations hierarchy to a director of field operations, a Swede named Anders Kompass .
The report included the names of the victims , as well as the name of the French citizen who collected their testimonies.
In Seattle , where a dozen officers started wearing body cameras in a pilot program in December, the department has set up its own YouTube channel, broadcasting a stream of blurred images to protect the privacy of people filmed.
Police departments around the country have been moving with unusual speed to equip officers with body cameras to film their often edgy encounters with the public.
In Seattle, where a dozen officers started wearing body cameras in a pilot program in December, the department has set up its own YouTube channel, broadcasting a stream of blurred images to protect the privacy of people filmed.
Police departments around the country have been moving with unusual speed to equip officers with body cameras to film their often edgy encounters with the public.
In Seattle , where a dozen officers started wearing body cameras in a pilot program in December, the department has set up its own YouTube channel, broadcasting a stream of blurred images to protect the privacy of people filmed.
Police departments around the country have been moving with unusual speed to equip officers with body cameras to film their often edgy encounters with the public.
Police departments around the country have been moving with unusual speed to equip officers with body cameras to film their often edgy encounters with the public.
In Seattle, where a dozen officers started wearing body cameras in a pilot program in December, the department has set up its own YouTube channel, broadcasting a stream of blurred images to protect the privacy of people filmed.
In Seattle , where a dozen officers started wearing body cameras in a pilot program in December, the department has set up its own YouTube channel, broadcasting a stream of blurred images to protect the privacy of people filmed.
In Seattle, where a dozen officers started wearing body cameras in a pilot program in December, the department has set up its own YouTube channel, broadcasting a stream of blurred images to protect the privacy of people filmed.
But the adoption of these cameras has created a new conflict over who has the right to view the recordings .
In Seattle, where a dozen officers started wearing body cameras in a pilot program in December , the department has set up its own YouTube channel, broadcasting a stream of blurred images to protect the privacy of people filmed.
Since the death  of Michael Brown , an unarmed teenager who was fatally shot during an encounter with a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., in August, departments around the country have begun requiring officers to record their interactions with the public to hold them accountable for their behavior, as well as to protect them against false charges.
Everyone’s worst day is now going to be put on YouTube for eternity.”
Since the death  of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager who was fatally shot during an encounter with a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., in August , departments around the country have begun requiring officers to record their interactions with the public to hold them accountable for their behavior, as well as to protect them against false charges.
“We hit the pause button,” Chief Strachan said.
Since the death  of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager who was fatally shot during an encounter with a police officer in Ferguson , Mo., in August, departments around the country have begun requiring officers to record their interactions with the public to hold them accountable for their behavior, as well as to protect them against false charges.
Since the death  of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager who was fatally shot during an encounter with a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., in August, departments around the country have begun requiring officers to record their interactions with the public to hold them accountable for their behavior, as well as to protect them against false charges .
Since the death  of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager who was fatally shot during an encounter with a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., in August, departments around the country have begun requiring officers to record their interactions with the public to hold them accountable for their behavior , as well as to protect them against false charges.
Since the death  of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager who was fatally shot during an encounter with a police officer in Ferguson, Mo., in August, departments around the country have begun requiring officers to record their interactions with the public to hold them accountable for their behavior, as well as to protect them against false charges.
“Our view is we don’t want to be part of violating people’s privacy for commercial or voyeuristic reasons .
In Philadelphia , where officers have fired at suspects at a rate of nearly once each week during the past eight years and where the city has paid out millions of dollars to victims of police brutality, residents have strongly called for officers to be equipped with body cameras.
They point to the department’s refusal to publicly release surveillance camera footage of the death of Brandon Tate-Brown, 26, who was shot by the police in December after being stopped for driving with his headlights off.
They point to the department’s refusal to publicly release surveillance camera footage of the death of Brandon Tate-Brown, 26, who was shot by the police in December after being stopped for driving with his headlights off .
Activists like Ms. Williams say they fear that much of the video will never be seen publicly.
The city said it would charge $18,000 for 84 hours of video to be placed on DVDs — about $214 an hour of video.
Some of the most intense public discussion of the issue is taking place in Washington State , where state law allows anyone to file a public records request to obtain body camera recordings.
He said the demands the department had received for video during the testing period had been too burdensome .
In Florida , the Sarasota Police Department has temporarily halted its body camera program after an American Civil Liberties Union of Florida lawyer sued over the cost of obtaining footage.
Islam teaches me to care about all human beings, and animals too, but life is short
I don’t worry too much about the Muslims who face racial slurs in Europe and America , the ones who are suspected of harboring murderous thoughts at their workplaces or those who are picked out of immigration queues and asked awkward questions about their luggage and their ancestors.
I don’t worry too much about the Muslims who face racial slurs in Europe and America, the ones who are suspected of harboring murderous thoughts at their workplaces or those who are picked out of immigration queues and asked awkward questions about their luggage and their ancestors.
KARACHI, Pakistan — I worry about Muslims .
I tell myself that at the end of their humiliating journeys they can expect privileges like running water, electricity and tainted promises of equality.
Whenever I hear someone say Islam is a religion of peace I want to yell at them and say, “Hey, look behind you.”
Whenever I hear someone say Islam is a religion of peace I want to yell at them and say, “Hey, look behind you.” It’s an impossible job , explaining Islam, whether you’re an observing Muslim (no alcohol, no bacon, no jihad) or an accidental Muslim (a bit of everything, and surely no jihad) or somewhere in between.
Muslims don’t condemn enough, apparently.
And I’d become a worse kind of Muslim .
Islam teaches us to respect all religions .
And thank you, our spokesmen, for reminding the world that Muslims are not a race .
We are encouraged to look at Sufi Islam as a model of moderation.
Some of us speak Chinese, others Swahili. Some of us are gay, painters, lawyers, prostitutes, pimps or drummers, and of course mass murderers. Muslims disagree over most things, about this life and the afterlife as well.
Muslims disagree over most things , about this life and the afterlife as well.
Appreciation becomes the first political virtue and the need to perfect the gifts of others is the first political task.
You’re grateful for all the institutions our ancestors gave us, like the Constitution and our customs, which shape us to be better than we’d otherwise be .
Appreciation becomes the first political virtue and the need to perfect the gifts of others is the first political task.
If you think that human nature is good and powerful, then you go around frustrated because the perfect society has not yet been achieved.
But if you go through life believing that our reason is not that great, our individual skills are not that impressive, and our goodness is severely mottled, then you’re sort of amazed life has managed to be as sweet as it is .
Just a few months after what was billed as the Grateful Dead’s last stand — five sold-out stadium shows for some 212,000 fans that grossed more than $60 million in ticket and pay-per-view sales — the band is rising once again, albeit in a slightly fractured arrangement.
This weekend, insatiable Deadheads can see all of the group’s so-called core four living members in just two stops: Madison Square Garden, which will host Dead & Company — featuring Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, joined by the pop singer and guitarist John Mayer, the bassist Oteil Burbridge and the keyboardist Jeff Chimenti — for two sold-out shows on Saturday and Sunday; and at the Capitol Theater, about 30 miles north in Port Chester, N.Y., where the Dead bassist Phil Lesh will play three consecutive nights starting Friday (with another run Nov. 5 to 7).
Just a few months after what was billed as the Grateful Dead’s last stand — five sold-out stadium shows for some 212,000 fans that grossed more than $60 million in ticket and pay-per-view sales — the band is rising once again, albeit in a slightly fractured arrangement.
This weekend, insatiable Deadheads can see all of the group’s so-called core four living members in just two stops: Madison Square Garden, which will host Dead & Company — featuring Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, joined by the pop singer and guitarist John Mayer, the bassist Oteil Burbridge and the keyboardist Jeff Chimenti — for two sold-out shows on Saturday and Sunday; and at the Capitol Theater, about 30 miles north in Port Chester, N.Y., where the Dead bassist Phil Lesh will play three consecutive nights starting Friday (with another run Nov. 5 to 7).
“Only in the world of the Grateful Dead could that happen on Halloween,” said Peter Shapiro , the concert promoter who owns the Capitol and organized this summer’s “Fare Thee
(Citing rehearsal obligations , the members of Dead & Company declined to comment.)
Still, the anniversary shows demonstrated that the Dead’s music was still vibrant — and could find a seemingly endless audience, despite the protestations of some hard-line fans who believe the group died with its de facto frontman, Jerry Garcia .
Still, the anniversary shows demonstrated that the Dead’s music was still vibrant — and could find a seemingly endless audience, despite the protestations of some hard-line fans who believe the group died with its de facto frontman, Jerry Garcia.
Still, the anniversary shows demonstrated that the Dead’s music was still vibrant — and could find a seemingly endless audience, despite the protestations of some hard-line fans who believe the group died with its de facto frontman, Jerry Garcia .
Still, the anniversary shows demonstrated that the Dead’s music was still vibrant — and could find a seemingly endless audience, despite the protestations of some hard-line fans who believe the group died with its de facto frontman, Jerry Garcia.
8 P.M. (Comedy Central) NIGHT OF TOO
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AMERICA COMES TOGETHER FOR AUTISM PROGRAMS Jon Stewart hosts; Larry David, Martin Short, Larry Wilmore, Fred Armisen, Andy Cohen, Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson and Susan Sarandon oversee the phone banks; and Bill Burr, Louis C. K., John Oliver, Paul Rudd, Amy Schumer, Steve Buscemi, Steve Carell, Gilbert Gottfried, Maya Rudolph and Sarah Silverman, above, perform in sketches taped at the Beacon Theater in this telethon on behalf of autism awareness and education.
AMERICA COMES TOGETHER FOR AUTISM PROGRAMS Jon Stewart hosts; Larry David, Martin Short, Larry Wilmore, Fred Armisen, Andy Cohen, Ilana Glazer, Abbi Jacobson and Susan Sarandon oversee the phone banks; and Bill Burr, Louis C. K., John Oliver, Paul Rudd, Amy Schumer, Steve Buscemi, Steve Carell, Gilbert Gottfried, Maya Rudolph and Sarah Silverman, above, perform in sketches taped at the Beacon Theater in this telethon on behalf of autism awareness and education.
Brad Pitt, left, received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Benjamin Button, a man born in his 80s in 1918 New Orleans, who ages in reverse into the 21st century, in this adaptation of a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Brad Pitt, left, received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Benjamin Button, a man born in his 80s in 1918 New Orleans, who ages in reverse into the 21st century, in this adaptation of a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald .
Brad Pitt, left, received an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Benjamin Button, a man born in his 80s in 1918 New Orleans , who ages in reverse into the 21st century, in this adaptation of a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Cate Blanchett is Daisy , the dancer who loves Benjamin at whatever stage he is in.
From Fitzgerald’s “odd, somewhat unpromising kernel, the director David Fincher and the screenwriter Eric Roth have cultivated a lush, romantic hothouse bloom, a film that shares only a title and a basic premise with its literary source,” A. O. Scott wrote in The New York Times.
Two of the men had each spent almost 33 years in prison on arson and murder charges, the longest time served by any defendant whose conviction has been vacated under Ken Thompson, the Brooklyn district attorney.
In February 1980 , a townhouse at 695 Sackett Street burned to the ground.
The third-floor tenants, a mother and her five young children, were killed.
Now 7 0 and 66, the surviving defendants, William Vasquez and Amaury Villalobos, stood in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn.
Now 70 and 66 , the surviving defendants, William Vasquez and Amaury Villalobos, stood in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn.
As she was dying, Ms. Quick told her daughter that she had lied about the men’s involvement in the fire.
As she was dying , Ms. Quick told her daughter that she had lied about the men’s involvement in the fire.
A fire marshal found what he testified was evidence of arson, but Mr. Hale said evolving fire science meant that the 1980 analysis did not hold up today.
Mr. Hale said in an interview on Tuesday that Ms. Quick’s motives to lie may have included liability and an insurance payment that she received (though she testified at the men’s trial that she did not receive such a payment).
Experts’ reports that Mr. Villalobos’s lawyer and the district attorney’s office commissioned as they re-examined the case showed no evidence of arson .
Mr. Villalobos, who like Mr. Vasquez has been out on parole since 2012 , said he thought “all the time” that he would get his conviction vacated.
I went in at 30 , I come out at 65, so...”
His wife, Ernesta , who testified at his trial that she had been with him the night of the fire and who stayed with him throughout his time in prison, said she felt “happy, happy, happy, happy.”
Eileen Mora, Mr. Mora’s daughter, said she had “some sweet memories” of her father, who died of a heart attack in 1989 .
Eileen Mora, Mr. Mora’s daughter, said she had “some sweet memories” of her father, who died of a heart attack in 1989.
She was devout, though starting to read progressive Catholic magazines like Commonweal , which published the essays of Hannah Arendt and the poetry of W.H. Auden.
We could almost field a full baseball team.
We loved Robert F. Kennedy’s family: 11 kids, and Ethel looks great.
In our neighborhood, we were the small family, at least among the Irish and Italians.
Bobby himself was the seventh of nine.
Mormons , until about an hour ago, had long made gays feel immoral and inferior — this from a religion where the founders were men who had 50 wives.
Strict Catholic doctrine about sex, still on the books, could not be preached by Pope Francis with a straight face.
Many interpretations of Islam , regarding women, are an abomination.
Religions are at their worst when they muddle in sex, and question whom you can love .
Mormons, until about an hour ago, had long made gays feel immoral and inferior — this from a religion where the founders were men who had 50 wives.
Six Denver sheriff’s deputies are on restricted duty while the authorities investigate an episode at the downtown jail involving an inmate who later died.
Six Denver sheriff’s deputies are on restricted duty while the authorities investigate an episode at the downtown jail involving an inmate who later died.
Six Denver sheriff’s deputies are on restricted duty while the authorities investigate an episode at the downtown jail involving an inmate who later died.
He had been arrested Nov. 7 on allegations of trespassing and disturbing the peace .
The authorities have refused to provide details about what led up to the death of the inmate, Michael Marshall , 50, who was removed from life support on Friday.
WASHINGTON —  Last week, with little notice, a federal judge here tossed out Delta Air Lines’ longstanding claim that the government’s export credit agency — which, among other things, provides loan guarantees to overseas airlines for the purchase of Boeing jets — was helping international competitors at the airline’s expense.
WASHINGTON —  Last week, with little notice, a federal judge here tossed out Delta Air Lines’ longstanding claim that the government’s export credit agency — which, among other things, provides loan guarantees to overseas airlines for the purchase of Boeing jets — was helping international competitors at the airline’s expense.
Judicial opinions aside, the continued existence of the Export-Import Bank turns more on bare-knuckle politics than on legal niceties.
“We pursued all our options in court, but we’ve known all along this is going to be won or lost in Congress,” said Trebor Banstetter, a Delta spokesman in Atlanta .
Judicial opinions aside, the continued existence of the Export-Import Bank turns more on bare-knuckle politics than on legal niceties.
The normally obscure Export-Import Bank, whose main job is to help American businesses sell their goods and services abroad , will cease to exist on July 1 if Congress does not renew its authorization.
The normally obscure Export-Import Bank, whose main job is to help American businesses sell their goods and services abroad , will cease to exist on July 1 if Congress does not renew its authorization.
The normally obscure Export-Import Bank, whose main job is to help American businesses sell their goods and services abroad, will cease to exist on July 1 if Congress does not renew its authorization.
Delta has spent nearly $10 million on lobbying since 2012, at least in part to kill the Ex-Im Bank or greatly diminish loan guarantees for Boeing customers abroad, according to lobby disclosure forms.
“We have been lobbying a lot on this because it’s a very important issue for us,” said Tim Neale, Boeing’s government operations spokesman .
The United States Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers , with Boeing’s help, have organized Exporters for Ex-Im, which has mobilized dozens of Boeing suppliers and other small companies to knock on Capitol Hill doors, call lawmakers and generally do the public work that the biggest recipients of Ex-Im help — Boeing, General Electric, Caterpillar and Applied Materials — avoid.
In Boeing’s defense, an army has massed .
Representatives of small businesses, like William Schubert, president of a small infrastructure export firm outside Houston , flooded the hallways of Congress in February and confronted usual Republican allies on the other side of the Ex-Im divide.
But the so-called fly-in, from hotel reservations to meeting schedules, was arranged by professionals .
Delta has its own array of lobbyists, including a former top aide of Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, and Steve Elmendorf , a former top Democratic aide in the House and one of Washington’s pre-eminent schmoozers.
Delta has its own array of lobbyists, including a former top aide of Senator Mitch McConnell, the majority leader, and Steve Elmendorf, a former top Democratic aide in the House and one of Washington’s pre-eminent schmoozers .
The renamed Fierce Government Relations soldiers on for Delta, with Kirk Blalock, a senior official in the George W. Bush White House , and Aleix Jarvis, a former aide to Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, leading the charge.
The renamed Fierce Government Relations soldiers on for Delta, with Kirk Blalock, a senior official in the George W. Bush White House , and Aleix Jarvis, a former aide to Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina, leading the charge.
The renamed Fierce Government Relations soldiers on for Delta, with Kirk Blalock, a senior official in the George W. Bush White House, and Aleix Jarvis, a former aide to Senator Lindsey Graham , Republican of South Carolina, leading the charge.
Mayor Bill de Blasio is calling for an overhaul of housing programs and tax incentives to spur the construction of tens of thousands of apartments for poor New Yorkers, as well as teachers, firefighters and other workers, who increasingly find themselves priced out of a booming real estate market and rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods.
The proposals, which would require approval by the State Legislature , are central to the mayor’s promise to build or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing over 10 years.
The proposals, which would require approval by the State Legislature, are central to the mayor’s promise to build or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing over 10 years.
The proposals, which would require approval by the State Legislature, are central to the mayor’s promise to build or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing over 10 years .
Mayor Bill de Blasio is calling for an overhaul of housing programs and tax incentives to spur the construction of tens of thousands of apartments for poor New York ers, as well as teachers, firefighters and other workers, who increasingly find themselves priced out of a booming real estate market and rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods.
The proposals, which would require approval by the State Legislature, are central to the mayor’s promise to build or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing over 10 years.
The proposals, which would require approval by the State Legislature, are central to the mayor’s promise to build or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing over 10 years .
Mayor Bill de Blasio is calling for an overhaul of housing programs and tax incentives to spur the construction of tens of thousands of apartments for poor New Yorkers, as well as teachers, firefighters and other workers, who increasingly find themselves priced out of a booming real estate market and rapidly gentrifying neighborhoods.
The proposals, which would require approval by the State Legislature , are central to the mayor’s promise to build or preserve 200,000 units of affordable housing over 10 years.
“We’re going to support it, including the mansion tax,” said Steven Spinola, president of the real estate board .
His proposals still face a battle in Albany , which has been thrown into turmoil in recent months by the arrest on corruption-related charges of Sheldon Silver, a Democratic assemblyman and former speaker, and Dean G. Skelos, the Republican majority leader in the Senate.
His proposals still face a battle in Albany, which has been thrown into turmoil in recent months by the arrest on corruption-related charges of Sheldon Silver , a Democratic assemblyman and former speaker, and Dean G. Skelos, the Republican majority leader in the Senate.
Both the 44-year-old 421-a housing program and the rent stabilization law, which governs rents for one million apartments in New York City, are set to expire on June 15 .
His proposals still face a battle in Albany, which has been thrown into turmoil in recent months by the arrest on corruption-related charges of Sheldon Silver, a Democratic assemblyman and former speaker, and Dean G. Skelos , the Republican majority leader in the Senate.
“We’re going to support it, including the mansion tax,” said Steven Spinola , president of the real estate board.
His proposals still face a battle in Albany, which has been thrown into turmoil in recent months by the arrest on corruption-related charges of Sheldon Silver , a Democratic assemblyman and former speaker, and Dean G. Skelos, the Republican majority leader in the Senate.
His proposals still face a battle in Albany , which has been thrown into turmoil in recent months by the arrest on corruption-related charges of Sheldon Silver, a Democratic assemblyman and former speaker, and Dean G. Skelos, the Republican majority leader in the Senate.
His proposals still face a battle in Albany, which has been thrown into turmoil in recent months by the arrest on corruption-related charges of Sheldon Silver, a Democratic assemblyman and former speaker, and Dean G. Skelos , the Republican majority leader in the Senate.
Both the 44-year-old 421-a housing program and the rent stabilization law, which governs rents for one million apartments in New York City, are set to expire on June 15 .
“It’s really siding with the real estate industry, rather than New York tenants,” said Katie Goldstein of Tenants and Neighbors , an advocacy group.
Keith L. T. Wright, a Democrat and the chairman of the Assembly’s housing committee , agreed.
Renewal would mean leaving the broken system intact .”
“It’s really siding with the real estate industry , rather than New York tenants,” said Katie Goldstein of Tenants and Neighbors, an advocacy group.
“It would be political and governmental malpractice if we do not reform rent regulations and 421-a,” he said.
“It’s really siding with the real estate industry, rather than New York tenants,” said Katie Goldstein of Tenants and Neighbors , an advocacy group.
But that would be a setback for both Mr. de Blasio and tenant activists who hope to impose restrictions on landlords of rent-stabilized apartments .
Renewal would mean leaving the broken system intact.” Keith L. T. Wright , a Democrat and the chairman of the Assembly’s housing committee, agreed.
Renewal would mean leaving the broken system intact.”
Mr. de Blasio has also called for the elimination of a provision of the rent-stabilization law that allows landlords to charge market rates once a rent-regulated unit reaches a monthly threshold of $2,500 .
It accounts for nearly two-thirds of the stabilized apartments lost each year.
Mr. de Blasio has also called for the elimination of a provision of the rent-stabilization law that allows landlords to charge market rates once a rent-regulated unit reaches a monthly threshold of $2,500.
Mr. de Blasio has also called for the elimination of a provision of the rent-stabilization law that allows landlords to charge market rates once a rent-regulated unit reaches a monthly threshold of $2,500.
Currently, the state has a “mansion tax” of 1 percent on the sales of homes over $1 million .
The de Blasio administration is calling for an additional 1 percent tax on the sale of homes in New York City over $1.75 million, which would rise to 1.5 percent tax on sales over $5 million.
Currently, the state has a “mansion tax” of 1 percent on the sales of homes over $1 million .
The de Blasio administration is calling for an additional 1 percent tax on the sale of homes in New York City over $1.75 million, which would rise to 1.5 percent tax on sales over $5 million.
State Senator Liz Krueger, a Democrat from Manhattan, said there may be a “window of opportunity” in Albany right now, where no one wants to be seen to be favoring programs that are viewed as giveaways to real estate interests.
The Alliance for Tenant Power and the Community Service Society, an anti-poverty group, recently called for abolishing 421-a .
But a union construction coalition , Up4NYC, wants to reform the program so developers pay construction workers middle-class, or union, wages.
Lisa Gomez , chairwoman of the New York State Affordable Housing Association, a builder’s group, argues that union pay scales would torpedo the production of affordable housing.
Her group, however, favors the mayor ’s proposal.
The Alliance for Tenant Power and the Community Service Society, an anti-poverty group, recently called for abolishing 421-a. But a union construction coalition, Up4NYC, wants to reform the program so developers pay construction workers middle-class, or union, wages .
Indian Railways is primarily a form of employment that also runs trains .
It employs more than 1.3 million people , and in the last fiscal year earned about 1.6 trillion rupees, or $25.2 billion, or less than 14 percent of the revenue of Apple.
It employs more than 1.3 million people, and in the last fiscal year earned about 1.6 trillion rupees, or $25.2 billion , or less than 14 percent of the revenue of Apple.
Often it turns in a small profit , but that is a result of legally sanctioned accounting wizardry.
Often it turns in a small profit, but that is a result of legally sanctioned accounting wizardry .
Even before Mrs. Clinton spoke, Mr. Sanders issued a statement reiterating his proposals, made early this month, including letting people buy drugs from Canada and allowing Medicare to negotiate with drug companies over prices (which is also in her plan)
He also noted that he has backed medication purchases from Canada since 1999 , before Mrs. Clinton joined the Senate.
Mrs. Clinton announced her patient spending cap as part of a plan that includes requiring most drug makers to spend a defined portion of their profits on research and development , ending tax breaks for pharmaceutical advertising and allowing Americans to import lower-priced drugs from other countries.
While Republican candidates for the White House want to repeal the Affordable Care Act and generally oppose interfering with the drug industry, Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Sanders are competing fiercely with each other to press for greater competition and new regulations to rein in pharmaceutical companies.
“It has gotten to the point where people are being asked to pay not just hundreds but thousands of dollars for a single pill,” said Mrs. Clinton, who laid out her proposals at a forum in Iowa , where she and Mr. Sanders are running closely in opinion polls for the first-in-the-nation caucuses.
“Bottom line is, politically this doesn’t happen,” Terry Haines , Washington analyst for the investment bank Evercore ISI, told clients on a webcast.
The Nasdaq Biotechnology Index fell more than 4 percent on Monday on fears that government action to control pharmaceutical prices could be coming.
On Monday, Mrs. Clinton helped cause biotechnology stocks to fall after she posted on Twitter , criticizing “price gouging” in the drug market, specifically referring to one company’s sudden decision to raise the price of a 62-year-old drug to $750 a tablet from $13.50.
“Bottom line is, politically this doesn’t happen,” Terry Haines, Washington analyst for the investment bank Evercore ISI , told clients on a webcast.
Wall Street analysts said that many of the proposals were unlikely to be enacted with Republicans controlling Congress, even if Mrs. Clinton became president.
The decision comes after Mr. Clarkson, 54 , was accused of verbally and physically attacking a BBC producer, Oisin Tymon, after Mr. Clarkson returned to a Yorkshire hotel after a late-night drinking session to find that there was no hot food served at that hour.
Mr. Clarkson, the popular and moneymaking host of BBC’s “ Top Gear ,” an entertainment show built around cars and British macho, was told on Wednesday that his contract, which is up at the end of March, will not be renewed, the BBC said.
After an investigation, the BBC director general , Tony Hall, said in a statement, “It is with great regret that I have told Jeremy Clarkson today that the BBC will not be renewing his contract.”
The decision comes after Mr. Clarkson, 54, was accused of verbally and physically attacking a BBC producer, Oisin Tymon , after Mr. Clarkson returned to a Yorkshire hotel after a late-night drinking session to find that there was no hot food served at that hour.
After the BBC was informed of what it initially called “a fracas,” Mr. Clarkson was suspended on March 10 and the last three episodes of this season of the popular “Top Gear” program were postponed.
Last year, the crew fled Argentina after being attacked by local residents during the filming of an episode in which Mr. Clarkson drove a Porsche sports car with the license plate H982 FKL, which some took as a reference to the British victory over Argentina in the 1982 Falklands War .
Last year, the crew fled Argentina after being attacked by local residents during the filming of an episode in which Mr. Clarkson drove a Porsche sports car with the license plate H982 FKL , which some took as a reference to the British victory over Argentina in the 1982 Falklands War.
In May 2014, in film not intended for broadcast, Mr. Clarkson seemed to use a racist term while reciting the “eeny, meeny, miney, moe” rhyme.
He has also been accused of racist comments aimed at Indians, Mexicans and Asians.
Last year, the crew fled Argentina after being attacked by local residents during the filming of an episode in which Mr. Clarkson drove a Porsche sports car with the license plate H982 FKL, which some took as a reference to the British victory over Argentina in the 1982 Falklands War.
“Top Gear,” which began as a straight show about cars, has in its current incarnation become popular worldwide, watched by about 350 million viewers in 170 countries.
“Top Gear,” which began as a straight show about cars, has in its current incarnation become popular worldwide, watched by about 350 million viewers in 170 countries.
After Mr. Clarkson’s suspension, more than a million people signed an online petition seeking his reinstatement, and he received remarkable statements of support from prominent friends, including Prime Minister David Cameron.
Overseas sales are worth an estimated $74 million a year for the corporation’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, according to the BBC.
It has been called the world’s most popular fact-based program, and it earns millions for the BBC and for Mr. Clarkson himself.
The 1994 baseball players’ strike came at the expense of the World Series.
Yet The Daily Mail has calculated that the average player salary in M.L.S. ranks 22nd among the world’s soccer leagues, a fraction of the average in top competitions like England’s Premier League and Germany’s Bundesliga.
The N.H.L. has locked out its players three times, once for a full season.
The N.H.L. has locked out its players three times, once for a full season.
Yet The Daily Mail has calculated that the average player salary in M.L.S. ranks 22nd among the world’s soccer leagues, a fraction of the average in top competitions like England’s Premier League and Germany’s Bundesliga.
WASHINGTON —  Hillary Rodham Clinton’s longtime adviser Sidney Blumenthal testified before a congressional committee on Tuesday that dozens of memos he sent her when she was secretary of state were written by a longtime high-ranking C.I.A. official.
During a seven-and-a-half-hour deposition behind closed doors before the House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya , Mr. Blumenthal identified the official as Tyler Drumheller, according to a person with knowledge of his testimony.
During a seven-and-a-half-hour deposition behind closed doors before the House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, Mr. Blumenthal identified the official as Tyler Drumheller , according to a person with knowledge of his testimony.
WASHINGTON —  Hillary Rodham Clinton’s longtime adviser Sidney Blumenthal testified before a congressional committee on Tuesday that dozens of memos he sent her when she was secretary of state were written by a longtime high-ranking C.I.A. official.
During a seven-and-a-half-hour deposition behind closed doors before the House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, Mr. Blumenthal identified the official as Tyler Drumheller, according to a person with knowledge of his testimony.
Visitors announce themselves by pressing a red nipple within the raised areola .
With her brood safely strapped in, she drives a black BMW 735i , very fast, and favors a subdued, asexual preppy look — turtle-necks and T-shirts, cut-off shorts, dirty Reeboks.
Both “Immediate Family” and “At Twelve,” her portraits of local girls on the cusp of puberty, are dedicated to him.
The decor includes photographs by Diane Arbus and Emmet Gowin, both important figures for Mann; walls of books; marble torsos of nude women; finches in cages and flying free; the skeletons of lizards and cats.
While she has pursued her photography career with singleminded purpose, he has been a blacksmith and a two-term City Councilman ; recently, he got a law degree.
Like an essayist collecting quotations, Mann ransacks the history of photography for her imagery.
The influence of Norman Sieff , her photography teacher at Bennington and best known for his sepia-tinted album cover for the Band, can still be felt.
At Hollins, she reprinted the glass plates of Michael Miley , Robert E. Lee’s main portrait photographer, and further immersed herself in the technology of the 19th century.
At Hollins, she reprinted the glass plates of Michael Miley, Robert E. Lee’s main portrait photographer, and further immersed herself in the technology of the 19th century.
In 1987 , Emmett was struck by a car and thrown 50 feet.
In 1987, Emmett was struck by a car and thrown 50 feet .
Still, “Immediate Family” includes a picture from 1989 that may be the most gruesome so far: a nude Virginia seeming to have hanged herself by a rope from a tree.
In her pictures of her own family — like “Damaged Child,” with its implication of battering, and “Flour Paste,” in which Jessie’s legs resemble a burn victim ’s — Mann punches the buttons of her viewers.
The imagery of death fascinates her.
and I sit on the steps of the cabin at the 400-acre farm she owns with her brothers, Jessie and Virginia are splashing in the Maury River below, having stripped as soon we arrived.
and I sit on the steps of the cabin at the 400-acre farm she owns with her brothers, Jessie and Virginia are splashing in the Maury River below, having stripped as soon we arrived.
A flood has recently wrecked the place.
“Adults have treated them with respect .
“I just reread ‘ Lolita ,’ “ she says above the din.
A screaming fight breaks out down by the river over Virginia’s watch, and Mann, hoping the girls will sort it out themselves, tries to continue her train of thought.
But it would have been difficult, because she’s always naked out here.”
“I swore two years ago that because she was beginning to look more like an adult woman, I was going to stop.
But by the time Jessie comes running up the stairs in tears, shouting “I hate her, Mommy” and disappearing into the woods , the opportunity for peacemaking has slipped away.
Ten minutes later , however, tears dried, Jessie is prowling around in the cabin, having spontaneously fashioned a skirt and bolero for herself out of green leaves, like a sprite of nature.
Ten minutes later, however, tears dried, Jessie is prowling around in the cabin, having spontaneously fashioned a skirt and bolero for herself out of green leaves, like a sprite of nature.
Acting quickly to seize the moment, Mann sets up her Toyo on the tripod.
Smith made history, but she didn’t make any real dent in the election .
The Republicans, in the end, nominated Barry Goldwater .
Most people didn’t seem to take her very seriously, and it didn’t help that her signature campaign tactic was passing out muffin recipes .
The Democrats’ first big moment came in 1972 when Shirley Chisholm ran for the presidential nomination.
The Democrats’ first big moment came in 1972 when Shirley Chisholm ran for the presidential nomination.
“I’ve heard that,” Clinton said.
(On the Jimmy Kimmel show , Clinton confided that if her husband had not been barred from seeking a third term, he’d have gone for it.
(On the Jimmy Kimmel show, Clinton confided that if her husband had not been barred from seeking a third term, he’d have gone for it.
“I’ve heard that,” Clinton said.
“The factory teams fear and know that we would be faster than them,” said Dietrich Mateschitz , the billionaire founder and director of the Red Bull energy drink company in Austria that owns the team.
At the Mexican Grand Prix on Nov. 1, in high-altitude conditions that weakened engine power, the Red Bulls again emerged stronger.
At the Mexican Grand Prix on Nov. 1 , in high-altitude conditions that weakened engine power, the Red Bulls again emerged stronger.
“The factory teams fear and know that we would be faster than them,” said Dietrich Mateschitz, the billionaire founder and director of the Red Bull energy drink company in Austria that owns the team.
Thanks to their superior design, the Red Bull cars have excelled this season whenever engine power was less import than aerodynamics and the chassis .
The other teams fear that with a better engine, the Red Bull aerodynamics guru, Adrian Newey , who has been responsible for designing many of the championship-winning cars of the last two decades — at Red Bull and previously at Williams and McLaren — would trump them again.
Red Bull, meanwhile, had announced that it was dropping the Renault engine after it had entered into what it considered was an agreement to use the best engine of the new era, made by Mercedes .
Mercedes had indeed spoken to Red Bull directors, the German manufacturer claimed, but any possibility of a deal fell apart because the directors had overlooked some important negotiating points.
Finding itself with no Renault or Mercedes engine, the Red Bull team turned to Ferrari .
“We wanted to know from Red Bull about shared ideas and marketing campaigns we could develop for a common future,” said Toto Wolff , the Mercedes motorsport director.
After discussions, the Italian team rejected the idea of supplying Red Bull, although it did accept to supply Toro Rosso , Red Bull’s second team.
Ferrari , which is scraping its way back from its worst period in more than a decade, did not want to give the same engine that its cars use to a team that could well beat it.
“The possibility of cooperating with Red Bull regarding the development of a power unit remains an option,” said Sergio Marchionne , the president of Fiat and Ferrari.
Ferrari, which is scraping its way back from its worst period in more than a decade, did not want to give the same engine that its cars use to a team that could well beat it .
Tariq, who was 15 at the time, was spending the summer with relatives in East Jerusalem when violence broke out over the gruesome killing of his cousin Muhammad Abu Khdeir, 16, by Jewish extremists who said they wanted to avenge the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli youths by Palestinian militants in the West Bank.
Tariq, who was 15 at the time, was spending the summer with relatives in East Jerusalem when violence broke out over the gruesome killing of his cousin Muhammad Abu Khdeir, 16, by Jewish extremists who said they wanted to avenge the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli youths by Palestinian militants in the West Bank.
Tariq, who said he had only been watching the clashes, was taken to a hospital and returned to the United States about two weeks later.
Tariq, who was 15 at the time, was spending the summer with relatives in East Jerusalem when violence broke out over the gruesome killing of his cousin Muhammad Abu Khdeir, 16, by Jewish extremists who said they wanted to avenge the kidnapping and killing of three Israeli youths by Palestinian militants in the West Bank.
The Israeli authorities said that Tariq was masked and holding a wooden slingshot when the officer chased him.
The Consumer Financial Protection Board has sued Corinthian and ITT Education Services .
In 2013, New York’s attorney general reached a $10.25 million settlement with the Career Education Corporation over claims that it had inflated graduates’ job-placement rates .
In 2013 , New York’s attorney general reached a $10.25 million settlement with the Career Education Corporation over claims that it had inflated graduates’ job-placement rates.
In 2013, New York’s attorney general reached a $10.25 million settlement with the Career Education Corporation over claims that it had inflated graduates’ job-placement rates.
Corinthian has also been sued by the state attorneys general in California, Massachusetts and Wisconsin .
I consider myself part of the baby boom generation , and looking back on our accomplishments, I’m proud.
“The language used to describe the changing age composition of the population is little short of apocalyptic,” Anne Karpf writes.
We brought about much-needed cultural change .
There may be a “liberation” in growing old, but this can change when seniors read the handwriting on the wall.
I consider myself part of the baby boom generation, and looking back on our accomplishments , I’m proud.
LOS ANGELES — I first met Eva Chow — encountered would actually be a better term — in 2013 in the courtyard of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
It was the museum’s third Art & Film Gala, and Mrs. Chow, a host with Leonardo DiCaprio, was working the room like a piranha in a goldfish bowl.
LOS ANGELES — I first met Eva Chow — encountered would actually be a better term — in 2013 in the courtyard of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
It was the museum’s third Art & Film Gala, and Mrs. Chow, a host with Leonardo DiCaprio, was working the room like a piranha in a goldfish bowl.
It was the museum’s third Art & Film Gala, and Mrs. Chow, a host with Leonardo DiCaprio , was working the room like a piranha in a goldfish bowl.
For the last 23 years, Mrs. Chow — first name pronounced Aay-vah, obviously — has been largely defined by her marriage to Michael Chow , the celebrity restaurateur.
Last month, she oversaw the introduction of an exclusive Mr. Chow-branded wine .
With the bespectacled Mr. Chow approaching 77 and concentrating on making art, Mrs. Chow, who is in her late 50s, has increased her focus on their business, particularly when it comes to growth.
She gave up a successful fashion line, Eva Chun , in 1994 to be a mother.
A six th location opened in Malibu, Calif., in 2012.
She is the third Mrs. Chow.
Asked to clarify, he responded: “I’m not a family lawyer, nor an accountant .
She was preceded by the model Tina Chow, who died in 1992 ; and, before that, Grace Coddington, who is now the creative director at Vogue.
She was preceded by the model Tina Chow, who died in 1992; and, before that, Grace Coddington , who is now the creative director at Vogue.
Intel will continue to support a separate talent search aimed at international student competition at least through 2019 , which is Intel’s contractual term, said Ms. Dundas, the Intel spokeswoman.
Although Broadcom, another semiconductor company, was bought this year, the Broadcom Foundation is independent and will continue to support the prize.
In addition to the Intel-sponsored prize, the society also runs a science and technology competition for middle school students, financed by the Broadcom Foundation .
Intel will continue to support a separate talent search aimed at international student competition at least through 2019, which is Intel’s contractual term, said Ms. Dundas , the Intel spokeswoman.
Although Broadcom, another semiconductor company, was bought this year, the Broadcom Foundation is independent and will continue to support the prize .
The Afghan government side included a diverse array of representatives, among them former members of the Taliban who have reconciled with the government; Tajik, Pashtun and Uzbek leaders; and President Ashraf Ghani’s uncle, Abdul Qayoum Kochai , according to Nazar Mohammad Mutmaeen.
Mr. Mutmaeen said that the Taliban had agreed on the list of those attending the Pugwash Conference, but overruled some, such as the High Peace Council’s secretary general, Masoom Stanikzai , if they seemed too obviously representative of the government.
The Afghan government side included a diverse array of representatives, among them former members of the Taliban who have reconciled with the government; Tajik, Pashtun and Uzbek leaders; and President Ashraf Ghani’s uncle, Abdul Qayoum Kochai, according to Nazar Mohammad Mutmaeen .
Mr. Mutmaeen said that the Taliban had agreed on the list of those attending the Pugwash Conference , but overruled some, such as the High Peace Council’s secretary general, Masoom Stanikzai, if they seemed too obviously representative of the government.
Afghan women’s groups have long complained that they had been bypassed in previous attempts to open talks with the Taliban, and noted that they would have the most to lose if repressive Taliban-era restrictions on women’s public roles were to return.
Dr. García, 68, had immigrated to Miami at age 14 as part of Operation Pedro Pan, during which 14,000 unaccompanied minors were flown to the United States from Cuba.
Dr. García, 68, had immigrated to Miami at age 14 as part of Operation Pedro Pan , during which 14,000 unaccompanied minors were flown to the United States from Cuba.
He wanted to buy a one-bedroom in good condition with a doorman to receive packages.
He wanted to buy a one-bedroom in good condition with a doorman to receive packages.
His budget topped out in the high $600,000s .
a 5,400 -square-foot five-bedroom house, and every one-bedroom he saw seemed small.
He started the hunt last summer at open houses.
He was coming from a 5,400-square-foot five-bedroom house, and every one-bedroom he saw seemed small .
In one case, he intended to bid, but was told “there are already three offers beyond the asking price,” he said.
“This does not happen in Florida .”
“I am perfectly happy with what I have here, and every item has a meaning for me,” said Dr. García, who wrote an essay about editing his life in preparation for his move.
“I am perfectly happy with what I have here, and every item has a meaning for me,” said Dr. García, who wrote an essay about editing his life in preparation for his move.
His twice-weekly trip to Columbia involves the crosstown bus and the subway.
He runs either in Central Park — it’s more distant than he had hoped — or along the East River.
His twice-weekly trip to Columbia involves the crosstown bus and the subway .
Rising Star Chef of the Year Tanya Baker, Boarding House, Chicago Alex Bois, High Street on Market, Philadelphia
Harlen Wheatley, Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Ky.
Harlen Wheatley, Buffalo Trace Distillery , Frankfort, Ky.
Rising Star Chef of the Year Tanya Baker, Boarding House, Chicago Alex Bois, High Street on Market, Philadelphia
Harlen Wheatley, Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Ky .
In an interview, Mr. Cook said that since he joined the company in 2009 its influence had increased, and that it would be incumbent upon him to “to operate this place in a way that is cognizant of the power it has, and uses it judiciously.”
In an interview, Mr. Cook said that since he joined the company in 2009 its influence had increased , and that it would be incumbent upon him to “to operate this place in a way that is cognizant of the power it has, and uses it judiciously.”
In an interview, Mr. Cook said that since he joined the company in 2009 its influence had increased, and that it would be incumbent upon him to “to operate this place in a way that is cognizant of the power it has, and uses it judiciously .
that it would be incumbent upon him to “to operate this place in a way that is cognizant of the power it has, and uses it judiciously.”
In an interview , Mr. Cook said that since he joined the company in 2009 its influence had increased, and that it would be incumbent upon him to “to operate this place in a way that is cognizant of the power it has, and uses it judiciously.”
Now, car keys — or key fobs, as they are also known — include chips to prevent theft, cannot be duplicated at the local locksmith and often never have to be removed from pockets.
“The physical key will be with us for years to come,” said Mark Baker , director of engineering for ZF TRW, a manufacturer of automobile systems.
Too many problems exist — like a slow data network or a dead phone battery — to rely on smartphones alone, experts say.
Tesla is not alone in offering those sorts of options; BMW, General Motors and Volvo, among other manufacturers, offer apps that perform similar functions.
That’s because customers are purchasing cars with so-called PEPS, or Passive Entry, Passive Start capabilities.
The car cannot be locked if the key is left in the car .
In Tesla’s case, one needs to open the app and then enter a PIN to start the car or unlock the doors.
Touching the door’s handle unlocks it, and the car is started by pushing a button.
Both Audi and Volvo are experimenting with systems that allow groceries and packages to be delivered to the trunks of cars, with the owner notified of each entry.
“It’s certainly feasible, but a lot of people might find this intrusive.” Advanced digital keys — whether a physical key or a smartphone app — could also be authorized for one-time use, allowing other people to enter vehicles but locking them out if they tried to do so again.
“Ninety-five percent of the time, a car sits there doing nothing ,” Mr. Green said.
Both Audi and Volvo are experimenting with systems that allow groceries and packages to be delivered to the trunks of cars, with the owner notified of each entry .
After faltering in a previous debate exchange with Senator Marco Rubio , Mr. Bush — perhaps more than anyone else onstage — might be compelled to prove he has the strength and passion not just to lead the nation, but to hold his own in the aggressive Colosseum of modern politics.
But now, in an election cycle where the Republican Party’s grass-roots wing is angry and looking for a presidential candidate who projects a visceral sense of their frustration, some of Jeb Bush’s supporters say he may need to learn the fine art of negative campaigning .
The Republican debate on Tuesday in Las Vegas provides Mr. Bush with a highly anticipated platform to forcefully take on his rivals.
The Republican debate on Tuesday in Las Vegas provides Mr. Bush with a highly anticipated platform to forcefully take on his rivals.
That could be tricky for a man whose family code is one of polite gentility and even bipartisanship, not angry yelling and boorishness.
That hardball, in-the-trenches style of politics, said friends, aides and scholars of the three men, goes against the ethos of the blue-blooded dynasty with roots in New England , where manners and decorum were ingrained not just at the dinner table but in the halls and playing fields of Andover.
That hardball, in-the-trenches style of politics, said friends, aides and scholars of the three men, goes against the ethos of the blue-blooded dynasty with roots in New England, where manners and decorum were ingrained not just at the dinner table but in the halls and playing fields of Andover .
“Even the most visceral of the Bushes, George W. Bush, has been averse to that kind of pugnation,” said Robert Draper , the author of “Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush.”
“Even the most visceral of the Bushes, George W. Bush, has been averse to that kind of pugnation,” said Robert Draper, the author of “ Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush .
Ron Kaufman , who served in the first President Bush’s administration and is a longtime friend of the family, said Jeb Bush in particular was more of a serious-minded policy aficionado than a political fighter.
Standing onstage in Simi Valley, Calif., Mr. Bush called on Mr. Trump to apologize for inserting Mr. Bush’s wife, Columba , who was born in Mexico, in the immigration debate.
Mr. Bush’s father relied on Lee Atwater , who in a memoir nicknamed himself the “bad boy” of American politics, and his brother often delegated his unsavory tasks to Karl Rove.
Mr. Bush’s father relied on Lee Atwater , who in a memoir nicknamed himself the “bad boy” of American politics, and his brother often delegated his unsavory tasks to Karl Rove.
Mr. Bush’s father relied on Lee Atwater, who in a memoir nicknamed himself the “bad boy” of American politics, and his brother often delegated his unsavory tasks to Karl Rove .
Jeb Bush’s team, led by his pugnacious campaign manager, Danny Diaz , can also be feisty.
Mr. Atwater managed George Bush’s 1988 campaign against Michael S. Dukakis , the Massachusetts governor, a race that featured one of the most devastating political ads in American history.
It discussed Willie Horton , a black murderer who escaped from the Massachusetts prison system while on a weekend furlough and raped a white woman and stabbed her husband.
Mr. Atwater managed George Bush’s 1988 campaign against Michael S. Dukakis, the Massachusetts governor , a race that featured one of the most devastating political ads in American history.
It discussed Willie Horton, a black murderer who escaped from the Massachusetts prison system while on a weekend furlough and raped a white woman and stabbed her husband.
In 2000, George W. Bush defeated Senator John McCain in the South Carolina primary after fliers falsely accusing Mr. McCain of fathering a black baby out of wedlock began circulating in the state.
Then, in the 2004 general election, he received a boost when Swift Boat Veterans for Truth , an outside group, ran a television ad accusing Senator John Kerry, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, of lying about his war record.
Then, in the 2004 general election, he received a boost when Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, an outside group, ran a television ad accusing Senator John Kerry, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, of lying about his war record .
And now, with Republicans nearly three times as likely as Democrats to describe themselves as angry with the federal government, according to a recent Pew Research Center study, Jeb Bush may need to get more comfortable — and quickly — with personally going on the attack and channeling a sense of passionate outrage.
And now, with Republicans nearly three times as likely as Democrats to describe themselves as angry with the federal government, according to a recent Pew Research Center study, Jeb Bush may need to get more comfortable — and quickly — with personally going on the attack and channeling a sense of passionate outrage.
Mr. Bush’s campaign, meanwhile, said its candidate is an effective fighter, citing his conservative record as governor of Florida , where he was the “first governor to break the back of the teachers’ union.”
Recently, Mr. Bush has hired a media coach, and has become more willing to take on his rivals, particularly Mr. Trump, dismissing him as “not a serious leader” and “unhinged.”
Recently, Mr. Bush has hired a media coach , and has become more willing to take on his rivals, particularly Mr. Trump, dismissing him as “not a serious leader” and “unhinged.”
Mr. Bush’s campaign, meanwhile, said its candidate is an effective fighter, citing his conservative record as governor of Florida, where he was the “first governor to break the back of the teachers’ union .”
“Jeb has taken on the big fights and won, he will do the same as president,” said Tim Miller , the campaign’s communications director.
Charley Hoffman took advantage of calmer afternoon conditions to take the first-round lead in the windswept Texas Open, shooting a five-under-par 67.
Charley Hoffman took advantage of calmer afternoon conditions to take the first-round lead in the windswept Texas Open, shooting a five-under-par 67.
Max Homa had a 69, and Phil Mickelson and Ryan Palmer each shot a 70 .
Aaron Baddeley was second after a 68.
■ Mirim Lee birdied all four par-5 holes and finished with a bogey-free seven-under 65 to take the first-round lead in the Kia Classic in Carlsbad, Calif .
More important were her forward-looking wood reliefs, painted entirely black or white , which linked the found-object aesthetic of assemblage to the clean lines and orderly sequences of Minimalism (and also presaged the all-black assemblage sculptures of Rashid Johnson).
But by the time she died at age 88 in 1988, the art world had moved on.
The sculptor Louise Nevelson took up a fair amount of space in New York in the 1960s and early ’70s.
She was one of the most prominent artists of her generation, known for her imperious personality and a penchant for false eyelashes, heavy jewelry and chinchilla capes.
She was one of the most prominent artists of her generation, known for her imperious personality and a penchant for false eyelashes, heavy jewelry and chinchilla capes.
This documentary chronicles Mr. Frank’s 32 turbulent years in Congress, where he was chairman of the Financial Services Committee as Wall Street was imploding.
He also became the first sitting member to marry a same-sex partner when, in 2012, he and Jim Ready promised to love each other “for better or for worse, on MSNBC or on Fox.”
“I don’t even have to pretend to try to be nice to people I don’t like,” that Massachusetts representative and Democrat said before stepping down in 2013, tapping into what Rachel Maddow called “a sense of humor that he wields like a wrecking ball.”
He also became the first sitting member to marry a same-sex partner when, in 2012 , he and Jim Ready promised to love each other “for better or for worse, on MSNBC or on Fox.”
“I don’t even have to pretend to try to be nice to people I don’t like,” that Massachusetts representative and Democrat said before stepping down in 2013 , tapping into what Rachel Maddow called “a sense of humor that he wields like a wrecking ball.”
In 1990 — the most violent year in New York City history, with 2,245 homicides — Brian Watkins, a tourist, was stabbed on a subway platform while trying to protect his family from muggers.
In 1990 — the most violent year in New York City history, with 2,245 homicides — Brian Watkins, a tourist, was stabbed on a subway platform while trying to protect his family from muggers.
This month, Johnny Hincapie, one of seven men convicted of felony murder in Mr. Watkins’s death, was released after 25 years in prison, his conviction overturned by new evidence and his contention that his confession was coerced.
THE KNICK Would you want a heroin addict operating on you? The board of the Knickerbocker Hospital doesn’t think so and tries to prevent Dr. Thackery from returning.
When Mary Mapes, the producer, could not authenticate documents that supported the charges, she was fired, and Dan Rather later stepped down as anchorman.
What’s Streaming Now THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 ( 2014 ) Katniss Everdeen, now squirreled away in District 13, once thought destroyed, leads the charge against the Capitol.
What’s Streaming Now THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 (2014) Katniss Everdeen, now squirreled away in District 13 , once thought destroyed, leads the charge against the Capitol.
What’s Streaming Now THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 (2014) Katniss Everdeen , now squirreled away in District 13, once thought destroyed, leads the charge against the Capitol.
(hulu.com) (Image: Ms. Lawrence) HEMLOCK GROVE Evildoers run rampant in a dingy Pennsylvania industrial town as the friendship between a werewolf and a rich guy who likes the taste of his own blood comes to a disturbing end.
What’s Streaming Now THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 (2014) Katniss Everdeen , now squirreled away in District 13, once thought destroyed, leads the charge against the Capitol.
He would take the trunk-ground lizards far from their home territory to make room for their upstairs neighbors, and then release them.
If he removed all of the trunk-ground anoles, he wondered, would the trunk-crown lizards extend their territory farther down the tree?
Several years ago, Dr. Leal was studying competition between two species .
But in a reptilian version of the children’s song, “The Cat Came Back,” the lizards wouldn’t stay away .
“ Lizards kept showing up in the territory that had just been scoured for lizards ,” he said.
Block it completely, Dr. Leal said, and “after a day they just stop moving.” They are normally quiet at night .
Then the researchers created caps with pieces of Ping-Pong ball , and attached them with surgical glue and cork as a cushion, to the heads of the anoles to interfere with polarized light that might reach an organ in the brain called the parietal eye.
Then the researchers created caps with pieces of Ping-Pong ball, and attached them with surgical glue and cork as a cushion, to the heads of the anoles to interfere with polarized light that might reach an organ in the brain called the parietal eye .
Block it completely, Dr. Leal said, and “after a day they just stop moving .”
Then the researchers created caps with pieces of Ping-Pong ball, and attached them with surgical glue and cork as a cushion, to the heads of the anoles to interfere with polarized light that might reach an organ in the brain called the parietal eye.
Anyone with a suggestion about how the lizards navigate or how their ability might be tested can email him at lealmizzou@gmail.com .
He will be in the field, with anoles, until mid-July .
His next step is to attach a GPS tracking device to the lizards to see what kind of path they follow on their way home.
But he is so eager to hear theories about the homing lizard that he is sharing his email address.
After that, he says, he’ll answer any emails with promising ideas.
The undisputed mecca of these salons is Donde Dorian .
Camouflaged on a residential street opposite a wall with obedient graffiti extolling the local Committee for the Defense of the Revolution, the salon’s drab facade gives way to a bright front room selling Hollywood cigarettes, Cristal beer and espresso from a vintage machine.
Around 11 p.m. on a recent evening, a line of young men waited in the back room for their turn in the seat of Dorian Carbonell Fernandéz , 31, who was dressed in jeans and a T-shirt and sculpting the eyebrows of Robert Richard Esteves with a straight edge razor.
Around 11 p.m. on a recent evening, a line of young men waited in the back room for their turn in the seat of Dorian Carbonell Fernandéz, 31, who was dressed in jeans and a T-shirt and sculpting the eyebrows of Robert Richard Esteves with a straight edge razor .
Mr. Fernandéz’s hair blower always points up .
“They all come to the salon before going out,” Mr. Fernandéz said of his nearly 20 clients a night .
His own balding hair closely cropped, Mr. Fernandéz said he started in a state-run barbershop but had creative differences with his partners.
His dream is to start a chain and help bring Cuban men’s style back to the glory days.
His own balding hair closely cropped , Mr. Fernandéz said he started in a state-run barbershop but had creative differences with his partners.
“It’s like the ’50s in Havana,” Pavel Premdes, 26, said as he had his hair touched upward in a “Grease”-like wave .
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea formally announced on Wednesday that it would try to raise the 6,825-ton ferry that sank more than a year ago, killing more than 300 people, most of them high school students.
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea formally announced on Wednesday that it would try to raise the 6,825-ton ferry that sank more than a year ago, killing more than 300 people , most of them high school students.
The overloaded ferry Sewol capsized off the southwestern tip of South Korea last April, and
The overloaded ferry Sewol capsized off the southwestern tip of South Korea last April , and it now lies on its side about 145 feet underwater.
The overloaded ferry Sewol capsized off the southwestern tip of South Korea last April, and it now lies on its side about 145 feet underwater .
Approval came at the church’s general synod in Cleveland , where delegates voted 508 to 124 in favor of divestment and boycott, with 38 abstentions.
Approval came at the church’s general synod in Cleveland, where delegates voted 508 to 124 in favor of divestment and boycott, with 38 abstentions.
The second resolution, which called the actions of Israel against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip acts of apartheid, received 51 percent of the vote — 312 for, 295 against and 31 abstentions — failing to gain the two-thirds majority required for passage.
Passage of that measure would have made the church the first in the United States to officially describe Israel’s behavior toward the Palestinians as apartheid.
It was one of two resolutions on the Israel i-Palestinian conflict debated by the church, which has about one million members and more than 5,000 congregations nationwide.
The Rev. John Deckenback , conference minister of the church’s Central Atlantic Conference, which submitted the boycott resolution, called the outcome a reflection of the church’s “spirit of love for both Israelis and Palestinians.”
The church said in a statement that it “considers Tuesday ’s actions a next step in the U.C.C.’s involvement with peace in the Middle East.”
The Rev. John Deckenback , conference minister of the church’s Central Atlantic Conference, which submitted the boycott resolution, called the outcome a reflection of the church’s “spirit of love for both Israelis and Palestinians.”
The church’s boycott resolution reflects what supporters call the growing momentum of the Boycott, Divest and Sanction movement, which seeks to pressure Israel economically over the long-paralyzed Middle East peace process.
The Rev. John Deckenback, conference minister of the church’s Central Atlantic Conference, which submitted the boycott resolution, called the outcome a reflection of the church’s “spirit of love for both Israelis and Palestinians .
Religious activists in the denomination have been among the most outspoken in recent years over what they regard as Israel’s unjustified repression of Palestinians and their aspirations for an independent state.
The activists have deplored militant attacks on Israelis and said they supported Israel’s right to exist but disagreed with its policies.
The first resolution, passed in 2005 , broadly called for the use of economic leverage, including boycotts and adjustments in foreign aid.
Religious activists in the denomination have been among the most outspoken in recent years over what they regard as Israel’s unjustified repression of Palestinians and their aspirations for an independent state.
Religious activists in the denomination have been among the most outspoken in recent years over what they regard as Israel’s unjustified repression of Palestinians and their aspirations for an independent state.
“The U.C.C. resolutions on the Middle East conflict have reflected the most radical politics for more than a decade, and in no way reflect a moral stance or reality-based position,” said Emmanuel Nahshon, spokesman for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“People of faith ought to be acting to help Israel and the Palestinians to renew efforts to achieve peace, rather than endlessly demonizing one party in the conflict — in our view, the aggrieved party.” StandWithUs , a pro-Israeli advocacy group based in Los Angeles, condemned what it called “anti-Israel extremists within the U.C.C.” for promoting both resolutions debated on Tuesday.
“The U.C.C. resolutions on the Middle East conflict have reflected the most radical politics for more than a decade, and in no way reflect a moral stance or reality-based position,” said Emmanuel Nahshon , spokesman for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
“The U.C.C. resolutions on the Middle East conflict have reflected the most radical politics for more than a decade, and in no way reflect a moral stance or reality-based position,” said Emmanuel Nahshon, spokesman for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
Last year, the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) approved a resolution to divest from three companies that it said supplied Israel with equipment used in the occupation of Palestinian territory.
Two other American churches — the Episcopal Church and the Mennonite Church USA — were also debating Israeli divestment measures this week at their conventions.
Two other American churches — the Episcopal Church and the Mennonite Church USA — were also debating Israel i divestment measures this week at their conventions.
Representatives of Jewish Voice for Peace , an advocacy group based in Oakland, Calif. that has endorsed the B.D.S. movement, attended the United Church of Christ meeting as observers.
Representatives of Jewish Voice for Peace, an advocacy group based in Oakland , Calif. that has endorsed the B.D.S. movement, attended the United Church of Christ meeting as observers.
In Jesse Ball ’s elegant, spellbinding fifth novel, “A Cure for Suicide,” a man known only as the “claimant” sits on a chair, which he has recently learned is called “chair.”
The examiner has not yet given the claimant a name.
He listens as a woman he knows as the “examiner” tells him how a story works.
In Jesse Ball’s elegant, spellbinding fifth novel, “A Cure for Suicide,” a man known only as the “claimant” sits on a chair, which he has recently learned is called “chair.”
With the simplicity of a fable and the drama of a psychological thriller, Ball tells a story about starting over from nothing , reconstructing life from its most basic elements.
With the simplicity of a fable and the drama of a psychological thriller, Ball tells a story about starting over from nothing, reconstructing life from its most basic elements.
With the simplicity of a fable and the drama of a psychological thriller , Ball tells a story about starting over from nothing, reconstructing life from its most basic elements.
These acts of narrative deconstruction highlight his strength as a deeply questioning writer at home in fact as much as abstraction.
Noting that gravestones are “ irrational ” because they prolong suffering while failing to bring back the dead, the claimant wonders: “But, if life is just that, just being reasonable, then there is nothing in it — nothing worthwhile.
There is yearning at the core of “A Cure for Suicide,” and in that yearning is the reason for carrying on when doing so feels impossible.
Ball asks whether, given the chance to shed our pain and start over with the mind of a child, we would want to do so — to what extent pain informs identity, and what parts of us would remain were we to shed that pain.
There is yearning at the core of “A Cure for Suicide,” and in that yearning is the reason for carrying on when doing so feels impossible.
In the hands of a less skilled writer, these questions could be mistaken for science fiction cliché, a riff on “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” but Ball deftly explores questions with the eye of a poet and the logic of a philosopher, revealing new facets with perfect timing and acuity.
In the hands of a less skilled writer, these questions could be mistaken for science fiction cliché, a riff on “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind,” but Ball deftly explores questions with the eye of a poet and the logic of a philosopher , revealing new facets with perfect timing and acuity.
The title of “ Truth ,” a gripping, beautifully executed journalistic thriller about the events that ended Dan Rather’s career as a CBS anchorman, should probably be appended with a question mark.
Just as there are conspiracy theorists who will never be satisfied with the Warren Commission report on the Kennedy assassination, there are some who passionately believe that Mr. Rather and his producer Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett) conspired to tarnish George W. Bush ’s reputation.
Just as there are conspiracy theorists who will never be satisfied with the Warren Commission report on the Kennedy assassination, there are some who passionately believe that Mr. Rather and his producer Mary Mapes (Cate Blanchett) conspired to tarnish George W. Bush’s reputation.
Just as there are conspiracy theorists who will never be satisfied with the Warren Commission report on the Kennedy assassination, there are some who passionately believe that Mr. Rather and his producer Mary Mapes ( Cate Blanchett ) conspired to tarnish George W. Bush’s reputation.
The title of “Truth,” a gripping, beautifully executed journalistic thriller about the events that ended Dan Rather’s career as a CBS anchorman, should probably be appended with a question mark.
Few capitalized on these events as quickly as P. T. Barnum .
The era’s undisputed master showman announced that he would pay $500 for Davis’s dress .
The possibility that it would soon appear at the Manhattan headquarters of Barnum’s entertainment empire set the country abuzz.
Located on lower Broadway , it was said to be either the greatest collection of diversions in the greatest city on earth, or an “ill-looking, ungainly, rambling structure,” containing a “paltry collection of preposterous things.”
Barnum’s American Museum was then the nation’s most popular tourist destination.
Barnum called his Davis display “ The Belle of Richmond .”
Landing to “ cheers and uncontrollable laughter ,” the statue was then promptly hanged, just as the song suggested.
The cause of the fire remained a mystery, but many assumed arson .
His suffering became a passion play of the Lost Cause , the nearly religious cult of grievance that convinced subsequent generations of the Union’s intent not only to defeat the Confederacy but to emasculate it.
While the crowd jeered , a bearded mannequin dressed in women’s attire was hurled into the street, its skirt acting briefly as a parachute.
Barnum surely would have admired the puffing necessary to transform an archtraitor into an American hero .
Recent debates over relics of the Confederacy — in South Carolina, the United States Capitol, and elsewhere — only underscore how successful 150 years of revisionism can be.
The commanding poses struck by Davis in statues across the country are anxious correctives to depictions that troubled his followers long after the war’s end.
“The American people,” Barnum famously said, “like to be fooled.”
If Jefferson Davis manages to survive current efforts to remove him from several of his pedestals , his old antagonist would likely know why.
A friend of mine inherited a ­Bavarian coffee set from her maternal great-­grandmother , a woman who fled Europe in the late 1930s, carrying little more than the purpose-built, velvet-lined case that still holds it.
A friend of mine inherited a ­ Bavarian coffee set from her maternal great-­grandmother, a woman who fled Europe in the late 1930s, carrying little more than the purpose-built, velvet-lined case that still holds it.
A friend of mine inherited a ­Bavarian coffee set from her maternal great-­grandmother, a woman who fled Europe in the late 1930s, carrying little more than the purpose-built, velvet-lined case that still holds it.
A friend of mine inherited a ­Bavarian coffee set from her maternal great-­grandmother, a woman who fled Europe in the late 1930s , carrying little more than the purpose-built, velvet-lined case that still holds it.
Invented in China , about 1,000 years ago, porcelain is a ceramic made from a varying mixture of materials, the most indispensable of which is a whitish clay, kaolin.
Invented in China, about 1,000 years ago , porcelain is a ceramic made from a varying mixture of materials, the most indispensable of which is a whitish clay, kaolin.
The city of Jingdezhen produced the most beautiful of these objects: bowls, jars, vases and other items created in vast quantities for the imperial court.
In the early 18th century , under his orders, an odd couple of proto-scientists — an urbane mathematician and a young, eccentric alchemist — finally figured out how to make porcelain in Dresden.
A few years later, William Cookworthy , a mild-mannered Quaker apothecary living in Devon, noticed that the clay in a nearby Cornish hill resembled the kaolin described in newly published letters from China.
Augustus set Tschirnhaus up with a character named Johann Friedrich ­Böttger, an apothecary’s apprentice who came to public attention when he was observed turning silver into gold.
Augustus set Tschirnhaus up with a character named Johann Friedrich ­Böttger, an apothecary’s apprentice who came to public attention when he was observed turning silver into gold .
Mercurial in both the figurative and literal sense (he ingested a lot of the substance), Böttger’s tempestuous, arrogant personality made him a trying collaborator, but when Augustus ordered him to help ­Tschirnhaus discover how to make porcelain , he complied.
Together, the men succeeded , whereupon the long-suffering Tschirnhaus promptly died.
De Waal juxtaposes Cookworthy’s small-time ­efforts to fire the stuff with the enterprises of Josiah Wedgwood, the potentate of English pottery, who sent a factotum all the way to a mountain in the Cherokee Nation in the Carolinas to retrieve five tons of white clay.
De Waal juxtaposes Cookworthy’s small-time ­efforts to fire the stuff with the enterprises of Josiah Wedgwood, the potentate of English pottery, who sent a factotum all the way to a mountain in the Cherokee Nation in the Carolinas to retrieve five tons of white clay.
By contrast, Cookworthy’s first successful piece, a cider tankard , is porcelain that “comes into being through walking and noticing and picking things up and feeling texture, through listening intently, openly, to men working by the side of the road.”
Not long afterward, while out for a walk, Cookworthy stopped to ask mine workers about the local clay they were using to patch the cracks in a furnace.
“The White Road” eventually becomes a brief against standardized production and industrialization — the opposite of what de Waal loves in hand-potting — and the price paid for it by workers.
Once precious, porcelain is now everywhere , not only in your kitchen (and bathroom), but also in your mouth, if your teeth are crowned, and used as insulation in electrical devices.
This culminates in a grim chapter on Allach porcelain, made by the Nazis , using slave labor, in Dachau.
This culminates in a grim chapter on Allach porcelain, made by the Nazis, using slave labor , in Dachau.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2014 the median worker with a bachelor’s degree (and no advanced degree) earned $69,260 , compared with $34,540 for the median worker with only a high school diploma.
Over a lifetime, that difference accumulates to about $1.5 million .
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2014 the median worker with a bachelor’s degree (and no advanced degree) earned $69,260, compared with $34,540 for the median worker with only a high school diploma.
College is the main institution that can offset this trend by turning unskilled individuals into skilled ones.
The College Board reports that published tuition and fees at a typical private, nonprofit college, adjusted for overall inflation, have increased by 70 percent over the last 20 years.
Colleges have increasingly followed this practice by raising published prices and offering more financial aid based on a family’s resources.
Businesses of all sorts have an incentive to charge different prices to different consumers based on their willingness and ability to pay .
Movie theaters, for example, charge children less than adults for a ticket.
I often joke that Harvard should complete the process by setting tuition at $1 billion a year.
The third force at work is what economists call price discrimination .
The case against Ao An is strongly opposed by the Cambodian government , the police and the national investigating judge, who have been unwilling to cooperate with the tribunal.
The decade-old United Nations-backed tribunal has delivered guilty verdicts to only three defendants.
The case against Ao An is strongly opposed by the Cambodian government, the police and the national investigating judge , who have been unwilling to cooperate with the tribunal.
Experts say high-profile figures in present-day Cambodian politics fear that they could be implicated in the defendants’ testimony.
Any legal challenge could further delay the tribunal, which has already been criticized for its slow progress.
Greek officials have told journalists that Mr. Tsipras will not seek financial aid from Russia.
But he has also said that European sanctions against Russia for its aggression in Ukraine are a “dead-end policy.”
But they have to be renewed periodically and all members of the European Union — including Greece — have to agree to extend them.
And, last year, a Russian bank lent money to the far-right National Front party in France, which is gaining popularity in that country and says it would want France to leave the eurozone if it came to power.
It would be a public relations triumph for Mr. Putin if Mr. Tsipras publicly criticized the sanctions while he was in Moscow.
But Bank of America , the nation’s second-largest bank by assets after JPMorgan Chase, passed only provisionally and could still fail later this year if it does not fix deficiencies that the Fed identified.
But Bank of America , the nation’s second-largest bank by assets after JPMorgan Chase, passed only provisionally and could still fail later this year if it does not fix deficiencies that the Fed identified.
Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley , which dominate Wall Street, each had to alter their planned payouts to investors to achieve passing grades.
All the large United States banks passed an annual regulatory test that aims to assess whether they can make it through a financial and economic calamity, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday.
But Bank of America, the nation’s second-largest bank by assets after JPMorgan Chase , passed only provisionally and could still fail later this year if it does not fix deficiencies that the Fed identified.
Bank of America passed the stress test last year and gained approval for its plan to make payouts to shareholders.
But a few weeks after passing, the bank discovered errors that had led it to overstate its capital by $4 billion .
Bank of America’s slip-up will most likely raise new questions about its ability to comply with new regulations that are intended to make the financial system safer .
But a few weeks after passing, the bank discovered errors that had led it to overstate its capital by $4 billion.
But a few weeks after passing, the bank discovered errors that had led it to overstate its capital by $4 billion .
“It’s a compressed life span,” said Itamar Harel, a postdoctoral researcher at Stanford University .
But researchers are finding that this tiny fish ages much as we do, only at a much faster pace .
Dr. Harel and his colleagues recently developed a set of tools to probe the biology of the turquoise killifish.
Even when hobbyists pamper them in aquariums, turquoise killifish survive only a few months , making them among the shortest-lived vertebrates on Earth.
Using a new technique called Crispr , he created molecular scissors that could snip out any piece of killifish DNA and replace it with a different one.
They sequenced the entire genome of the turquoise killifish, identifying a number of genes known to influence aging in other species, including mice and humans .
To test his tools, Dr. Harel and his colleagues tinkered with a gene called TERT, which protects DNA from wear and tear .
Telomeres , like the plastic tips at the ends of shoelaces, keep DNA from fraying.
As cells divide, their telomeres get shorter , and this change probably plays a role in aging.
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia —  Slovenia began erecting a razor-wire fence at its border with Croatia on Wednesday to stem the inflow of migrants, as winter closes in and countries to the north tighten their own border controls.
A convoy of army trucks carrying barbed wire and construction equipment arrived in the border town of Veliki Obrez at dawn on Wednesday.
Since Oct. 17, when Hungary closed its border with Croatia and redirected the flow, more than 180,000 migrants from Africa, the Middle East and Asia have entered Slovenia, a nation of two million people.
As a result, the Slovenian prime minister, Miro Cerar , said that it was very likely that many of the 30,000 migrants who were traveling north from Greece could become stranded in Slovenia, which has limited room to accommodate them.
As a result, the Slovenian prime minister, Miro Cerar, said that it was very likely that many of the 30,000 migrants who were traveling north from Greece could become stranded in Slovenia, which has limited room to accommodate them.
Slovenia has accused Croatia of dumping thousands of desperate people at random locations on the border and leaving them to find their own way across, while Croatia has complained that the European Union has failed to come up with a common strategy to cope with the crisis.
Tensions have risen over the migrant crisis among the Balkan countries that once made up Yugoslavia.
European Union leaders met in Malta on Wednesday for their sixth meeting of the year on the issue.
Sweden imposed temporary border controls on Wednesday and called on the European Union to share the burden of dealing with the crisis more widely, Reuters reported.
Countries elsewhere in Europe have also been raising barriers against the continued flow of asylum seekers.
The plan in the magazine’s 1970s heyday, said Joe Armstrong, its publisher and president during that period, “was to build Time-Life, do what Henry Luce did, but for a younger generation.”
The plan in the magazine’s 1970s heyday, said Joe Armstrong , its publisher and president during that period, “was to build Time-Life, do what Henry Luce did, but for a younger generation.”
The photographer Annie Leibovitz became a star there.
Richard Avedon traveled the country to shoot dozens of portraits of the people he felt ran America, a collection now with the Metropolitan Museum of Art .
Rolling Stone has gone through tumultuous periods before, said Robert Draper , the author of “Rolling Stone Magazine: The Uncensored History.”
Its circulation has held steady at an average of about 1.4 million for the six months ending December 2014, the most recent figure available from the Alliance for Audited Media.
But like most other magazines, Rolling Stone’s newsstand sales have diminished significantly, to about 58,000 copies from 134,000 in 2004.
But like most other magazines, Rolling Stone’s newsstand sales have diminished significantly, to about 58,000 copies from 134,000 in 2004.
Its web traffic is about 13 million unique visitors per month, according to comScore.
Men’s Journal has 1.8 million by the same measure, and Us Weekly has nearly 30 million. Both are Wenner Media publications.
“I think first of all that making mistakes is key to doing anything right,” Gus Wenner said in response.
Bringing on great people , he said, is paramount.
Those he seeks advice from, he said, include Tom Freston, the former chief executive of Viacom who many credit with helping make Vice into a rising media powerhouse.
Those he seeks advice from, he said, include Tom Freston, the former chief executive of Viacom who many credit with helping make Vice into a rising media powerhouse.
HOPE, Ark. —  Mike Huckabee, who excited evangelical voters in his first presidential race in 2008 and retains much of their good will, announced on Tuesday that he would again seek the Republican nomination despite a crowded field of rivals for his natural base in the party.
A former Southern Baptist pastor and Arkansas governor, Mr. Huckabee is returning in hopes of once more dominating among social conservatives, but he is acutely aware he needs broader support to avoid the snares of last time, when he ran dry of money and failed to appeal much beyond the South.
A former Southern Baptist pastor and Arkansas governor, Mr. Huckabee is returning in hopes of once more dominating among social conservatives , but he is acutely aware he needs broader support to avoid the snares of last time, when he ran dry of money and failed to appeal much beyond the South.
HOPE, Ark. —  Mike Huckabee, who excited evangelical voters in his first presidential race in 2008 and retains much of their good will, announced on Tuesday that he would again seek the Republican nomination despite a crowded field of rivals for his natural base in the party.
A former Southern Baptist pastor and Arkansas governor, Mr. Huckabee is returning in hopes of once more dominating among social conservatives, but he is acutely aware he needs broader support to avoid the snares of last time, when he ran dry of money and failed to appeal much beyond the South.
HOPE, Ark. —  Mike Huckabee, who excited evangelical voters in his first presidential race in 2008 and retains much of their good will, announced on Tuesday that he would again seek the Republican nomination despite a crowded field of rivals for his natural base in the party.
A former Southern Baptist pastor and Arkansas governor, Mr. Huckabee is returning in hopes of once more dominating among social conservatives, but he is acutely aware he needs broader support to avoid the snares of last time, when he ran dry of money and failed to appeal much beyond the South .
A former Southern Baptist pastor and Arkansas governor , Mr. Huckabee is returning in hopes of once more dominating among social conservatives, but he is acutely aware he needs broader support to avoid the snares of last time, when he ran dry of money and failed to appeal much beyond the South.
HOPE, Ark. —  Mike Huckabee, who excited evangelical voters in his first presidential race in 2008 and retains much of their good will, announced on Tuesday that he would again seek the Republican nomination despite a crowded field of rivals for his natural base in the party.
The biggest question in voters’ minds about Mr. Huckabee, 59, who seemed to add a final punctuation mark to his political career by skipping the 2012 presidential race, may be why he has returned to the fray.
The biggest question in voters’ minds about Mr. Huckabee, 59 , who seemed to add a final punctuation mark to his political career by skipping the 2012 presidential race, may be why he has returned to the fray.
Although American politics is full of stories of the ultimate triumph of also-rans, from Richard M. Nixon to Ronald Reagan, Mr. Huckabee would seem to face greater obstacles than during his first presidential campaign, when he battled only a couple of rivals for the party’s conservative base .
Now half a dozen or more declared and likely candidates appeal to social conservatives, and Mr. Huckabee’s party has moved further rightward.
He is vulnerable to criticism for positions he once held in favor of the Common Core education standards and a cap-and-trade program to fight global warming.
“It is a completely different environment than 2008, with different issues and with different candidates,” said Bob Vander Plaats, who was chairman of Mr. Huckabee’s 2008 Iowa campaign and is uncommitted this time.
Mr. Huckabee’s upset victory in the Iowa caucuses seven years ago, powered by evangelicals and home-school families , has been burnished to a political legend in the state that holds the first nominating contest.
Recent polls show Iowa Republicans still put Mr. Huckabee among their top preferences, although he has been surpassed by more prominent party figures including Scott Walker and Mr. Bush .
To an unusual degree, strategists for Mr. Huckabee are counting on his likability — a folksy charm that a national audience got to know during his six years as a Fox News host — to break through the pack of competitors.
Mr. Huckabee raised just over $16 million in 2008, and despite victories in eight nominating contests saw his campaign expire for lack of funds to advertise in major states like Florida. The rules of campaign finance have changed in the new “super PAC” era, when as few as one or two super-wealthy supporters can fund an outside, parallel campaign.
Mr. Huckabee raised just over $16 million in 2008, and despite victories in eight nominating contests saw his campaign expire for lack of funds to advertise in major states like Florida.
Mr. Huckabee raised just over $16 million in 2008, and despite victories in eight nominating contests saw his campaign expire for lack of funds to advertise in major states like Florida.
Unusual for an announcement speech, Mr. Huckabee’s address on Tuesday included a plea for money, specifically donations of $15 or $25 a month .
The 32-24 victory against the Sharks, from South Africa , in Wellington on Saturday night was a case in point.
The Hurricanes scored four tries to claim a bonus point in the standings under Super Rugby’s scoring system, but it was a physical and bruising match that saw the lead change hands several times before the New Zealanders landed the knockout blow in the final 10 minutes.
The 32-24 victory against the Sharks, from South Africa, in Wellington on Saturday night was a case in point.
The Hurricanes scored four tries to claim a bonus point in the standings under Super Rugby’s scoring system, but it was a physical and bruising match that saw the lead change hands several times before the New Zealanders landed the knockout blow in the final 10 minutes .
The Sharks have struggled this season and were beaten, 48-15 , by the Highlanders the previous week, also in New Zealand.
Videos have provided “corroboration of what African-Americans have been saying for years,” said Paul Butler, a professor at Georgetown University Law School and a former prosecutor, who called them “ the C-Span of the streets .”
On Thursday, the family of Samuel DuBose , an unarmed black man who was shot to death by a University of Cincinnati police officer on July 19, said the officer would never have been prosecuted if his actions had not been captured by the body camera the officer was wearing.
On Thursday, the family of Samuel DuBose, an unarmed black man who was shot to death by a University of Cincinnati police officer on July 19 , said the officer would never have been prosecuted if his actions had not been captured by the body camera the officer was wearing.
And while they represent just a tiny fraction of police behavior — those that show respectful, peaceful interactions do not make the 24-hour cable news — they have begun to alter public views of police use of force and race relations , experts and police officials say.
On Thursday, the family of Samuel DuBose, an unarmed black man who was shot to death by a University of Cincinnati police officer on July 19, said the officer would never have been prosecuted if his actions had not been captured by the body camera the officer was wearing .
But according to a 2013 survey by the Police Executive Research Forum, a research group, about one in four of its member forces regularly used body cameras.
But according to a 2013 survey by the Police Executive Research Forum, a research group, about one in four of its member forces regularly used body cameras.
And the number is rising quickly as the federal government provides grants for cameras, said Lindsay Miller, a senior research associate at the group.
And the number is rising quickly as the federal government provides grants for cameras, said Lindsay Miller, a senior research associate at the group.
There are no definitive figures , but officials say that most police forces do not use body cameras, or use them on a very limited basis.
Yet despite the growing use of police video cameras, evidence is mixed about what effect they are having on police behavior.
Experts say that cameras probably change for the better how the police and the public treat each other, but they do not know how much .
And the fact that one viral video after another surfaces, showing officers treating civilians harshly , demonstrates the limits of that change.
Dashboard cameras are far more prevalent — more so among state police and highway patrol forces than among local police forces — but experts say they know of no national tally of those, either.
Dashboard cameras are far more prevalent — more so among state police and highway patrol forces than among local police forces — but experts say they know of no national tally of those, either.
Police commanders and prosecutors generally support camera use, arguing that they provide useful evidence , and will usually show the officers conducting themselves professionally.
“A negative is that police might say, ‘We just won’t put ourselves in bad situations,’ that they say, ‘We are not going to jeopardize our lives because if we make a good-faith mistake, it is going to look like a crime, and we’re going to get prosecuted for murder,’ ” said Francis T. Cullen, a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati .
“A negative is that police might say, ‘We just won’t put ourselves in bad situations,’ that they say, ‘We are not going to jeopardize our lives because if we make a good-faith mistake, it is going to look like a crime , and we’re going to get prosecuted for murder,’ ” said Francis T. Cullen, a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati.
“A negative is that police might say, ‘We just won’t put ourselves in bad situations ,’ that they say, ‘We are not going to jeopardize our lives because if we make a good-faith mistake, it is going to look like a crime, and we’re going to get prosecuted for murder,’ ” said Francis T. Cullen, a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati.
“A negative is that police might say, ‘We just won’t put ourselves in bad situations,’ that they say, ‘We are not going to jeopardize our lives because if we make a good-faith mistake, it is going to look like a crime, and we’re going to get prosecuted for murder,’ ” said Francis T. Cullen, a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Cincinnati.
To the Editor: Re “ Food Waste Is Becoming Serious Economic and Environmental Issue, Report Says” (news article, Feb. 26): You rightly highlight the effects of the loss of wholesome food and emissions of greenhouse gases from landfills.
With 14 percent of American households not getting enough food to live active, healthy lifestyles, it is unforgivable to allow wasted food to rot in landfills.
To address the 60 percent of wasted food in the United States coming from the commercial sector, the Environmental Protection Agency created the Food Recovery Challenge, which asks critical sectors, including grocers and entertainment venues, to reduce excess purchases and donate surplus food to local hunger relief organizations; more than 36,000 tons was donated in 2013.
To address the 60 percent of wasted food in the United States coming from the commercial sector, the Environmental Protection Agency created the Food Recovery Challenge, which asks critical sectors, including grocers and entertainment venues, to reduce excess purchases and donate surplus food to local hunger relief organizations; more than 36,000 tons was donated in 2013.
A family of four wastes an estimated $1,600 worth of food each year.
Indeed food waste is a major environmental issue.
And about 2 percent of the American energy budget is thrown away every year as food waste, equivalent to the energy contained in 360 million barrels of oil.
Crunch the numbers, and about 25 percent of all freshwater consumed every year in the United States is associated with discarded food.
Tackling the food waste dilemma requires an all-hands-on-deck approach .
Its implications are broad and complex, as our food system is deeply interconnected with our water and energy systems .
After three days in the hospital, Natalie got better.
A new chest X-ray showed that there was much less fluid in her chest .
They changed one of the antibiotics and the nausea she had had all but disappeared .
Natalie went back to school, and the next day was interviewed by a TV reporter because she was one of the few who survived her kind of pneumonia in Nebraska.
They changed one of the antibiotics and the nausea she had had all but disappeared.
The N.Y.U. research cuts against both the standard left- and right-­leaning critiques of Wall Street.
For many on the right, of course, this is itself the problem: All that government intrusion , they argue, is stifling the financial system.
But banking regulation has in fact grown over the past 30 years , with more regulators enforcing more (and more complicated) rules.
The N.Y.U. research cuts against both the standard left - and right-­leaning critiques of Wall Street.
“And he was kind of like: ‘I always had one! Coach Cal wouldn’t let me shoot it! ’ And I was like: ‘Man, that’s pretty good.
Towns, who recently turned 20, has made an easy transition to life in the N.B.A., averaging 15.2 points and 9.3 rebounds a game for the Timberwolves (9-13), who will visit the Knicks on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, amid the hoopla of Kobe Bryant’s final game in Minneapolis, Towns clogged the box score in a 123-122 overtime victory over the Lakers, collecting 26 points and 14 rebounds while shooting 11 of 19 from the field .
Muhammad, a third-year wing and a part of the Timberwolves’ well-publicized kiddie corps, paused and considered the possibilities.
Towns, who recently turned 20 , has made an easy transition to life in the N.B.A., averaging 15.2 points and 9.3 rebounds a game for the Timberwolves (9-13), who will visit the Knicks on Wednesday.
After he connected on a 17-foot jump shot toward the end of regulation, he bowed for the crowd .
He said he was extremely proud of his son, except for his two missed free throws.
His night was punctuated by four interviews: one on the court with the in-house announcer, another with the local television broadcast team, a third with NBA TV (during which he did a solid impression of Shaquille O’Neal , one of the hosts) and finally a small news conference for reporters in front of his locker.
His night was punctuated by four interviews : one on the court with the in-house announcer, another with the local television broadcast team, a third with NBA TV (during which he did a solid impression of Shaquille O’Neal, one of the hosts) and finally a small news conference for reporters in front of his locker.
As the Timberwolves continue to search for an offensive rhythm, Ricky Rubio , now one of the team’s more experienced players, said he was getting a better feel for where and when Karl-Anthony Towns wanted the ball.
In other words, his 3-point shot is one such trick .
At 16, he joined the Dominican Republic ’s national team for a summer of exhibitions.
Towns said he tried to learn as much as possible from teammates like Al Horford — lessons about the importance of repetition, about the complexities of defending the pick-and-roll.
Towns said he tried to learn as much as possible from teammates like Al Horford — lessons about the importance of repetition, about the complexities of defending the pick-and-roll .
Towns said he tried to learn as much as possible from teammates like Al Horford — lessons about the importance of repetition, about the complexities of defending the pick-and-roll. “ It put me light-years ahead in terms of my knowledge for the game ,” Towns said.
His education has continued with the Timberwolves, who commissioned Kevin Garnett to act as Towns’s mentor.
It was viewed as a gamble — Garnett can be abrasive — but he has embraced Towns and the team’s young core.
Garnett also advised Towns to keep their tutorials private .
After a recent practice, Garnett remained behind to counsel Andrew Wiggins on post moves for at least a half-hour.
Towns has attached himself to Garnett as much as possible. “Talking, watching, learning,” Towns said.
On Thursday, ahead of the team’s loss to the Denver Nuggets on Friday, Mitchell was asked what was next for Towns in his development.
On Thursday, ahead of the team’s loss to the Denver Nuggets on Friday, Mitchell was asked what was next for Towns in his development.
I mean, he’s played 20 games , guys, and you want to — his next development?
Mitchell added: “You get better during the off-season .
Mitchell did not appreciate the question .
Standing at a busy intersection north of Times Square, periodically drowned out by the noise of construction and traffic, Mr. Faulkner said Mr. de Blasio had proved to be a divisive leader without the charisma to lead a great city.
Standing at a busy intersection north of Times Square, periodically drowned out by the noise of construction and traffic, Mr. Faulkner said Mr. de Blasio had proved to be a divisive leader without the charisma to lead a great city.
Standing at a busy intersection north of Times Square, periodically drowned out by the noise of construction and traffic , Mr. Faulkner said Mr. de Blasio had proved to be a divisive leader without the charisma to lead a great city.
Standing at a busy intersection north of Times Square, periodically drowned out by the noise of construction and traffic, Mr. Faulkner said Mr. de Blasio had proved to be a divisive leader without the charisma to lead a great city.
Standing at a busy intersection north of Times Square, periodically drowned out by the noise of construction and traffic, Mr. Faulkner said Mr. de Blasio had proved to be a divisive leader without the charisma to lead a great city.
But Mr. Faulkner also acknowledged that his mayoral bid was very much a work in progress.
The pastor said he had yet to speak with either of the city’s last two Republican mayors, Michael R. Bloomberg and Rudolph W. Giuliani , about his campaign.
Speculation so far has focused on Raymond W. Kelly, who was the police commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg, and Eva S. Moskowitz, the charter school executive who was previously elected to office as a Democrat, but has clashed bitterly with Mr. de Blasio over education policy.
Speculation so far has focused on Raymond W. Kelly, who was the police commissioner under Mayor Bloomberg, and Eva S. Moskowitz, the charter school executive who was previously elected to office as a Democrat, but has clashed bitterly with Mr. de Blasio over education policy.
Mr. Faulkner is a social conservative who has opposed abortion rights and same-sex marriage .
Mr. Faulkner, who served on a task force on police relations under Mayor Giuliani , faulted Mr. de Blasio for failing to reassure police officers that he “has their back,” and for alienating the business community.
Mr. Faulkner pledged that he would get along better with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who is a Democrat , than Mr. de Blasio has.
Mr. Faulkner, who served on a task force on police relations under Mayor Giuliani, faulted Mr. de Blasio for failing to reassure police officers that he “has their back,” and for alienating the business community.
Mr. Faulkner pledged that he would get along better with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo , who is a Democrat, than Mr. de Blasio has.
And if Mr. Faulkner were to advance to a debate with Mr. de Blasio, he would at least be able to challenge the mayor eye-to-eye: At 6-foot-4 , Mr. Faulkner is, at most, only one or two inches shorter than Mr. de Blasio.
The concert, led by Mr. Milarsky, opened with Mr. Adès’s “ Origin of the Harp ,” whose glittering surfaces were dulled to an ambiguous hue in this tentative reading.
George Benjamin’s “Three Inventions for Chamber Orchestra,” a glistening, texturally rich work, fared better, its complexity revealed in clear detail here.
An early work inspired by a painting of the same name by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise, this enigmatic chamber tone poem is scored for clarinets, violas and cellos, instruments whose dark sonorities combine to luminous effect, along with percussion, including a rainstick .
Completed in 1995 as a tribute to Messiaen and Alexander Goehr, Mr. Benjamin’s mentors, it features colorful use of winds and brass (including contrabass clarinet, fluegelhorn and euphonium) and harp (an instrument conspicuously absent from Mr. Adès’s piece), with low rumbling sonorities and jittery fragments in the strings, punctuated by gongs.
Completed in 1995 as a tribute to Messiaen and Alexander Goehr , Mr. Benjamin’s mentors, it features colorful use of winds and brass (including contrabass clarinet, fluegelhorn and euphonium) and harp (an instrument conspicuously absent from Mr. Adès’s piece), with low rumbling sonorities and jittery fragments in the strings, punctuated by gongs.
The Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would make California the first state to extend health coverage to children who are in the country illegally and seek federal authorization to sell private insurance to immigrants without documentation.
The bill would allow children under 19 from low-income families to qualify for state-funded Medi-Cal, regardless of their legal status.
The bill goes to the Assembly .
Gov. Jerry Brown has not said whether he would sign it.
The Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would make California the first state to extend health coverage to children who are in the country illegally and seek federal authorization to sell private insurance to immigrants without documentation .
Mr. Norris , 58, was one of 22 federal prisoners released on July 28 through a continuing bipartisan push to shorten the sentences of nonviolent drug offenders who, during the war-on-drugs fervor of decades ago, received punishments far lengthier than they would have drawn today.
Mr. Norris, 58, was one of 22 federal prisoners released on July 28 through a continuing bipartisan push to shorten the sentences of nonviolent drug offenders who, during the war-on-drugs fervor of decades ago, received punishments far lengthier than they would have drawn today.
The mass incarceration of those days crowded prisons at great expense, and was found to have disproportionately penalized minority crack-cocaine offenders like Mr. Norris, who was convicted of possessing and selling the substance in 1992 and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
The commutations, announced on March 31 , preserve the conviction but end the sentence.
The mass incarceration of those days crowded prisons at great expense, and was found to have disproportionately penalized minority crack-cocaine offenders like Mr. Norris, who was convicted of possessing and selling the substance in 1992 and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Working closely with two lawyers at the clinic, Ms. Francik prepared 182 pages of legal and personal material to support Mr. Norris’s clemency application.
Her enthusiasm and confidence during their one face-to-face meeting at Morgantown, in November, along with phone calls and numerous letters, so encouraged Mr. Norris that he began sewing the leather bag he hoped to carry out of prison.
Mr. Obama reviewed data on each finalist, a White House spokesman said, before using his constitutional authority to commute their sentences.
Mr. Obama reviewed data on each finalist, a White House spokesman said, before using his constitutional authority to commute their sentences.
Her enthusiasm and confidence during their one face-to-face meeting at Morgantown, in November, along with phone calls and numerous letters, so encouraged Mr. Norris that he began sewing the leather bag he hoped to carry out of prison.
Walking toward his family in the parking lot, Mr. Norris wore heavy gray sweatpants and heavier gray whiskers, some pounds having migrated from his barrel chest to his belly, but still with the muscular shoulders of his distant youth.
Walking toward his family in the parking lot, Mr. Norris wore heavy gray sweatpants and heavier gray whiskers, some pounds having migrated from his barrel chest to his belly, but still with the muscular shoulders of his distant youth.
Mr. Norris’s younger son, Raymond , who could not travel to the reunion from New Mexico, received Mr. Norris’s first phone call and a promise: “It’ll be my last game of basketball — I’m going to show you what Daddy’s got left and then retire.”
Mr. Norris’s younger son, Raymond, who could not travel to the reunion from New Mexico, received Mr. Norris’s first phone call and a promise: “It’ll be my last game of basketball — I’m going to show you what Daddy’s got left and then retire.”
Mr. Norris’s younger son, Raymond, who could not travel to the reunion from New Mexico , received Mr. Norris’s first phone call and a promise: “It’ll be my last game of basketball — I’m going to show you what Daddy’s got left and then retire.”
A growing number of state and federal officials from both parties are supporting measures to decrease the prison population by lightening punishments for some drug-related offenders , who according to federal data make up roughly half of the 1.5 million federal and state prisoners.
A growing number of state and federal officials from both parties are supporting measures to decrease the prison population by lightening punishments for some drug-related offenders, who according to federal data make up roughly half of the 1.5 million federal and state prisoners .
The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 eliminated the five-year minimum sentence for first-time possession of crack, and decreased higher mandatory punishments for dealing crack with a prior criminal record.
The day after visiting the probation office, Mr. Norris met with a social services agent who briefed him on more than a dozen state assistance programs, including ones that offer free interview clothes and health exams at the Wellmobile , a clinic on wheels that drives around Maryland.
that aids ex-prisoners , said initial job searches typically last between nine months and two years and tend to lead to work that is custodial, or related to the restaurant or lodging industries.
One of Mr. Norris’s brothers-in-law is a shuttle-bus driver for a local hotel and will try to get him a job there, while another looks into some gardening work.
Mr. Stewart, of the association that aids ex-prisoners, said initial job searches typically last between nine months and two years and tend to lead to work that is custodial, or related to the restaurant or lodging industries.
“I’ll take the lowest honest job out there — I just want to get started,” Mr. Norris said.
I owe society for dealing drugs.”
A few nights after his release, Mr. Norris phoned the person he credits most for his coming home: Ms. Francik , the student with whom he had not spoken since she delivered news of his clemency three months ago.
A few nights after his release, Mr. Norris phoned the person he credits most for his coming home: Ms. Francik, the student with whom he had not spoken since she delivered news of his clemency three months ago.
She graduated in May and just started work as a public defender in Shelby County, Tenn.
She graduated in May and just started work as a public defender in Shelby County, Tenn .
She graduated in May and just started work as a public defender in Shelby County, Tenn.
As for the security threats posed by migrants : This question regularly comes up in public meetings and has been raised by anti-immigrant parties on the right.
So far, whenever I have asked officials that question, they seemed pretty sanguine. They say that there are easier ways for terrorists to infiltrate European countries than to tag along with migrants on a difficult and dangerous journey.
As for the security threats posed by migrants: This question regularly comes up in public meetings and has been raised by anti-immigrant parties on the right. So far, whenever I have asked officials that question, they seemed pretty sanguine.
They say that there are easier ways for terrorists to infiltrate European countries than to tag along with migrants on a difficult and dangerous journey. Still, some people find it striking that thousands of people have entered Europe with hardly any screening.
Still, some people find it striking that thousands of people have entered Europe with hardly any screening.
As for the security threats posed by migrants : This question regularly comes up in public meetings and has been raised by anti-immigrant parties on the right.
As for the security threats posed by migrants: This question regularly comes up in public meetings and has been raised by anti-immigrant parties on the right.
As for the security threats posed by migrants: This question regularly comes up in public meetings and has been raised by anti-immigrant parties on the right .
They say that there are easier ways for terrorists to infiltrate Europe an countries than to tag along with migrants on a difficult and dangerous journey.
Three other men, including the mosque’s 35-year-old imam, were wounded in the attack and were hospitalized, said Ahsan Habib, the officer in charge at Shibganj police station in Bogra district, about 120 miles north of the Bangladeshi capital .
“I have never heard, and never received any information, that there was rivalry or conflict between the Shiite community and anyone else,” Mr. Habib said.
The mosque’s muezzin, Moazzem Hossain , was shot in the head and died later in a hospital.
A Shiite leader in the region, Mozaffor Hossen, 35, secretary general of the Bangladesh Imamia Welfare Foundation, said the gunmen brought a lock with them and used it to lock the compound’s gate, then entered the mosque and opened fire.
A Shiite leader in the region, Mozaffor Hossen , 35, secretary general of the Bangladesh Imamia Welfare Foundation, said the gunmen brought a lock with them and used it to lock the compound’s gate, then entered the mosque and opened fire.
Malta’s citizenship program, which offers a passport to those willing to pay 1.2 million euros , about $1.3 million, has been controversial since it was introduced more than a year ago.
Maltese, the official language with English , looks and sounds Arabic, but its speakers are primarily Roman Catholics who pray to Allah, or God.
But they do not necessarily have to spend any time in this Mediterranean island nation, raising the question of what genuine links they are establishing.
“It is questionable how the residency requirement is being applied,” said Tonio Fenech, a member of Malta’s Parliament Lawyers, accountants and real estate agents say the citizenship program has catapulted Malta onto the radar of the global elite.
Maltese, the official language with English, looks and sounds Arabic, but its speakers are primarily Roman Catholics who pray to Allah, or God.
Malta’s citizenship program, which offers a passport to those willing to pay 1.2 million euros, about $1.3 million, has been controversial since it was introduced more than a year ago.
Applicants must show they have rented a property in Malta for 12 months .
“It is questionable how the residency requirement is being applied,” said Tonio Fenech, a member of Malta’s Parliament Lawyers, accountants and real estate agents say the citizenship program has catapulted Malta onto the radar of the global elite .
Applications are pouring in, and the program aims to raise €2 billion, more than a quarter of Malta’s gross domestic product .
“We want to attract individuals who can add value to our country because of their ideas, and their networks and their businesses and their talent,” said Jonathan Cardona , chief executive of Identity Malta, which administers the Individual Investor Program.
It now represents 12 to 15 percent of the country’s G.D.P., up from 6.3 percent in 2004.
The economy grew 3.5 percent in 2014.
Malta also has double taxation treaties with 65 countries, allowing individuals and businesses to avoid being taxed in two places.
Under the initial plan in 2013, the newly installed Labor Party government proposed selling passports for €650,000, with few other requirements for citizenship.
Online gambling companies have flocked to the island, as have hedge funds.
The tax system , in particular, has been a boon.
Some foreign companies can be structured to pay 5 percent in corporate taxes.
Malta also has double taxation treaties with 65 countries, allowing individuals and businesses to avoid being taxed in two places.
Malta also has double taxation treaties with 65 countries, allowing individuals and businesses to avoid being taxed in two places .
Online gambling companies have flocked to the island, as have hedge funds .
Henley & Partners was initially awarded the exclusive rights to market the program and process the applicants, collecting fees in two ways.
A family of four with two minor children and two grandparents pays Henley about €135,000 to apply; the government pays Henley €26,000 to handle that application.
A family of four with two minor children and two grandparents pays Henley about €135,000 to apply; the government pays Henley €26,000 to handle that application.
But critics have taken aim at the rollout.
“It’s an incredibly powerful passport.” He does not , however, plan to live in Malta.
One American finance professional, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he moved to St. Kitts and Nevis seven years ago for tax purposes, eventually deciding to give up his United States passport.
One American finance professional, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said he moved to St. Kitts and Nevis seven years ago for tax purposes, eventually deciding to give up his United States passport .
He then moved his family to Switzerland for the schools, European culture and competitive tax benefits .
He would have had to wait 12 years in Switzerland to gain citizenship.
As he walked through the halls of the former hospital building that houses his office, he passed one Chinese billionaire and his entourage in a small conference room.
In another room, a Turkish magnate waited to get his photograph for a residence card.
As he walked through the halls of the former hospital building that houses his office, he passed one Chinese billionaire and his entourage in a small conference room.
“We want to attract the real highfliers ,” Mr. Cardona said.
The email was intended to make his affair with Ms. Gamrat, 42, appear less believable if it was exposed by an anonymous blackmailer who Mr. Courser said had demanded his resignation .
Mr. Courser, 43, of Lapeer in the Thumb region of Michigan, admitted sending an “outlandish” phony email to Republican activists and others in May claiming he had been caught with a male prostitute .
The email was intended to make his affair with Ms. Gamrat , 42, appear less believable if it was exposed by an anonymous blackmailer who Mr. Courser said had demanded his resignation.
On Thursday, a special House committee recommended the expulsion of both the first-year Tea Party lawmakers, who had based legislation on their Christian beliefs and had clashed with Republican leadership even before the controversy broke.
But the full chamber then deadlocked for hours, as more than two dozen Democrats refused to vote .
BANGKOK — Myanmar’s election commission on Friday announced the final tally of the country’s Nov. 8 landmark election, a rout by the opposition, led by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
Her party, the National League for Democracy, won 390 seats compared with 42 for the governing party, a state-run television station reported in its Friday evening broadcast.
Her party, the National League for Democracy, won 390 seats compared with 42 for the governing party, a state-run television station reported in its Friday evening broadcast.
The remaining 59 available seats in Parliament were won by smaller parties.
One-quarter of the seats were not contested and are controlled by the military.
BANGKOK — Myanmar’s election commission on Friday announced the final tally of the country’s Nov. 8 landmark election, a rout by the opposition, led by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
Her party, the National League for Democracy, won 390 seats compared with 42 for the governing party, a state-run television station reported in its Friday evening broadcast.
Her party, the National League for Democracy, won 390 seats compared with 42 for the governing party, a state-run television station reported in its Friday evening broadcast.
The remaining 59 available seats in Parliament were won by smaller parties.
One-quarter of the seats were not contested and are controlled by the military.
BANGKOK — Myanmar’s election commission on Friday announced the final tally of the country’s Nov. 8 landmark election, a rout by the opposition, led by the Nobel Peace Prize laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.
One-quarter of the seats were not contested and are controlled by the military.
Her party, the National League for Democracy, won 390 seats compared with 42 for the governing party, a state-run television station reported in its Friday evening broadcast.
The remaining 59 available seats in Parliament were won by smaller parties.
Her party, the National League for Democracy, won 390 seats compared with 42 for the governing party, a state-run television station reported in its Friday evening broadcast.
The Books of The Times review on Thursday, about “ The Art of Memoir ” by Mary Karr, referred incorrectly to Ms. Karr at one point.
The Books of The Times review on Thursday, about “The Art of Memoir” by Mary Karr , referred incorrectly to Ms. Karr at one point.
The Books of The Times review on Thursday, about “The Art of Memoir” by Mary Karr , referred incorrectly to Ms. Karr at one point.
While Cheryl Strayed was a student at Syracuse, where Ms. Karr teaches, she did not study with Ms. Karr.
While Cheryl Strayed was a student at Syracuse , where Ms. Karr teaches, she did not study with Ms. Karr.
An article on Monday about the imposition of temporary border restrictions by Germany as record numbers of migrants arrive misspelled the surname of the German interior minister, who said it was “desperately necessary” for Germany to limit the number of people coming into the country.
He is Thomas de Maizière , not de Mazière.
The error was repeated in a picture caption with the continuation of the article.
It was Sunday , not Saturday, that a vessel carrying Syrian and Afghan refugees deflated and a German police officer inspected a Syrian man at a border.
It was Sunday, not Saturday, that a vessel carrying Syrian and Afghan refugees deflated and a German police officer inspected a Syrian man at a border.
Steve Mills , the general manager of the Knicks, leaned back in his chair and sighed as ESPN went to its final commercial break Tuesday night during the N.B.A.’s annual draft lottery.
Steve Mills, the general manager of the Knicks, leaned back in his chair and sighed as ESPN went to its final commercial break Tuesday night during the N.B.A.’s annual draft lottery.
Steve Mills, the general manager of the Knicks, leaned back in his chair and sighed as ESPN went to its final commercial break Tuesday night during the N.B.A.’s annual draft lottery.
Steve Mills, the general manager of the Knicks , leaned back in his chair and sighed as ESPN went to its final commercial break Tuesday night during the N.B.A.’s annual draft lottery.
Mills, who was seated alongside representatives of 13 other teams, watched as Mark Tatum, the league’s deputy commissioner , opened 14 envelopes, one by one, each containing a team logo.
Mills, who was seated alongside representatives of 13 other teams, watched as Mark Tatum, the league’s deputy commissioner, opened 14 envelopes, one by one, each containing a team logo.
The Knicks, who went 17-65, the second-worst record in the league, had a 19.9 percent chance of winning the lottery and a 55.8 percent chance of being among the top three.
Fran Fraschilla, an analyst for ESPN , said it was not the worst place to be, given the quality at the top of the draft.
The Knicks, who went 17-65, the second-worst record in the league, had a 19.9 percent chance of winning the lottery and a 55.8 percent chance of being among the top three.
Then again, a top-five pick is a luxury for the Knicks, who have a troubling history of trading away picks in ill-advised deals .
More recently, they have been hamstrung by salary-cap limitations — code for excessive spending .
Still, they will have money to spend this summer after shedding the onerous contracts that belonged to Amar’e Stoudemire and Andrea Bargnani , among others.
Mills projected that the team would be $28 million under the cap.
He also said that free agency could affect the Knicks’ approach to the draft.
Ranking second to James on the team is Kyrie Irving, who rated at 25.1 in the one finals game he played before being injured.
Ranking second to James on the team is Kyrie Irving, who rated at 25.1 in the one finals game he played before being injured.
And he benefits from teammates who are more useful than Dellavedova, like Klay Thompson ( 24.5 ).
Despite being the league’s most valuable player and the clear leader of the Golden State Warriors, Stephen Curry has a far lower figure than James in the finals, 30.5.
Of players still active, the next ranked, at 19.4, is Matthew Dellavedova , the undrafted Australian whose rate in the regular season was 12.6.
In his four straight finals with the Heat, when he was joined by several other stars, his highest rate was 32.9 , last year.
In his four straight finals with the Heat, when he was joined by several other stars, his highest rate was 32.9, last year .
In his first finals appearance with the Heat, in 2011 , he did not even lead the team in usage, trailing Wade and Chris Bosh.
In his first finals appearance with the Heat, in 2011, he did not even lead the team in usage, trailing Wade and Chris Bosh .
Counting all of the rounds, James’s rate is 37.8 so far in the playoffs.
Going back to the 1970s , when the statistic becomes available, one player who made the finals had a greater rate: In 1993, when he won the third of his first triumvirate of titles, Michael Jordan rated at 38.0, according to basketball-reference.com.
Going back to the 1970s, when the statistic becomes available, one player who made the finals had a greater rate: In 1993, when he won the third of his first triumvirate of titles, Michael Jordan rated at 38.0, according to basketball-reference.com.
And Jordan’s rate for the 1993 finals alone, 38.9 , lags behind James’s 44.0.
And Jordan’s rate for the 1993 finals alone, 38.9, lags behind James’s 44.0 .
The potential cost was enough to raise questions from Assemblywoman Deborah J. Glick, the chairwoman of the Higher Education Committee, whose district includes Greenwich Village .
Certainly to the average person, and perhaps to the people who are paying their kids’ tuition , which is already pretty eye-popping, that would seem like a high figure.”
The potential cost was enough to raise questions from Assemblywoman Deborah J. Glick, the chairwoman of the Higher Education Committee , whose district includes Greenwich Village.
“I don’t think it’s atypical at any university that there are changes to the president’s residence ,” Ms. Glick, a Democrat, said.
The potential cost was enough to raise questions from Assemblywoman Deborah J. Glick, the chairwoman of the Higher Education Committee , whose district includes Greenwich Village.
Among them, according to a university spokesman, is Columbia, where the president, Lee C. Bollinger , lives in the official residence.
His compensation in 2013 included $360,000 that the university estimated was the annual fair-market rent of his use of the house.
While president at N.Y.U., Dr. Sexton has not lived in the apartment at 37 West Washington Square , which is officially designated as the president’s residence.
While most employees would regard free housing as an enticing perk, more than a few college presidents have complained about the lack of privacy at these official residences , which are frequently used as venues for university celebrations and fund-raisers.
In his emailed statement, Mr. Beckman said the apartment had been occupied by several of Dr. Sexton’s predecessors, but that when Dr. Sexton was named president, he chose to remain in the faculty apartment he had occupied since the late 1980s , which is down the street in another university-owned building.
MANNING OUT OF LINEUP AGAIN Brock Osweiler is preparing for his second consecutive start at quarterback for the Denver Broncos, and Peyton Manning is seeking a second opinion on his injured left foot.
Manning flew to Charlotte, N.C., on Monday to meet with Dr. Robert Anderson, a foot specialist , about his torn plantar fascia.
his injured left foot .
Manning flew to Charlotte, N.C., on Monday to meet with Dr. Robert Anderson, a foot specialist, about his torn plantar fascia .
Coach Gary Kubiak said Osweiler would start again next weekend when the Broncos face New England.
During the post-World War II marriage boom, when gas shortages persuaded honeymooners from New York and Philadelphia to stay closer to home, hoteliers began luring newlyweds to the Poconos instead of to Niagara Falls.
But it wasn’t until 1968 that those northeastern Pennsylvania mountains would be unblushingly branded the libidinous Land of Love.
Mr. Wilkins, by all accounts, designed and installed the Poconos’ first heart-shaped bathtub .
That was when Morris Wilkins, a former electrician and submariner , in the unlikely guise of Cupid, sparked a romantic reformation in his own Poconos hotel, the nondescript lakeside Cove Haven resort.
But it wasn’t until 1968 that those northeastern Pennsylvania mountains would be unblushingly branded the libidinous Land of Love .
Mr. Wilkins, who died at 90 on Monday in Las Vegas , tried but failed to patent his tub, which meant it could proliferate with abandon.
(He was, however, granted Patent No. D294290 in 1988 for a tub shaped like a champagne glass , which also became popular at Cove Haven.)
In 1971 , in a two-page photo spread complete with a smooching couple, Life magazine gushed about the bubble-brimming, red-tiled “sweetheart tub” in Cove Haven’s mirrored bathrooms.
In 1971, in a two-page photo spread complete with a smooching couple, Life magazine gushed about the bubble-brimming, red-tiled “ sweetheart tub ” in Cove Haven’s mirrored bathrooms.
(He was, however, granted Patent No. D294290 in 1988 for a tub shaped like a champagne glass, which also became popular at Cove Haven .)
A sharp rise in visits to emergency rooms and calls to poison control centers nationwide has some health officials fearing that more potent and dangerous variations of a popular drug known as spice have reached the nation’s streets, resulting in several deaths.
In the first three weeks of April, state poison control centers received about 1,000 reports of adverse reactions to spice — the street name for a family of synthetic substances that mimic the effects of marijuana — more than doubling the total from January through March, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers.
In the first three weeks of April, state poison control centers received about 1,000 reports of adverse reactions to spice — the street name for a family of synthetic substances that mimic the effects of marijuana — more than doubling the total from January through March, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers.
In the first three weeks of April, state poison control centers received about 1,000 reports of adverse reactions to spice — the street name for a family of synthetic substances that mimic the effects of marijuana — more than doubling the total from January through March, according to the American Association of Poison Control Centers .
The cases, which can involve spice alone or in combination with other substances, have appeared four times as often this year as in 2014 , the organization said.
Health departments in Alabama, Mississippi and New York have issued alerts this month about more spice users being rushed to hospitals experiencing extreme anxiety, violent behavior and delusions, with some of the cases resulting in death.
On Thursday alone there were 172 reports , by far the most in one day this year.
Health departments in Alabama, Mississippi and New York have issued alerts this month about more spice users being rushed to hospitals experiencing extreme anxiety, violent behavior and delusions , with some of the cases resulting in death.
The total number of fatalities nationwide this year is not available , health officials said.
One person in Louisiana died Wednesday and two others were in intensive care, said Mark Ryan, the director of the Louisiana Poison Center.
“We had one hospital in the Baton Rouge area that saw over 110 cases in February.
The total number of fatalities nationwide this year is not available, health officials said.
One person in Louisiana died Wednesday and two others were in intensive care, said Mark Ryan, the director of the Louisiana Poison Center .
Dr. Ryan said a large portion of cases appeared to involve a form called mab-chminaca.
Dr. Ryan said a large portion of cases appeared to involve a form called mab-chminaca .
Experts were unsure whether the increase this month in spice-related emergencies reflected greater use of the drug or a particularly dangerous formulation.
Dr. Ryan said a large portion of cases appeared to involve a form called mab-chminaca.
Law enforcement agencies , from the Drug Enforcement Administration to local police departments, have struggled to control the flow of synthetic cannabinoids, substances that look like marijuana that are sprayed with a hallucinogenic chemical and then smoked.
Law enforcement agencies, from the Drug Enforcement Administration to local police departments, have struggled to control the flow of synthetic cannabinoids, substances that look like marijuana that are sprayed with a hallucinogenic chemical and then smoked.
Those chemicals, typically imported from China by American distributors, come in hundreds of varieties; new formulations appear monthly, with molecules subtly tweaked to try to skirt the D.E.A.’s list of illegal drugs as well as drug-detecting urine tests.
Experts warn that the popular term “synthetic marijuana” is a misnomer, as the substances merely resemble marijuana but can be 100 times as potent .
The use of synthetic cannabinoids as well as calls to poison control centers had decreased from 2011 through 2014, as awareness of their danger and illegality has spread , national data indicates.
Still, about one in 20 high school students used the drugs in 2014; about one in 30 adults age 19 to 28 used them in 2013, the most recent data available for that age group.
More than 400 emergency-room visits in Mississippi were attributed to synthetic cannabinoids in April, according to the state health department.
Still, about one in 20 high school students used the drugs in 2014; about one in 30 adults age 19 to 28 used them in 2013, the most recent data available for that age group.
Two of those cases involved Jeffrey and Joey Stallings of McComb, who spent several days in intensive care in medically induced comas, their mother, Karen, said in a telephone interview.
Ms. Stallings said that Jeffrey, 24, and Joey, 29 , smoked a type of spice known as “mojo” that they received from a dealer.
The local police department, however, announced on April 16 that an autopsy determined the cause to be “synthetic cannabinoid intoxication.”
Last year, D.E.A. agents made about 40 arrests and seized more than 400 pounds of synthetic drugs in those states as part of a wider national operation.
The local police department, however, announced on April 16 that an autopsy determined the cause to be “ synthetic cannabinoid intoxication .”
Last year, D.E.A. agents made about 40 arrests and seized more than 400 pounds of synthetic drugs in those states as part of a wider national operation.
Yes, but when you’re in this business what you come to understand is that total eradication of a drug threat just isn’t going to happen,” said Keith Brown, the special agent in charge of the D.E.A.’s New Orleans field division , which covers Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.
that military preparedness would be threatened if service academies could not ensure a diverse officer corps.
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s majority opinion, allowing race-conscious admissions at public universities , quoted at length from the brief.
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor ’s majority opinion, allowing race-conscious admissions at public universities, quoted at length from the brief.
The law firm that filed the brief, now called Sidley Austin , has filed a new one by former military officials in the same-sex marriage cases to be heard next week.
The law firm that filed the brief, now called Sidley Austin, has filed a new one by former military officials in the same-sex marriage cases to be heard next week.
Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr. , the Obama administration’s top appellate lawyer, who urged the justices to strike down the law, began his argument with a vivid image.
Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr., the Obama administration’s top appellate lawyer , who urged the justices to strike down the law, began his argument with a vivid image.
In his majority opinion in the case, United States v. Windsor , Justice Anthony M. Kennedy bristled at the unfairness of prohibiting same-sex couples “from being buried together in veterans’ cemeteries.”
In his majority opinion in the case, United States v. Windsor, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy bristled at the unfairness of prohibiting same-sex couples “from being buried together in veterans’ cemeteries.”
Solicitor General Donald B. Verrilli Jr., the Obama administration’s top appellate lawyer, who urged the justices to strike down the law, began his argument with a vivid image.
Since then, the Obama administration has worked to ease the burdens on same-sex couples in the military.
It allows them, for instance, to take leaves to get married in states that permit same-sex marriages .
Since then, the Obama administration has worked to ease the burdens on same-sex couples in the military .
The law granting veterans’ benefits determines whether a marriage is valid by considering “the law of the place where the parties resided at the time of the marriage.”
The law granting veterans’ benefits determines whether a marriage is valid by considering “ the law of the place where the parties resided at the time of the marriage. ”
But it has hit a roadblock, one that gay rights groups say the government created.
“It is perverse,” the Chadbourne & Parke brief said, “for the government to grant leave to enable a same-sex couple to travel to a state where they can legally marry, for the government to recognize that marriage as valid for however many more years the service member continues to serve, and then suddenly ignore that marriage as soon as the service member retires and obtains veteran’s status.”
“It is perverse,” the Chadbourne & Parke brief said, “for the government to grant leave to enable a same-sex couple to travel to a state where they can legally marry, for the government to recognize that marriage as valid for however many more years the service member continues to serve, and then suddenly ignore that marriage as soon as the service member retires and obtains veteran’s status .”
A federal appeals court in Washington is considering a challenge to that interpretation, but the Supreme Court’s decision in the four same-sex marriage cases to be argued next week, among them Obergefell v. Hodges, No. 14-556 , may make the challenge moot.
“It is perverse,” the Chadbourne & Parke brief said, “for the government to grant leave to enable a same-sex couple to travel to a state where they can legally marry , for the government to recognize that marriage as valid for however many more years the service member continues to serve, and then suddenly ignore that marriage as soon as the service member retires and obtains veteran’s status.”
“It is perverse,” the Chadbourne & Parke brief said, “for the government to grant leave to enable a same-sex couple to travel to a state where they can legally marry, for the government to recognize that marriage as valid for however many more years the service member continues to serve, and then suddenly ignore that marriage as soon as the service member retires and obtains veteran’s status.” A federal appeals court in Washington is considering a challenge to that interpretation, but the Supreme Court’s decision in the four same-sex marriage cases to be argued next week, among them Obergefell v. Hodges, No. 14-556, may make the challenge moot.
I’m just pretty tired. I need a nap.
Mike: I had a root canal on Friday and my dog won’t stop eating our drywall.
Apple announced it sold 13 million new iPhones in its opening weekend — which, like everything with Apple, some people thought was really awesome and others thought was meh.
Apple announced it sold 13 million new iPhones in its opening weekend — which, like everything with Apple, some people thought was really awesome and others thought was meh .
Google unveiled some new Nexus phones, tablets and a Chromecast streaming device.
Also, Tesla began shipping the Model X , its super-expensive new crossover vehicle.
Oh, also, there was some speculation about whether Jack Dorsey will be named the permanent chief executive of Twitter — but given the rate at which the Twitter board is moving, I’m sure we’ll have all year to talk about that.
Also, Tesla began shipping the Model X, its super-expensive new crossover vehicle. I don’t get the business case for selling a $130,000 sport utility vehicle with rap-star doors, but it does make for some good press.
Google let some reporters ride in its new driverless vehicles this week, and some went away convinced that cars without drivers are the inevitable future.
Oh, also, there was some speculation about whether Jack Dorsey will be named the permanent chief executive of Twitter — but given the rate at which the Twitter board is moving, I’m sure we’ll have all year to talk about that.
This week Business Insider, the scrappy tech- and finance-focused digital publication founded by the former stock analyst Henry Blodget, was sold to the German media company Axel Springer for $343 million.
This week Business Insider, the scrappy tech- and finance-focused digital publication founded by the former stock analyst Henry Blodget, was sold to the German media company Axel Springer for $343 million. It was just one of many dump trucks full of money pulling up to the digital media business.
BuzzFeed and Vox recently each announced that they had raised $200 million from NBC Universal .
This week Business Insider, the scrappy tech- and finance-focused digital publication founded by the former stock analyst Henry Blodget, was sold to the German media company Axel Springer for $343 million.
On Nov. 7, 2010, Hamada Ben-Amor, a young rapper in Tunisia known as “El Général,” released a song criticizing the government of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
On Nov. 7, 2010, Hamada Ben-Amor, a young rapper in Tunisia known as “ El Général ,” released a song criticizing the government of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
The unique work of the Lebanese artist Yazan Halwani, who combines Arabic calligraphy and graffiti , finds echoes in the slogans of the Tunisian graffiti artist Meen-one.
The biting rhymes of the song, “Rais Lebled” (President, Your Country), led to the rapper's arrest on Jan. 6 .
On Nov. 7, 2010, Hamada Ben-Amor, a young rapper in Tunisia known as “El Général,” released a song criticizing the government of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali .
Cindy Whitehead, who oversaw a long, but ultimately successful, effort to bring to market the first prescription drug to enhance women’s sexual drive, is leaving her post as chief executive of Sprout Pharmaceuticals.
Shortly after the approval, Sprout, which was privately held, agreed to be acquired by Valeant Pharmaceuticals for $1 billion.
Shortly after the approval, Sprout, which was privately held, agreed to be acquired by Valeant Pharmaceuticals for $1 billion .
In August, the Food and Drug Administration approved Sprout’s Addyi, often referred to as the “ little pink pill, ” after rejecting it in 2010 and in 2013 on concerns about side effects and limited effectiveness.
Cindy Whitehead, who oversaw a long, but ultimately successful, effort to bring to market the first prescription drug to enhance women’s sexual drive, is leaving her post as chief executive of Sprout Pharmaceuticals.
That is in sharp contrast to the introduction of Pfizer’s Viagra, the so-called little blue pill aimed at treating erectile dysfunction in men .
Women with impaired liver function were also advised not to take it. Ms. Whitehead will continue to consult with Valeant and Sprout executives after her departure, according to the statement from Valeant.
Ms. Whitehead will continue to consult with Valeant and Sprout executives after her departure , according to the statement from Valeant.
Viagra was a blockbuster from the start in 1998 and last year Pfizer sold nearly $1.7 billion of it.
With financial help from Sprout , women’s groups and other supporters started a campaign to win F.D.A. approval for Addyi, noting that the agency had approved comparable treatments for men.
WASHINGTON — After more than two years of perceived slights and supposed snubs, the new contours of a revitalized but evolving partnership between the United States and Saudi Arabia are beginning to take shape.
The Saudis are also strongly pushing an economic agenda as the centerpiece of what King Salman identified as a “ new strategic alliance for the 21st century .”
Last May, when President Obama hosted leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council for a summit meeting at Camp David, the Saudi monarch was conspicuously absent.
This month’s visit to Washington by King Salman solidified the defense and security aspects of this new version of an old relationship.
This month’s visit to Washington by King Salman solidified the defense and security aspects of this new version of an old relationship.
The United States has been supportive of the intervention, though quietly concerned about its long-term ramifications and the humanitarian impact. Despite misgivings, the United States is preparing to resupply Saudi Arabia with thousands of precision-guided munitions to replenish stocks exhausted by the Yemen campaign.
The Pentagon recently approved the sale of 600 Patriot defense missiles , valued at $5.4 billion.
Despite misgivings, the United States is preparing to resupply Saudi Arabia with thousands of precision-guided munitions to replenish stocks exhausted by the Yemen campaign .
The Pentagon recently approved the sale of 600 Patriot defense missiles, valued at $5.4 billion .
Despite misgivings, the United States is preparing to resupply Saudi Arabia with thousands of precision-guided munitions to replenish stocks exhausted by the Yemen campaign.
Saudi Arabia can flirt with countries like Russia, China and France, but, as they have recognized, Washington is indispensable.
And despite the perseverance of arguments that Riyadh is a greater source of extremism than Tehran — something no serving American official ever discusses — Saudi Arabia remains a crucial American ally in opposing both Iran and regional extremists like the Islamic State.
And despite the perseverance of arguments that Riyadh is a greater source of extremism than Tehran — something no serving American official ever discusses — Saudi Arabia remains a crucial American ally in opposing both Iran and regional extremists like the Islamic State.
Saudi Arabia can flirt with countries like Russia, China and France, but, as they have recognized, Washington is indispensable.
“We need Clint Dempsey badly with the national team.
It is unclear if Dempsey will regain the captaincy after the Gold Cup .
“Clint is about scoring goals,” Klinsmann said.
The Americans open the Gold Cup, the regional championship tournament, on Tuesday against Honduras in Frisco , Tex.
The Americans open the Gold Cup, the regional championship tournament, on Tuesday against Honduras in Frisco, Tex.
The Britain and Ireland team regained the Walker Cup with its highest points total, beating the United States, 16 ½ to 9 ½, at Royal Lytham and St. Annes in England.
The Britain and Ireland team regained the Walker Cup with its highest points total, beating the United States , 16 ½ to 9 ½, at Royal Lytham and St. Annes in England.
The Britain and Ireland team regained the Walker Cup with its highest points total, beating the United States, 16 ½ to 9 ½, at Royal Lytham and St. Annes in England.
The Britain and Ireland team regained the Walker Cup with its highest points total, beating the United States, 16 ½ to 9 ½, at Royal Lytham and St. Annes in England.
Jimmy Mullen won all four matches he played in the two-day amateur event, teaming with his fellow Englishman Ashley Chesters to beat Beau Hossler and Denny McCarthy, 3 and 2, in the morning foursomes and topping McCarthy, 3 and 2, in singles.
■ Thomas Pieters of Belgium won his second European Tour title, two weeks after his first, shooting a five-under-par 65 to win the KLM Open in Zandvoort, Netherlands, by one shot after Lee Slattery faltered on the final hole.
■ Thomas Pieters of Belgium won his second European Tour title, two weeks after his first, shooting a five-under-par 65 to win the KLM Open in Zandvoort, Netherlands, by one shot after Lee Slattery faltered on the final hole.
■ Thomas Pieters of Belgium won his second European Tour title, two weeks after his first, shooting a five-under-par 65 to win the KLM Open in Zandvoort, Netherlands, by one shot after Lee Slattery faltered on the final hole.
■ Thomas Pieters of Belgium won his second European Tour title, two weeks after his first, shooting a five-under-par 65 to win the KLM Open in Zandvoort, Netherlands, by one shot after Lee Slattery faltered on the final hole.
■ Thomas Pieters of Belgium won his second European Tour title, two weeks after his first, shooting a five-under-par 65 to win the KLM Open in Zandvoort, Netherlands , by one shot after Lee Slattery faltered on the final hole.
HEAT 100, LAKERS 94 Dwyane Wade scored 25 points and added 6 assists, Hassan Whiteside grabbed 25 rebounds and host Miami rallied to beat Los Angeles.
SUNS 105, MAGIC 100 Brandon Knight had 28 points and 7 assists in his best game for Phoenix, and the Suns overcame a 15-point deficit to beat host Orlando.
SUNS 105, MAGIC 100 Brandon Knight had 28 points and 7 assists in his best game for Phoenix, and the Suns overcame a 15-point deficit to beat host Orlando.
Markief Morris added 23 points and 6 rebounds to help Phoenix end a two-game skid and improve to 4-10 in its last 14.
Victor Oladipo led the Magic with a career-high 38 points.
THUNDER 123, 76ERS 118 Russell Westbrook set career highs with 49 points and 16 rebounds, and added 10 assists for his fourth consecutive triple-double, helping host Oklahoma City defeat Philadelphia in overtime.
THUNDER 123, 76ERS 118 Russell Westbrook set career highs with 49 points and 16 rebounds, and added 10 assists for his fourth consecutive triple-double, helping host Oklahoma City defeat Philadelphia in overtime.
CAVALIERS 120, RAPTORS 112 LeBron James scored 29 points and matched a season high with 14 assists, Kevin Love had 22 points and 10 rebounds and visiting Cleveland held on to beat Toronto.
CAVALIERS 120, RAPTORS 112 LeBron James scored 29 points and matched a season high with 14 assists, Kevin Love had 22 points and 10 rebounds and visiting Cleveland held on to beat Toronto.
Andrea Bargnani scored 25 points for the Knicks, who again played without Carmelo Anthony (knee surgery) and Jose Calderon (sore left Achilles’ tendon) and have lost 10 of their last 12.
“You’re always hoping that you’re going to win, but if you don’t, you have to think about how to position your show,” said Kevin McCollum , the lead producer of “Rotten!”
You make a musical about two struggling playwrights who are always outshined by Shakespeare; the musical is nominated for 10 Tony Awards, and the only one it wins is for the guy who plays Shakespeare.
You make a musical about two struggling playwrights who are always outshined by Shakespeare; the musical is nominated for 10 Tony Awards, and the only one it wins is for the guy who plays Shakespeare.
On Facebook, Twitter and in a full-page ad in The New York Times on Sunday, the show is trumpeting its status as “Loser!” in the best-musical race.
The awards show, on June 7 , opened with Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming teasing a producer, Harvey Weinstein, about the lack of nominations for his big Broadway adventure, “Finding Neverland,” and closed with Larry David and Jason Alexander in an extended riff on the lack of nominations for their show, “Fish in the Dark.”
The awards show, on June 7, opened with Kristin Chenoweth and Alan Cumming teasing a producer, Harvey Weinstein , about the lack of nominations for his big Broadway adventure, “Finding Neverland,” and closed with Larry David and Jason Alexander in an extended riff on the lack of nominations for their show, “Fish in the Dark.”
“Rotten!” was tapped to perform the first musical number on the Tonys broadcast, which helped spur ticket sales of more than $750,000 two days in a row, and “Rotten!,” “Neverland” and “Fish” have each been grossing more than $1 million a week — a strong performance for Broadway.
“Rotten!” was tapped to perform the first musical number on the Tonys broadcast, which helped spur ticket sales of more than $750,000 two days in a row, and “Rotten!,” “Neverland” and “Fish” have each been grossing more than $1 million a week — a strong performance for Broadway.
Residents of Midwood cloistered in their homes and synagogues during the Sabbath, from nightfall on Friday to nightfall on Saturday, recalling a band of conscientious children they had seen rushing to synagogue and building snowmen in the yard.
Residents of Midwood cloistered in their homes and synagogues during the Sabbath, from nightfall on Friday to nightfall on Saturday , recalling a band of conscientious children they had seen rushing to synagogue and building snowmen in the yard.
The funeral, which lasted just under an hour , was the brisk culmination of a day and a half of heartbreak.
On Sunday the mourners emerged, following the voice of a father who was away at a religious retreat when the fire broke out.
Given the Sabbath prohibition on electronic communication, he did not learn what had happened until several hours later, when Police Department detectives found him at a synagogue in Manhattan.
Outside, shaking women wept into tissues. Stern men, rocking back and forth, blinked out tears.
Stern men, rocking back and forth, blinked out tears. The grief was felt throughout the Orthodox neighborhoods of Brooklyn, and in Israel, where Ms. Sassoon had met her husband.
Even as people failed to make sense of the seven deaths — the largest toll from a fire in New York City since 2007 — the mourners turned their thoughts to the mother who leapt out of her bedroom window and a sister who also somehow survived.
“Mommy, Mommy, help me!” one neighbor heard Siporah cry as she stumbled outside.
The grief was felt throughout the Orthodox neighborhoods of Brooklyn, and in Israel , where Ms. Sassoon had met her husband.
Ms. Sassoon and Siporah sustained burns and smoke inhalation and were in critical condition on Sunday.
Ms. Sassoon and Siporah sustained burns and smoke inhalation and were in critical condition on Sunday.
Ms. Sassoon was at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx .
Siporah was at Staten Island University Hospital North .
Speaking of his wife and daughter, Mr. Sassoon asked the community, “Give us the strength to continue.” The funeral subsided, sending the Sassoon family into a period of mourning whose end was not in sight.
Thus on Saturday, the museum has planned a grand celebration, starting at 9 a.m. in Madison Square Park , where even small children can help form circles.
Thus on Saturday, the museum has planned a grand celebration, starting at 9 a.m. in Madison Square Park, where even small children can help form circles.
“The first digits are actually 3.1415 ,” said Cindy Lawrence, the museum’s executive director and co-founder.
“So Saturday ’s date is the first five digits of pi.”
Staff members will also pass out a graphic and lead a brief countdown to 9:26:53 a.m.
“The first digits are actually 3.1415 ,” said Cindy Lawrence, the museum’s executive director and co-founder.
“The first digits are actually 3.1415,” said Cindy Lawrence , the museum’s executive director and co-founder.
(Pi’s decimal places extend indefinitely .)
Thus on Saturday, the museum has planned a grand celebration, starting at 9 a.m. in Madison Square Park , where even small children can help form circles.
Staff members will also pass out a graphic and lead a brief countdown to 9:26:53 a.m.
(It closes at 5 p.m. ) “The idea is to find places where aspects of pi come up in the exhibits,” said Glen Whitney, co-founder of the museum and president of its board.
“The idea is to find places where aspects of pi come up in the exhibits,” said Glen Whitney , co-founder of the museum and president of its board.
The museum will open early, at 9:30 , with a daylong pi scavenger hunt.
The museum will open early, at 9:30, with a daylong pi scavenger hunt .
“The idea is to find places where aspects of pi come up in the exhibits,” said Glen Whitney , co-founder of the museum and president of its board.
The museum will open early, at 9:30 , with a daylong pi scavenger hunt.
The museum will open early, at 9:30, with a daylong pi scavenger hunt .
Children can also do pi puzzles there and play a circular version of tick-tack-toe involving four concentric loops divided into wedges.
Visitors can explore pi further by filling the spaces on a circular grid with candy , and feeding a chosen set of digits (a birthday, a phone number) into a computer and learning where that sequence appears in pi.
A separate event, the Girls Prep Ultimate Pi Day 5K , a 3.14-mile run to raise funds for Girls Prep Schools, charter institutions in New York, is at 9:26:53 a.m. on Roosevelt Island, with a race for runners 9 and under at 10:30.
A separate event, the Girls Prep Ultimate Pi Day 5K, a 3.14-mile run to raise funds for Girls Prep Schools, charter institutions in New York, is at 9:26:53 a.m. on Roosevelt Island, with a race for runners 9 and under at 10:30.
A separate event, the Girls Prep Ultimate Pi Day 5K, a 3.14-mile run to raise funds for Girls Prep Schools , charter institutions in New York, is at 9:26:53 a.m. on Roosevelt Island, with a race for runners 9 and under at 10:30.
A separate event, the Girls Prep Ultimate Pi Day 5K, a 3.14-mile run to raise funds for Girls Prep Schools, charter institutions in New York, is at 9:26:53 a.m. on Roosevelt Island , with a race for runners 9 and under at 10:30.
And at 8:30 p.m., the museum will repeat the morning’s free demonstration of pi (location to be announced), with visitors standing in huge circles and holding glow sticks as measuring tools.
We’ve had the Western New Year, the Chinese New Year and the Tibetan New Year; now here comes Nowruz, the Persian New Year , which also heralds the arrival of spring.
Family Day : ‘Spring Into Nowruz!’
We’ve had the Western New Year, the Chinese New Year and the Tibetan New Year; now here comes Nowruz, the Persian New Year, which also heralds the arrival of spring .
From 1 to 4 p.m. , 725 Park Avenue, at 70th Street, 212-517-2742, asiasociety.org/new-york.
‘Fancy Nancy the Musical ’  (Saturday and Sunday)
‘Fancy Nancy the Musical’  (Saturday and Sunday) One of the arts’ youngest divas has returned to the McGinn/Cazale Theater .
Based on the book series written by Jane O’Connor and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser, the production explores the predicament that ensues when Nancy finds out that she hasn’t been cast as the glamorous mermaid she’d hoped to be in the coming dance show.
Based on the book series written by Jane O’Connor and illustrated by Robin Preiss Glasser , the production explores the predicament that ensues when Nancy finds out that she hasn’t been cast as the glamorous mermaid she’d hoped to be in the coming dance show.
At 1:30 p.m. , 2162 Broadway, at 76th Street, fourth floor, 212-579-0528, vitaltheatre.org.
At 2 p.m. , Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn College, Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues, Flatbush, Brooklyn, 718-951-4500, brooklyncenter.org.
The Golden Dragon Acrobats (Saturday) Don’t expect ordinary handsprings and somersaults.
At 2 p.m., Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts, Brooklyn College, Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues, Flatbush, Brooklyn, 718-951-4500, brooklyncenter.org.
The Golden Dragon Acrobats ( Saturday ) Don’t expect ordinary handsprings and somersaults.
Presented at the New Victory Theater by the acclaimed Windmill Theater of Australia, this two-hour rock musical, with a score by Jethro Woodward, portrays Pinocchio as a youth — his nose grows before the audience’s eyes — who’s easily seduced by contemporary glamour.
‘ Pinocchio ’ (Friday through Sunday)
Written by Rosemary Myers and Julianne O’Brien, the show includes puppetry and animated projections.
Friday at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 2 and 7 p.m.; Sunday at 3 p.m.; 209 West 42nd Street, Manhattan ; 646-223-3010, newvictory.org.
Written by Rosemary Myers and Julianne O’Brien , the show includes puppetry and animated projections.
In this creative musical retelling, by June Rachelson-Ospa and Daniel Neiden , Rapunzel, Cinderella and Snow White are infant triplets abducted by an ill-tempered witch.
In this creative musical retelling, by June Rachelson-Ospa and Daniel Neiden, Rapunzel, Cinderella and Snow White are infant triplets abducted by an ill-tempered witch .
In this creative musical retelling, by June Rachelson-Ospa and Daniel Neiden, Rapunzel, Cinderella and Snow White are infant triplets abducted by an ill-tempered witch.
These heroines aren’t like their traditional selves — Snow White, for instance, is allergic to apples — and neither are their princes, who may be more clumsy than charming.
Willis Carto, a reclusive behind-the-scenes wizard of the far-right fringe of American politics who used lobbying and publishing to denigrate Jews and other minorities and galvanize the movement to deny the Holocaust, died last Monday at his home in Virginia.
He was 89 .
His death was announced by The American Free Press , a newspaper he helped found.
Willis Carto, a reclusive behind-the-scenes wizard of the far-right fringe of American politics who used lobbying and publishing to denigrate Jews and other minorities and galvanize the movement to deny the Holocaust , died last Monday at his home in Virginia.
Mr. Carto raised funds to finance a right-wing military dictatorship in the United States, campaigned to persuade blacks to voluntarily return to Africa and, most influentially, started newsletters, a journal and conferences of academics and others to deny the scale, and even the existence, of the Holocaust.
Most historians estimate that 1.1 million died at the camp.
It explicitly dismissed statements by Rudolf Höss, one of the commanders at Auschwitz , that a cyanide gas, Zyklon B, had been used to commit mass murder.
It explicitly dismissed statements by Rudolf Höss, one of the commanders at Auschwitz, that a cyanide gas, Zyklon B , had been used to commit mass murder.
It explicitly dismissed statements by Rudolf Höss, one of the commanders at Auschwitz , that a cyanide gas, Zyklon B, had been used to commit mass murder.
He told of seeing his mother and sister driven into the gas chambers in 1944.
“I lived there for 43 years .
In the memorable 1975 World Series, Tiant won two games against the Cincinnati Reds, including a shutout in Game 1.
But Tiant’s status as Boston sports royalty was solidified as far back as 1972 , when he went 15-6 with a 1.91 E.R.A., the best in baseball that season.
I live in Maine now, but I lived in Boston for years, and for me, it is my second country.
Tiant was unable to return to Cuba for 46 years .
Mrs. Gant , 29, is studying for a master's degree in social work at New York University.
She graduated from Wellesley and received a professional certificate in culinary arts from the French Culinary Institute in New York.
The bride’s father retired as the president of Van Wagner Communications , an outdoor advertising company in New York.
Mr. Gant, 36, is a partner in the New York law firm White & Case .
He graduated from Winthrop University and received a law degree from the University of Chicago .
Although the Shanghai composite index has risen less than 3 percent so far this year, the Zexi No. 1 Fund, which works with a subsidiary of the state-owned conglomerate China Resources, gained 323 percent through Friday; it has risen 3,270 percent since its inception in 2010.
Although the Shanghai composite index has risen less than 3 percent so far this year, the Zexi No. 1 Fund, which works with a subsidiary of the state-owned conglomerate China Resources, gained 323 percent through Friday; it has risen 3,270 percent since its inception in 2010.
Although the Shanghai composite index has risen less than 3 percent so far this year, the Zexi No. 1 Fund, which works with a subsidiary of the state-owned conglomerate China Resources, gained 323 percent through Friday; it has risen 3,270 percent since its inception in 2010.
The firm’s performance was the subject of intense market speculation in September, when a post on social media accused the company of manipulation .
The Zexi No. 3 Fund has gained 382 percent this year and 3,945 percent since 2010, according to figures on the company’s website, which were obtained before it was taken down late Monday morning.
On Monday, the website of another official media outlet, China National Radio , published an article from Xinhua stating that an associate of Mr. Xu had been shot and killed by the police while trying to escape.
A picture purportedly of Mr. Xu’s arrest, with him in handcuffs and wearing what looked like a white lab coat, was posted on the website of Sina.com , one of the most popular Internet portals in China.
On Monday, the website of another official media outlet, China National Radio, published an article from Xinhua stating that an associate of Mr. Xu had been shot and killed by the police while trying to escape .
A picture purportedly of Mr. Xu’s arrest, with him in handcuffs and wearing what looked like a white lab coat , was posted on the website of Sina.com, one of the most popular Internet portals in China.
Later in the day, Xinhua reported on one of its social media accounts that its name and that of one of its reporters were used falsely to spread a “rumor” that the police had killed Mr. Xu’s associate.
But the grand jury could not finish in time, the St. Louis County prosecutor, Robert P. McCulloch , told a law school audience here on Friday.
Instead, it finished its work on a Monday and its decision to not indict the police officer was announced that evening.
Instead, it finished its work on a Monday and its decision to not indict the police officer was announced that evening.
Protests followed that night, leading to looting and arson that left Ferguson’s downtown devastated.
Speaking to a symposium on Ferguson at the St. Louis University School of Law , Mr. McCulloch defended the timing of the announcement, along with his handling of the grand jury, which was widely criticized in the days after the rioting.
In the aftermath of the grand jury decision, critics said that Mr. McCulloch and his assistants had presented evidence in ways that favored the police officer, Darren Wilson, and cast doubt on the victim, Michael Brown .
In the aftermath of the grand jury decision, critics said that Mr. McCulloch and his assistants had presented evidence in ways that favored the police officer , Darren Wilson, and cast doubt on the victim, Michael Brown.
On Friday, Mr. McCulloch devoted much of his talk to rebutting such criticism, which included that he gave incorrect instructions to the grand jury and that his assistants were not tough enough in their questioning of witnesses who supported Officer Wilson’s version of events.
“I could be wrong, but I’m pretty sure all lives matter,” the prosecutor said.
“We moved here 12 years ago when there was another house on the site because we wanted to live beside the lake, in a home with its own mooring and fishing rights,” Mr. Hague said.
“The location also appealed to us because it was so rare — it is extremely unusual to find a place like this, just half an hour from London and within easy reach of the M25 motorway.”
“The location also appealed to us because it was so rare — it is extremely unusual to find a place like this, just half an hour from London and within easy reach of the M25 motorway.”
The 4,900-square-foot property, which is on the market for 2 million pounds, or $3.1 million, was six years in the planning before construction began in 2009.
The 4,900-square-foot property, which is on the market for 2 million pounds, or $3.1 million , was six years in the planning before construction began in 2009.
The couple told their architect that they wanted a home that would blend in with its setting yet also incorporate key elements of modern design , such as underfloor heating throughout.
Instead, I wanted to be greeted by the flames from a double-sided fireplace, which had been lined up exactly with the front door .
“It also needed to have six bedrooms and a central Poggenpohl kitchen
“It also needed to have six bedrooms and a central Poggenpohl kitchen,” Mr. Hague said.
Instead, I wanted to be greeted by the flames from a double-sided fireplace , which had been lined up exactly with the front door.”
A custom-made staircase to the side of the reception hall leads up to a galleried landing, which gives on to the six bedrooms and family bathroom.
At 195 square feet , the master bedroom has its own en-suite bathroom and access to a private balcony, taking in the vistas down toward the lake.
Three smaller bedrooms open onto a second balcony overlooking the lake, while a fourth has a small balcony to the front.
Three smaller bedrooms open onto a second balcony overlooking the lake, while a fourth has a small balcony to the front .
The wall between the gym and the sitting room is partly filled with a double-sided Indian Ocean aquarium , which is illuminated and populated by an array of tropical fish.
Look out Brookfield’s front window and see, clumped together across the street, One World Trade Center, which one recent afternoon was half-cloaked in spooky fog, eerily telegraphing impermanence; Santiago Calatrava’s bird, which would look majestic were it not beset at each side by new development; and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum.
(Any doubts about the mall as a site of political meaning need look no further than recent Black Lives Matter protests that have targeted shopping centers .)
Mostly it exists as an argument that capitalism is the safest space.
And magnetic to visitors, or marks waiting to be pickpocketed the late-capitalist way: a mall.
Even if you view Brookfield Place ahistorically, it is a shrugworthy set of stores, not much more inspiring than what you would find in Terminal 4 at Kennedy Airport.
Next door is Gucci , the first American store to open under the guidance of the new creative director, Alessandro Michele.
His vision — which emphasizes the brand’s traditional marks, logos and patterns, with a little extra naturalist flair — is an optimal fit for this location, as close to a fast-food environment as one can get while purchasing a reversible nylon bomber for $1,400, or a polo shirt with a snake embroidered into the collar for $810.
The store is large and spare, not contemplative so much as blunt, and emphasizes items (like three-stripe sneakers and logo-print handbags) that are identifiable to even the most confused shopper.
The store is currently carrying the cruise collection, but still it captures the conflict between Mr. Michele’s responsibilities to the brand as a source of innovation and as a source of gift-shop totems, two approaches to luxury that don’t always complement each other.
His vision — which emphasizes the brand’s traditional marks, logos and patterns, with a little extra naturalist flair — is an optimal fit for this location, as close to a fast -food environment as one can get while purchasing a reversible nylon bomber for $1,400, or a polo shirt with a snake embroidered into the collar for $810.
That said, his more forward -looking items — I tried on an excellent bomber with an embroidered bee on the chest ($1,890) — show a possible pathway through the tension.
But several of the other shops here feel deeply superfluous: say, the Hermès perfumery, which is right next to a Davidoff of Geneva cigar shop.
That said, his more forward-looking items — I tried on an excellent bomber with an embroidered bee on the chest ( $1,890 ) — show a possible pathway through the tension.
A newsstand sells magazines like Sleek and The Great Discontent along with matcha-flavored mini Oreos.
A newsstand sells magazines like Sleek and The Great Discontent along with matcha-flavored mini Oreos.
Once, I sat on the steps in the main atrium and tried to restore steady breathing; it felt as if I had just climbed a mountain and was being choked by thin air.
Unlike Brookfield Place, where your happiness was heavily mediated, Century 21 required the usual pluck — maybe the gray cowhide crew-neck Valentino top ($866, on sale from $4,625) would fit, but probably not; same for the white linen-ish Lanvin peak lapel blazer ($799, on sale from $3,380).
Unlike Brookfield Place, where your happiness was heavily mediated, Century 21 required the usual pluck — maybe the gray cowhide crew-neck Valentino top ($866, on sale from $4,625) would fit, but probably not; same for the white linen-ish Lanvin peak lapel blazer ($799, on sale from $3,380).
Unlike Brookfield Place, where your happiness was heavily mediated, Century 21 required the usual pluck — maybe the gray cowhide crew-neck Valentino top ($866, on sale from $4,625) would fit, but probably not; same for the white linen-ish Lanvin peak lapel blazer ($799, on sale from $3,380).
Unlike Brookfield Place, where your happiness was heavily mediated, Century 21 required the usual pluck — maybe the gray cowhide crew-neck Valentino top ( $866 , on sale from $4,625) would fit, but probably not; same for the white linen-ish Lanvin peak lapel blazer ($799, on sale from $3,380).
Some of those elements are evident in his Piano Concerto (1938), a vast and sometimes unwieldy piece whose slow movement features an unusual duet between harp and piano and whose virtuosic whirlwinds, acerbic chords and gentle pentatonic, folklorish melodies were deftly and energetically rendered by the pianist Jorge Federico Osorio on Saturday evening, with Mr. Botstein conducting the American Symphony Orchestra.
Some of those elements are evident in his Piano Concerto (1938), a vast and sometimes unwieldy piece whose slow movement features an unusual duet between harp and piano and whose virtuosic whirlwinds, acerbic chords and gentle pentatonic, folklorish melodies were deftly and energetically rendered by the pianist Jorge Federico Osorio on Saturday evening, with Mr. Botstein conducting the American Symphony Orchestra.
Mr. Chávez ’s catalog includes six symphonies.
Some of those elements are evident in his Piano Concerto (1938), a vast and sometimes unwieldy piece whose slow movement features an unusual duet between harp and piano and whose virtuosic whirlwinds, acerbic chords and gentle pentatonic, folklorish melodies were deftly and energetically rendered by the pianist Jorge Federico Osorio on Saturday evening, with Mr. Botstein conducting the American Symphony Orchestra.
The second, the Sinfonía India, uses native Yaqui instruments and North Mexican melodies
Mr. Chávez wove the tunes of folk songs like “ La Cucaracha ” through a modernist idiom in a work for solo piano, and altered a traditional song chromatically in his Sonatina for Violin and Piano.
His “Cuatro Melodías Tradicionales Indias del Ecuador” was beautifully sung by the soprano Cecilia Violetta López , whose bright, expressive voice made a strong impression in several works, including de Falla’s “El Retablo de Maese Pedro.”
The resetting of part of Don Quixote de la Mancha ’s story concluded the final program in a charming production featuring puppets and witty visuals designed by Doug Fitch.
The resetting of part of Don Quixote de la Mancha’s story concluded the final program in a charming production featuring puppets and witty visuals designed by Doug Fitch .
BEIJING —  The police in Shanghai have arrested 10 Turkish citizens and two Chinese citizens and accused them of providing altered Turkish passports to terrorist suspects from the western region of Xinjiang, a state-run newspaper reported on Wednesday.
The people trying to use the passports — nine ethnic Uighurs trying to leave China illegally through a Shanghai airport — are also under arrest, according to the newspaper, Global Times.
All of the suspects were detained in November and formally charged recently, the report said.
The people trying to use the passports — nine ethnic Uighurs trying to leave China illegally through a Shanghai airport — are also under arrest, according to the newspaper, Global Times.
BEIJING —  The police in Shanghai have arrested 10 Turkish citizens and two Chinese citizens and accused them of providing altered Turkish passports to terrorist suspects from the western region of Xinjiang , a state-run newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Many Uighurs have been trying to flee China to Turkey , usually by first traveling overland through Southeast Asian countries to Malaysia.
Last year, hundreds of Uighurs in separate groups, most of them women and children, were detained by Thai security forces in the jungles of southern Thailand.
Last year, hundreds of Uighurs in separate groups, most of them women and children, were detained by Thai security forces in the jungles of southern Thailand .
Chinese officials insisted to the Thai government that the migrants be sent back to China .
They told Thai officials that they were Turkish citizens , and they were later visited by diplomats from the Turkish Embassy in Bangkok.
Nine of the Turkish citizens arrested in Shanghai had come to China to hand over their passports to traffickers who were trying to smuggle out the Uighurs, Global Times reported, adding that the Turks were paid $2,000 a passport.
Each of the Uighurs had paid the traffickers 60,000 renminbi, or about $9,700, for a passport, according to the report.
It said the Uighurs were trying to leave China on flights from Shanghai Pudong International Airport .
The report identified the main two traffickers as Lamazan, a Turkish citizen, and Dawuti, a Chinese citizen living in Turkey.
The report identified the main two traffickers as Lamazan, a Turkish citizen, and Dawuti, a Chinese citizen living in Turkey .
Crédit Agricole, which ranks second only to BNP Paribas among French lenders in terms of assets, posted net income of 930 million euros, about $1 billion, for the three months from July through September, an increase of 15 percent from a year earlier.
Crédit Agricole, which ranks second only to BNP Paribas among French lenders in terms of assets, posted net income of 930 million euros, about $1 billion, for the three months from July through September, an increase of 15 percent from a year earlier.
PARIS — Crédit Agricole and Société Générale, two of France’s largest banks, reported higher third-quarter profits on Thursday as their retail divisions posted improved results.
Crédit Agricole, which ranks second only to BNP Paribas among French lenders in terms of assets, posted net income of 930 million euros, about $1 billion, for the three months from July through September, an increase of 15 percent from a year earlier.
It said most business lines had improved, particularly domestic and international retail banking.
While slashing resources in its public schools, the school board vastly increased public spending on private schools.
Public spending on private school placement for special education students grew by 33 percent between 2010-11 and 2013-14, and the district placed students in private schools when appropriate spaces were available in public ones.
The cost of transporting children, including gender-segregated busing, rose to $27.3 million in 2013-14 from $22 million in 2009-10, a 24 percent increase .
While slashing resources in its public schools, the school board vastly increased public spending on private schools .
The cost of transporting children, including gender-segregated busing, rose to $27.3 million in 2013-14 from $22 million in 2009-10, a 24 percent increase.
The board conducts 60 to 70 percent of its meetings in closed-door executive session.
The report also exposed disturbing practices by board members.
Public protests against the board are now commonplace.
The report proposed the appointment of a state fiscal monitor , who would oversee all of the board’s financial and educational decisions and have the authority to override the board, when necessary, to protect the interests of the public-school community and improve education outcomes for public-school students.
The report proposed the appointment of a state fiscal monitor, who would oversee all of the board’s financial and educational decisions and have the authority to override the board, when necessary, to protect the interests of the public-school community and improve education outcomes for public-school students.
The legislation is not about punishing one group because of its religious beliefs; it is about acting to make sure that the civil rights of a community of overwhelmingly low-income minority children are not denied and that their constitutional right to a sound basic education is enforced.
The legislation is not about punishing one group because of its religious beliefs ; it is about acting to make sure that the civil rights of a community of overwhelmingly low-income minority children are not denied and that their constitutional right to a sound basic education is enforced.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has endorsed the need for action in East Ramapo.
Lawmakers should join him, reject the false attacks and act in the interests of the students , who have been failed terribly and must not be made to wait any longer.
Lawmakers should join him, reject the false attacks and act in the interests of the students, who have been failed terribly and must not be made to wait any longer.
For John Abraham Davis, a black midlevel manager in the Government Printing Office with 30 years’ experience , the change came almost overnight.
As his grandson, Gordon Davis , wrote on the Op-Ed page on Tuesday: “By April 1914, the family farm was auctioned off.
Just months after Wilson was sworn in, Davis was demoted to a succession of menial jobs and ended up as a messenger making half his original salary .
Just months after Wilson was sworn in, Davis was demoted to a succession of menial jobs and ended up as a messenger making half his original salary.
He died in 1928. ”
He has had three close friends since preschool.
After the ceremony, we are hosting a barbecue at our house.
Our son is “culminating” from elementary school .
We are close with two of their families, not so much with the third .
But the mother of the third boy is very sensitive and will be upset if we don’t include them.
“He’s a guy that thrives on structure and detail .”
“Meb’s the only one who asks for the redeye,” David Monti, who helps recruit elite athletes for the race, said, laughing.
Attention to routine has built a glorious running career over 26.2 miles for Keflezighi, the only person who has won the New York City Marathon (2009), the Boston Marathon (2014) and an Olympic marathon medal (silver, 2004 Athens Games).
Attention to routine has built a glorious running career over 26.2 miles for Keflezighi, the only person who has won the New York City Marathon (2009), the Boston Marathon (2014) and an Olympic marathon medal (silver, 2004 Athens Games) .
Frank Shorter is widely considered the greatest male American marathoner, having won gold at the 1972 Munich Olympics, taken silver at the 1976 Montreal Games and finished first for four consecutive years at Japan’s Fukuoka Marathon, a de facto world championship in the 1970s.
“Goal No. 1 is to try to win ” or get a high placement.
Keflezighi has kept the same coach, Bob Larsen , since his college days at U.C.L.A. He remains committed to the mundane routines of stretching and strength work.
Seven of his nine marathons in New York have finished under the current masters record.
Keflezighi has kept the same coach, Bob Larsen, since his college days at U.C.L.A .
Training for so many years at altitude in Mammoth Lakes, Calif ., much of it on soft surfaces, has perhaps prolonged Keflezighi’s career, Larsen said, forcing him to restrict the intensity of his training while still providing him the cardiovascular benefits.
Of the 11 children in the family, Meb said, nine have earned college degrees.
At his first New York City Marathon, in 2002 , he finished ninth in 2:12:35 and grew so chilled that his father tried to massage warmth back into his legs and his mother told him, “No more marathons for you.”
Of the 11 children in the family, Meb said, nine have earned college degrees .
At his first New York City Marathon, in 2002, he finished ninth in 2:12:35 and grew so chilled that his father tried to massage warmth back into his legs and his mother told him, “No more marathons for you.”
Presumably, his attention to detail will avoid a repeat of what happened during the 2011 New York City Marathon, when Keflezighi forgot to put a breathing strip on his nose, leaving it in his running shoe as he finished sixth.
His review began: “‘Star Wars,’ George Lucas’s first film since his terrifically successful ‘ American Graffiti ,’ is the movie that the teenagers in ‘American Graffiti’ would have broken their necks to see.”
It was, he wrote, “both an apotheosis of ‘ Flash Gordon ’ serials and a witty critique that makes associations with a variety of literature that is nothing if not eclectic: ‘Quo Vadis?,’ ‘Buck Rogers,’ ‘Ivanhoe,’ ‘Superman,’ ‘The Wizard of Oz,’ ‘The Gospel According to St. Matthew,’ the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table.”
His review began: “‘Star Wars,’ George Lucas’s first film since his terrifically successful ‘American Graffiti,’ is the movie that the teenagers in ‘American Graffiti’ would have broken their necks to see.”
It might even be said that Mr. Canby was an original fanboy .
A week later, Mr. Canby took to his Sunday column to defend against a charge by some critics that movies like “Star Wars,” a “gigantic comic strip of a sci-fi movie,” were “the seminal works of a new age of Non-Think, an anti-intellectual reaction to the plays and films that go out of their way to insult, shock, provoke and disturb, that question everything, including the system that allows the artist to express his outrage.”
The gadgetry “I have a particular fondness for the look of the interior of a gigantic satellite called the Death Star , a place full of the kind of waste space one finds today only in old Fifth Avenue mansions and public libraries.”
The gadgetry “I have a particular fondness for the look of the interior of a gigantic satellite called the Death Star, a place full of the kind of waste space one finds today only in old Fifth Avenue mansions and public libraries.”
A week later, Mr. Canby took to his Sunday column to defend against a charge by some critics that movies like “Star Wars,” a “gigantic comic strip of a sci-fi movie,” were “the seminal works of a new age of Non-Think , an anti-intellectual reaction to the plays and films that go out of their way to insult, shock, provoke and disturb, that question everything, including the system that allows the artist to express his outrage.”
The gadgetry “I have a particular fondness for the look of the interior of a gigantic satellite called the Death Star, a place full of the kind of waste space one finds today only in old Fifth Avenue mansions and public libraries.” A week later , Mr. Canby took to his Sunday column to defend against a charge by some critics that movies like “Star Wars,” a “gigantic comic strip of a sci-fi movie,” were “the seminal works of a new age of Non-Think, an anti-intellectual reaction to the plays and films that go out of their way to insult, shock, provoke and disturb, that question everything, including the system that allows the artist to express his outrage.”
After Tropical Storm Erika shuttered the main airport on the island of Dominica in late August, the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority has approved its reopening to commercial flights.
After Tropical Storm Erika shuttered the main airport on the island of Dominica in late August, the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority has approved its reopening to commercial flights.
After Tropical Storm Erika shuttered the main airport on the island of Dominica in late August , the Eastern Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority has approved its reopening to commercial flights.
Liat has resumed flights to the island’s Douglas-Charles Airport from Antigua, Barbados and Guadeloupe.
As of Oct. 3 , it will resume flights to the main airport from Guadeloupe and St. Maarten.
The number was her brother’s .
Sita Shrestha was gone, but no longer missing.
Search and rescue teams had found a woman’s body in the rubble, bruised and bloated, lying next to a handbag .
Inside was a cellphone , and the police were able to download the call history and identify a phone number that it had called the most.
Summoned to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, he and his brother-in-law were led crying into a room and shown the body.
The stigma against prostitutes remains widespread, the review also found, making it difficult for women to get help from social services and the police, and stoking their fear of eviction or loss of custody of their children.
A review of research on the legislation that the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education commissioned from Malmo University found that it was unclear to what extent mobile phones and the Internet , rather than the law, may have accelerated the reduction in street prostitution by bringing buyers and sellers together electronically.
A review of research on the legislation that the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education commissioned from Malmo University found that it was unclear to what extent mobile phones and the Internet, rather than the law, may have accelerated the reduction in street prostitution by bringing buyers and sellers together electronic ally.
A review of research on the legislation that the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education commissioned from Malmo University found that it was unclear to what extent mobile phones and the Internet, rather than the law, may have accelerated the reduction in street prostitution by bringing buyers and sellers together electronically.
In an open letter last month, 12 of Sweden’s top women’s rights lobbies noted that a number of countries were looking toward the Swedish model of combating prostitution.
The report released Friday by the County Administrative Board of Stockholm found that while there had been a huge increase in online ads for escorts selling sex to men , one seller was often behind multiple ads.
The report released Friday by the County Administrative Board of Stockholm found that while there had been a huge increase in online ads for escorts selling sex to men, one seller was often behind multiple ads. “Against this background, there is nothing indicating that the actual number of individuals engaging in prostitution has increased,” it said.
“Therefore, we are happy and proud that Swedish feminist and progressive legislation shows the way forward instead of backward,” they wrote.
The report released Friday by the County Administrative Board of Stockholm found that while there had been a huge increase in online ads for escorts selling sex to men, one seller was often behind multiple ads.
And the number of Swedes in favor of a ban on the sale of sex as well as its purchase appears to have grown. The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education — known by its Swedish initials, R.F.S.U. — said the results of the research review raised questions about the law’s effectiveness, as well as its impact on prostitutes and on women like Daniella seeking to leave prostitution.
It said the law had increased stigma and discrimination , putting women who sell sex “in an even more precarious position,” and should be changed to better protect their rights.
“Some people selling sex report that it is very hard to find a social service that will help women unless they stop selling sex ,” Ms. Ljungros said.
The law is forcing women who sell sex into more dangerous situations, it said, arguing that transactions have become faster and more furtive because men are afraid of the police , leading women to jump into cars without first checking if the driver is drunk, high or otherwise threatening.
The law is forcing women who sell sex into more dangerous situations, it said, arguing that transactions have become faster and more furtive because men are afraid of the police, leading women to jump into cars without first checking if the driver is drunk, high or otherwise threatening. And the number of Swedes in favor of a ban on the sale of sex as well as its purchase appears to have grown.
If the union leaders approve, the deal would next be voted on by G.M.’s U.A.W. members.
In a statement, the union president, Dennis Williams , praised the accord, saying, “We believe that this agreement will present stable long-term significant wage gains and job security commitments to U.A.W. members now and in the future.”
No details were disclosed, but in its statement the union suggested that the tentative agreement used the wage-progression formula agreed to in the Fiat Chrysler contract that was ratified last week.
No details were disclosed, but in its statement the union suggested that the tentative agreement used the wage-progression formula agreed to in the Fiat Chrysler contract that was ratified last week.
But the wage-tier issue is not as prominent at G.M. because the carmaker employs less than half the number of entry-level employees that Fiat Chrysler does.
Cathy Clegg , the General Motors vice president for North American manufacturing and labor relations, said in a statement about the agreement, “Working with our U.A.W. partners, we developed constructive solutions that benefit employees and provide flexibility for the company to respond to the needs of the marketplace.”
Cathy Clegg, the General Motors vice president for North American manufacturing and labor relations, said in a statement about the agreement, “Working with our U.A.W. partners, we developed constructive solutions that benefit employees and provide flexibility for the company to respond to the needs of the marketplace.”
David Cole, chairman emeritus of the Center for Automotive Research , an industry group in Ann Arbor, Mich., said workers should not expect too much, given the industry’s cyclical nature.
David Cole, chairman emeritus of the Center for Automotive Research, an industry group in Ann Arbor, Mich., said workers should not expect too much, given the industry’s cyclical nature.
Cathy Clegg, the General Motors vice president for North American manufacturing and labor relations, said in a statement about the agreement, “Working with our U.A.W. partners, we developed constructive solutions that benefit employees and provide flexibility for the company to respond to the needs of the marketplace.”
Once she and Randy arrive in Vienna , the paperwork concerning the painting’s history is withheld from them.
Only with the help of a local journalist ( Daniel Brühl ) can they penetrate the wall of secrecy and evasion and learn that the painting, commissioned by Adele’s husband, and later acquired by the Belvedere’s duplicitous curator, belonged not to Adele, but to her husband, who willed it to his heirs.
Once she and Randy arrive in Vienna, the paperwork concerning the painting’s history is withheld from them.
Only with the help of a local journalist (Daniel Brühl) can they penetrate the wall of secrecy and evasion and learn that the painting, commissioned by Adele’s husband , and later acquired by the Belvedere’s duplicitous curator, belonged not to Adele, but to her husband, who willed it to his heirs.
Only with the help of a local journalist (Daniel Brühl) can they penetrate the wall of secrecy and evasion and learn that the painting, commissioned by Adele’s husband , and later acquired by the Belvedere’s duplicitous curator, belonged not to Adele, but to her husband, who willed it to his heirs.
New York officials said they had contained the city’s worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, which sickened 10 1 people and killed 10.
Two Army women have made it through most of the arduous course of the elite Ranger School and stand a strong chance of being the first females to graduate.
a white police officer , at the spot marked by this repaved patch of street.
A Times analysis finds that, despite the intervening intense debates and promises of change, Ferguson, Mo. , remains one of the most segregated places in the country.
New York officials said they had contained the city’s worst outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease, which sickened 101 people and killed 10.
More aquatic news: The U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky had an incredible run at the World Championships.
The 18-year-old set three world records, won five gold medals and became the first swimmer to win the 200-, 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter freestyles in a major competition.
The 18-year-old set three world records, won five gold medals and became the first swimmer to win the 200-, 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter freestyles in a major competition.
The 18-year-old set three world records, won five gold medals and became the first swimmer to win the 200-, 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter freestyles in a major competition.
Isaiah Thomas had 24 points, and Evan Turner scored 20 for the Celtics, who had won four straight .
LAKERS 112, CELTICS 104 Kobe Bryant had 15 points and 11 rebounds for his first double-double of the season while playing what was most likely his final game in Boston.
Bryant received a huge ovation when he was announced for the starting lineups, but he was jeered the first time he got the ball, a nod to his role in what is perhaps the league’s best rivalry.
Isaiah Thomas had 24 points, and Evan Turner scored 20 for the Celtics , who had won four straight.
Bryant received a huge ovation when he was announced for the starting lineups, but he was jeered the first time he got the ball , a nod to his role in what is perhaps the league’s best rivalry.
They cut the deficit to 1 before Kyle Lowry hit a pair of free throws and Washington missed three 3-point attempts in the final seconds.
John Wall had 19 points, 11 assists and 7 rebounds.
They cut the deficit to 1 before Kyle Lowry hit a pair of free throws and Washington missed three 3-point attempts in the final seconds.
But the Wizards scored the next 7 points .
Otto Porter led the Wizards (14-16) with 20 points and 9 rebounds.
Ricky Rubio tied a career high with 17 assists for the Timberwolves, who held off a late charge from the Jazz that cut a 15-point deficit to 6 even as Utah was playing without Derrick Favors .
The Spurs also extended their franchise-record home winning streak to 28 straight games dating to last season.
Ricky Rubio tied a career high with 17 assists for the Timberwolves, who held off a late charge from the Jazz that cut a 15-point deficit to 6 even as Utah was playing without Derrick Favors.
The Jazz have been gutted by injuries to much of their foundation, including Rudy Gobert, Dante Exum and Alec Burks.
The Spurs also extended their franchise-record home winning streak to 28 straight games dating to last season .
I’m wearing a dress I picked up in New York City a few days ago, on sale at this really great store I stumbled upon called & Other Stories .
When we played Pitchfork Festival , it was the brightest and hottest part of the day, so I borrowed my guitar player’s sunglasses because they matched my dress.
But my favorite part of this outfit is definitely my gold shoes .
I got them in Paris , on sale too, and they have become a staple in my stage wardrobe.
When I find something that works, I tend to wear it over and over .
Tights are the main differentiator.
What inspires your overall style? Audrey Hepburn is a huge influence on my style.
She’s classy, confident and simplistic .
One of my first big shows in Nashville , like probably six years ago, I went to a thrift store and bought all the black hooded sweatshirts I could find.
I did this to a huge pair of sunglasses as well that I wore.
Then I hot-glued silver bead strands to the outside of the hoods so when you put the hood up, the long beads dangled over your face like a mask.
My band wouldn’t wear the ones I made for them and I don’t blame them for that.
One of my first big shows in Nashville, like probably six years ago , I went to a thrift store and bought all the black hooded sweatshirts I could find.
their 27 World Series championship and 20 retired numbers.
And measuring the pulse of a fan base in a two-team baseball city is never simple, especially when one of them is the Yankees, with their 27 World Series championship and 20 retired numbers .
And measuring the pulse of a fan base in a two-team baseball city is never simple, especially when one of them is the Yankees, with their 27 World Series championship and 20 retired numbers.
Hearing more talk about how the Mets keep finding ways to win?
Hearing more talk about how the Mets keep finding ways to win?
But some telling evidence points to trouble for the Yankees and a boon for the Mets, suggesting that New York might be turning into a Mets town for the first time since their championship season of 1986 .
It’s not that the other team in New York isn’t winning, but there doesn’t seem to be a lot of spark to it, while what’s happening to the Mets feels fresh and novel .”
“It certainly feels like something’s happening,” said Greg Prince, a blogger for the website Faith and Fear in Flushing .
It is an improbable reversal of fortune, given that the Yankees have dominated the market so clearly since they won four World Series from 1996 to 2000 , capped by a triumph over the Mets in the so-called Subway Series.
It is an improbable reversal of fortune, given that the Yankees have dominated the market so clearly since they won four World Series from 1996 to 2000, capped by a triumph over the Mets in the so-called Subway Series.
The Mets are averaging 31,257 a game this season, a 17.6 percent rise from last season.
The Mets are averaging 31,257 a game this season, a 17.6 percent rise from last season.
(Major League Baseball, which calculates attendance differently, has the Yankees’ average home attendance at 40,086 .)
That is still about 10,000 short of the capacity at Citi Field , but this season’s increase of 4,689 fans a game represents a drastic shift from a dispiriting trend: Attendance had fallen almost 32 percent from a peak of 38,941 during the inaugural season of the ballpark six years ago.
Prince, the blogger, offered two ways to measure future progress: when Mets caps are highly visible on all trains, not just the 7 line to Flushing, and when a fan’s request to turn a restaurant television to a Mets game is not met with a look “like you have three eyes.”
More important, they probably need to do well in the postseason and then re-sign Cespedes .
Prince, the blogger, offered two ways to measure future progress: when Mets caps are highly visible on all trains, not just the 7 line to Flushing, and when a fan’s request to turn a restaurant television to a Mets game is not met with a look “like you have three eyes.”
Prince, the blogger, offered two ways to measure future progress: when Mets caps are highly visible on all trains, not just the 7 line to Flushing , and when a fan’s request to turn a restaurant television to a Mets game is not met with a look “like you have three eyes.”
The Mets’ average television audience, which reached a high of 314,171 in 2007, bottomed out at 138,627 in 2013 before a slight revival to just over 144,000 last season.
The Mets’ average television audience, which reached a high of 314,171 in 2007, bottomed out at 138, 62 7 in 2013 before a slight revival to just over 144,000 last season.
The Mets’ average television audience, which reached a high of 314,171 in 2007, bottomed out at 138,627 in 2013 before a slight revival to just over 144,000 last season.
But so far this season, viewership is up 62 percent, to 240,091 a game.
And games are averaging 324,195 viewers since the Mets acquired the slugging outfielder Yoenis Cespedes on July 31.
The Yankees are an older, less flashy team that lost much of its charisma with the retirements of Mariano Rivera and Derek Jeter in 2013 and 2014 .
“Then Lagares hit the double and Granderson walked, and you just knew it; you just knew it,” he added, referring to Juan Lagares and Curtis Granderson, who started the Mets’ ninth-inning rally.
The former ace C. C. Sabathia is struggling with a bad knee and the wear and tear of pitching nearly 3,000 innings in his career, and the Yankees’ current top pitcher, Masahiro Tanaka, is soldiering on with a slightly torn elbow ligament.
“I was like, ‘All right, we have to lose once in a while,’ ” he said by phone while on his way to Monday night’s game against Miami .
He showed my husband the results, explaining that he was a graduate student .
I was flattered and vaguely unsettled; he looked like someone in a Todd Solondz movie perhaps up to something not entirely sane.
My husband accepted the drawing and gave him $10 , a gift for which he seemed appreciative.
One Saturday afternoon this past winter, when my family and I were having lunch at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a ritual viewing of mummies and armor with our 5-year-old son, I noticed a young man a few tables away staring at us.
One Saturday afternoon this past winter, when my family and I were having lunch at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during a ritual viewing of mummies and armor with our 5-year-old son, I noticed a young man a few tables away staring at us.
Rosenblatt was built on a hill , and the prevailing wind blew out.
At TD Ameritrade, the wind often blows in , knocking down well-hit balls in the alleys and straightaway center.
Minnesota Coach John Anderson , who pushed for the new standard while serving on the N.C.A.A. Division I baseball committee, wished it had had more time to study its effects before the stadium opened.
“For a few years, the field was playing like a softball field,” said Coach Rick Vanderhook of California State Fullerton.
“If you hit it well, you should get rewarded for it,” said the Vanderbilt junior shortstop Dansby Swanson , the most outstanding player at last year’s Series and the first overall pick in the major league amateur draft, by Arizona.
Swanson led the Commodores with 15 homers after hitting only three last season.
“If you hit it well, you should get rewarded for it,” said the Vanderbilt junior shortstop Dansby Swanson, the most outstanding player at last year’s Series and the first overall pick in the major league amateur draft, by Arizona .
“I think the biggest thing, quite frankly, is our pitchers enjoy throwing it more,” said Louisiana State Coach Paul Mainieri , whose pitching staff struck out 93 more batters than it did last year.
“Since mobile search results are about half of what Google handles, anyone might be at risk,” said Danny Sullivan, the founder of Search Engine Land, which closely tracks changes to Google’s search engine.
The United States had 134 million mobile users last year, about 100 million more than in 2010, according to eMarketer, a research company.
“Since mobile search results are about half of what Google handles, anyone might be at risk,” said Danny Sullivan, the founder of Search Engine Land, which closely tracks changes to Google’s search engine.
In addition, the company recently announced that in certain cases it would also use information contained within apps as a ranking factor for mobile searches performed on phones that run its Android software.
In addition, the company recently announced that in certain cases it would also use information contained within apps as a ranking factor for mobile searches performed on phones that run its Android software.
“We are committed to providing the best service to our clients and will remain committed to ensuring accepted standards are met,” Mr. Moyer said.
Baltimore has been the scene of riots that exploded over the death of Freddie Gray , a young black man who was injured in police custody and later died, though the motion is unrelated to that death, which led to charges against six police officers.
Baltimore has been the scene of riots that exploded over the death of Freddie Gray, a young black man who was injured in police custody and later died, though the motion is unrelated to that death, which led to charges against six police officers .
The motion came days after Martin O’Malley , who as governor of Maryland oversaw the jail system from 2007 through 2015, announced that he was running for president.
The motion came days after Martin O’Malley, who as governor of Maryland oversaw the jail system from 2007 through 2015, announced that he was running for president .
Tuesday’s move is the latest in a long push by the A.C.L.U. to force changes at the jail.
The group filed its first class action on behalf of inmates in 1993 , saying the poor conditions constituted cruel and unusual punishment.
The group filed its first class action on behalf of inmates in 1993, saying the poor conditions constituted cruel and unusual punishment.
The most recent settlement was in 2009 .
But the A.C.L.U. said the state had failed to make meaningful improvements at the jail, which overwhelmingly houses poor, black residents caught up in drug-related crimes.
Many inmates do not get the required medical care , the motion says.
“It must be remembered that the great majority of those confined in B.C.D.C. are awaiting trial , and so, under our Constitution, may not be punished,” the motion said, referring to the Baltimore City Detention Center.
The problem has been long in the making as Baltimore did not invest in upkeep of the jail , the oldest sections of which date from the 1850s, said Elizabeth Alexander, the former director of the National Prison Project of the A.C.L.U. and one of the lawyers who filed the motion.
The problem has been long in the making as Baltimore did not invest in upkeep of the jail, the oldest sections of which date from the 1850s , said Elizabeth Alexander, the former director of the National Prison Project of the A.C.L.U. and one of the lawyers who filed the motion.
The problem has been long in the making as Baltimore did not invest in upkeep of the jail, the oldest sections of which date from the 1850s, said Elizabeth Alexander , the former director of the National Prison Project of the A.C.L.U. and one of the lawyers who filed the motion.
Jerome Williams (2-3) lasted just five innings, giving up three runs and four hits.
He struck out four and walked two .
Jerome Williams (2-3) lasted just five innings, giving up three runs and four hits.
BREWERS 10, WHITE SOX 7  Elian Herrera hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning and Khris Davis followed with a solo shot for host Milwaukee.
RANGERS 8, ROYALS 2  Adrian Beltre hit his 399th career home run, and Thomas Field hit his first as Texas beat visiting Kansas City.
For the first time since 1998, and for the fifth time in league history, the All-Star Game made a stop in New York, infusing the arena with a dose of the basketball skill, celebrity presence and general sense of occasion it has lacked for the last three months, given the struggles of the hometown Knicks. The game capped a multiborough weekend spree of brand-sponsored parties, in-store promotional appearances, charity events and various activities vaguely related to basketball, some of which took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
In a leisurely game that grew mildly competitive only in the final minutes, the Western Conference beat the Eastern Conference, 163-158, in front of a well-dressed, sellout crowd.
The game capped a multiborough weekend spree of brand-sponsored parties, in-store promotional appearances, charity events and various activities vaguely related to basketball, some of which took place at Barclays Center in Brooklyn .
The N.B.A. distributed two-thirds of the tickets to its marketing and broadcast partners and affiliates, the participating players and the players’ union, as well as league alumni.
For the first time since 1998 , and for the fifth time in league history, the All-Star Game made a stop in New York, infusing the arena with a dose of the basketball skill, celebrity presence and general sense of occasion it has lacked for the last three months, given the struggles of the hometown Knicks.
In others, celebrated retired players associated with New York basketball, including the current Knicks president, Phil Jackson , were honored at center court.
Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder took 28 shots, scored 41 points and won the Most Valuable Player Award.
Late in the fourth quarter, fans were encouraged to stand for a karaoke version of “New York, New York.”
Late in the fourth quarter, fans were encouraged to stand for a karaoke version of “ New York, New York .”
LeBron James of the Cleveland Cavaliers led the Eastern Conference with 30 points.
The only testimony Thursday concerned the conditions that Mr. Tsarnaev would face in the supermax penitentiary in Colorado, sometimes called the ADX, where he is likely to go if the jury sentenced him to life in prison.
William Weinreb , the lead prosecutor, told the judge in a sidebar that the prison conditions that Mr. Tsarnaev would face might be the most crucial factor weighed by the jury.
The government and defense have been locked in increasingly intense battles, some voiced through objections in court, others occurring out of earshot of the jury and the news media; the contents of some of those have been made available later through transcripts.
The only testimony Thursday concerned the conditions that Mr. Tsarnaev would face in the supermax penitentiary in Colorado, sometimes called the ADX , where he is likely to go if the jury sentenced him to life in prison.
The only testimony Thursday concerned the conditions that Mr. Tsarnaev would face in the supermax penitentiary in Colorado , sometimes called the ADX, where he is likely to go if the jury sentenced him to life in prison.
The ADX is the toughest prison in the federal system, and the defense has twice shown an aerial photo of the facility, covered with snow in the shadow of the Rockies, appearing so remote that it could be in Siberia.
The ADX is the toughest prison in the federal system, and the defense has twice shown an aerial photo of the facility, covered with snow in the shadow of the Rockies, appearing so remote that it could be in Siberia.
At the ADX, he would be in solitary confinement 23 hours a day .
The prosecutor also suggested that Mr. Tsarnaev could eventually be transferred to a less secure facility, but under defense questioning, Mr. Bezy batted away that notion: Mr. Tsarnaev would not be transferred, he said, because other inmates “would want to do him great bodily harm.” At the ADX, he would be in solitary confinement 23 hours a day.
The ADX is the toughest prison in the federal system, and the defense has twice shown an aerial photo of the facility, covered with snow in the shadow of the Rockies, appearing so remote that it could be in Siberia.
After Amelie Wisniak moved to Manhattan from Paris four years ago, a friend told her, “Never leave the island” — Manhattan was the epicenter.
After Amelie Wisniak moved to Manhattan from Paris four years ago, a friend told her, “ Never leave the island ” — Manhattan was the epicenter.
At first Ms. Wisniak, an entrepreneur and a founder of SportChaser , a search engine that connects sports fans to bars, heeded that advice — “I never went to Brooklyn,” she said.
But she and her boyfriend, Pascal Greilich, a software developer , could not afford to buy the kind of apartment they wanted in Manhattan and grew tired of spending $2,250 a month on rent for a one-bedroom in Hell’s Kitchen.
They paid $995,000 for a two-bedroom two-bath condominium built in 2007.
The boundaries of the neighborhood, which is about 0.6 square mile , are roughly Flushing Avenue to the north, Atlantic Avenue to the south, Vanderbilt Avenue to the west and Classon Avenue to the east.
The architecture is a mix of wood-frame houses predating the Civil War , Italianate mansions, carriage houses, brownstones, midrise apartment buildings and three- to five-story brick rowhouses.
The United States Census Bureau’s 2009-2013 American Community Survey estimated the population as 39 percent white, 36 percent black, 16 percent Hispanic and 5 percent Asian.
Pratt Institute is the neighborhood’s centerpiece, its greensward campus’s brick pathways braiding through a sculpture garden.
a sculpture garden .
After nine months of searching they pounced last year when they learned, through Joanna Mayfield Marks, an agent at Halstead Property, of a 1,500-square-foot condo with two terraces.
“We had a couple of nonnegotiable things — outdoor space and nothing smaller than 1,200 square feet ,” Ms. Wenk said.
The four-building complex had three units on the market late last month, ranging from a studio for $559,000 to a three-bedroom for $1.85 million , according to Andrew Booth, an associate broker at the Corcoran Group.
After nine months of searching they pounced last year when they learned, through Joanna Mayfield Marks, an agent at Halstead Property, of a 1,500-square-foot condo with two terraces.
“People are coming in saying, ‘Hey, I’m interested in Clinton Hill,’ and before it was ‘I can’t afford Fort Greene anymore , so I guess I’ll look into Clinton Hill.’ ”
What You’ll Pay In the third quarter of 2015, the median sales price of a condo in Clinton Hill was $849,000 , an increase of 28 percent from the same period last year, according to Gregory J. Heym, the chief economist at Terra Holdings, who said the small size of the market can cause data fluctuations.
What You’ll Pay In the third quarter of 2015, the median sales price of a condo in Clinton Hill was $849,000, an increase of 28 percent from the same period last year, according to Gregory J. Heym, the chief economist at Terra Holdings, who said the small size of the market can cause data fluctuations.
What You’ll Pay In the third quarter of 2015, the median sales price of a condo in Clinton Hill was $849,000, an increase of 28 percent from the same period last year, according to Gregory J. Heym, the chief economist at Terra Holdings, who said the small size of the market can cause data fluctuations.
The biggest price jump was in townhouse sales , according to Mr. Heym, with the median price in the third quarter of 2015 at $2.67 million, an increase of 59 percent over the same period last year.
The biggest price jump was in townhouse sales, according to Mr. Heym, with the median price in the third quarter of 2015 at $2.67 million , an increase of 59 percent over the same period last year.
History Clinton Hill’s glory days began in the mid-19th century when a working-class enclave gave way to Gilded Age villas.
In the 1920s it slipped from fashion, then plunged after World War II as low-cost high-rises were developed in the area.
In 1967, Patti Smith and Robert Mapplethorpe rented an apartment at 160 Hall Street, near Pratt Institute .
The walls were smeared with blood and psychotic scribbling , the oven crammed with discarded syringes, and the refrigerator overrun with mold.”
The monthly rent was $80 .
This last eclipse of the year has led some, er, imaginative observers to predict that a giant asteroid will hit Earth within the next six days — a notion that NASA has firmly rebuffed.
That convergence hasn’t happened for 32 years.
This last eclipse of the year has led some, er, imaginative observers to predict that a giant asteroid will hit Earth within the next six days — a notion that NASA has firmly rebuffed. “ There is no scientific basis — not one shred of evidence — that an asteroid or any other celestial object will impact Earth on those dates
“There is no scientific basis — not one shred of evidence — that an asteroid or any other celestial object will impact Earth on those dates,” said Dr. Paul Chodas , manager of NASA’s Near-Earth Object office in Pasadena, Calif.
“There is no scientific basis — not one shred of evidence — that an asteroid or any other celestial object will impact Earth on those dates,” said Dr. Paul Chodas, manager of NASA’s Near-Earth Object office in Pasadena, Calif .
This last eclipse of the year has led some, er, imaginative observers to predict that a giant asteroid will hit Earth within the next six days — a notion that NASA has firmly rebuffed.
“There is no scientific basis — not one shred of evidence — that an asteroid or any other celestial object will impact Earth on those dates,” said Dr. Paul Chodas , manager of NASA’s Near-Earth Object office in Pasadena, Calif.
This last eclipse of the year has led some, er, imaginative observers to predict that a giant asteroid will hit Earth within the next six days — a notion that NASA has firmly rebuffed. “ There is no scientific basis — not one shred of evidence — that an asteroid or any other celestial object will impact Earth on those dates
That convergence hasn’t happened for 32 years.
“There is no scientific basis — not one shred of evidence — that an asteroid or any other celestial object will impact Earth on those dates,” said Dr. Paul Chodas, manager of NASA’s Near-Earth Object office in Pasadena, Calif .
At 11 , Francis will officially meet with President Obama, with topics likely to include climate change, income inequality and the refugee crisis in Europe.
At 11, Francis will officially meet with President Obama, with topics likely to include climate change, income inequality and the refugee crisis in Europe.
Francis will hold Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine for about 30,000 people at 4:15 p.m. The Secret Service is taking the lead in protecting a pope who does not want to stay in his popemobile.
Francis will hold Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine for about 30,000 people at 4:15 p.m. The Secret Service is taking the lead in protecting a pope who does not want to stay in his popemobile.
The Secret Service is taking the lead in protecting a pope who does not want to stay in his popemobile.
European Union leaders may approve a plan today to distribute 120,000 asylum seekers among member states, one day after a decision to move ahead was forced through by a majority vote.
The legislation is based on the idea , rejected by mainstream medical groups, that a fetus feels pain then.
On Capitol Hill. Senate Republicans failed to advance a bill on legislation outlawing abortion at 20 weeks after fertilization.
The legislation is based on the idea, rejected by mainstream medical groups , that a fetus feels pain then.
The legislation is based on the idea, rejected by mainstream medical groups, that a fetus feels pain then.
It’s also the main day of the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia , where more than 2 million Muslims are sharing in rituals and prayers to erase their sins.
Readers are on a reverse migration to print, and one bookstore owner says that the “e-book terror has kind of subsided.” Digital sales have slowed sharply, though analysts once predicted that e-books would overtake print by 2015.
It’s also the main day of the hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, where more than 2 million Muslims are sharing in rituals and prayers to erase their sins .
Digital sales have slowed sharply, though analysts once predicted that e-books would overtake print by 2015 .
“Rosewood,” a medical procedural series that debuts today, stars Morris Chestnut as Miami’s top private pathologist, ready to help the police solve the most challenging cases (8 p.m. Eastern, Fox).
Jake Arrieta threw a three-hitter to become the first pitcher to reach 20 wins this season, as the Chicago Cubs closed in on a playoff berth by shutting out Milwaukee, 4-0.
A judge ruled that the long-claimed copyright on “Happy Birthday to You” is invalid.
Jake Arrieta threw a three-hitter to become the first pitcher to reach 20 wins this season, as the Chicago Cubs closed in on a playoff berth by shutting out Milwaukee, 4-0.
Jake Arrieta threw a three-hitter to become the first pitcher to reach 20 wins this season, as the Chicago Cubs closed in on a playoff berth by shutting out Milwaukee, 4-0. The Yankees won and the Mets lost, and both gained ground in their pursuit of division titles.
BACK STORY On Sunday, a total lunar eclipse coincides with a “supermoon” — when the moon is closest to Earth — promising us some dramatic nighttime theater.
“These small dinosaurs were related to Triceratops, but very distantly,” said Catherine A. Forster , a paleontologist at George Washington University and one of the team who discovered Hualianceratops.
Paleontologists have discovered a distant relative of Triceratops in western China that lived 160 million years ago.
There were dozens of species of ceratopsians, but Triceratops, which lived in North America about 65 million years ago, is the best known.
Named Hualianceratops wucaiwanensis , the plant-eater stood on its hind legs and was about the size of a spaniel.
She and her colleagues recovered a partial skull and hind leg , and described their findings in the journal PLOS One.
The exam, the second incarnation of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test, called the LAST-2 , was administered from 2004 through 2012 and was designed to test an applicant’s knowledge of liberal arts and science.
The exam, the second incarnation of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test, called the LAST-2, was administered from 2004 through 2012 and was designed to test an applicant’s knowledge of liberal arts and science.
According to Friday’s decision, written by Judge Kimba M. Wood of Federal District Court in Manhattan, the pass rate for African-American and Latino candidates was between 54 percent and 75 percent of the pass rate for white candidates.
According to Friday’s decision, written by Judge Kimba M. Wood of Federal District Court in Manhattan, the pass rate for African-American and Latino candidates was between 54 percent and 75 percent of the pass rate for white candidates.
In creating the test, the company, National Evaluation Systems , sent surveys to educators around New York State to determine if the test’s “content objectives” were relevant and important to teaching.
The French artist Stéphane Heuet’s illustrated interpretation of “Swann’s Way,” the first volume of Proust’s sprawling semiautobiographical novel “In Search of Lost Time,” is at No. 5 in its seventh week on the graphic novel hardcover list.
Despite the negative reviews, the first printing of 12,000 copies sold out in three weeks .
Proust For The People: Almost 100 years after his death, Marcel Proust has finally cracked the best-seller list.
And critics should have no cause for concern; Heuet and Arthur Goldhammer , the book’s translator, envision it as a tantalizing introduction to “In Search of Lost Time” — not a substitute for the real thing.
Heuet has been adapting the book since 1988 , when the first installment was published in France — to violent dismay.
18 , is another work of semiautobiographical fiction: “A Manual for Cleaning Women,” a posthumously published story collection by Lucia Berlin, a little-known American writer who died in 2004 and who has been championed by Lydia Davis and August Kleinzahler.
Lost And Found: New on the extended hardcover fiction list this week, at No. 18, is another work of semiautobiographical fiction: “A Manual for Cleaning Women,” a posthumously published story collection by Lucia Berlin, a little-known American writer who died in 2004 and who has been championed by Lydia Davis and August Kleinzahler.
Lost And Found: New on the extended hardcover fiction list this week, at No. 18, is another work of semiautobiographical fiction: “A Manual for Cleaning Women,” a posthumously published story collection by Lucia Berlin, a little-known American writer who died in 2004 and who has been championed by Lydia Davis and August Kleinzahler.
Lost And Found: New on the extended hardcover fiction list this week, at No. 18, is another work of semiautobiographical fiction: “ A Manual for Cleaning Women ,” a posthumously published story collection by Lucia Berlin, a little-known American writer who died in 2004 and who has been championed by Lydia Davis and August Kleinzahler.
Lost And Found: New on the extended hardcover fiction list this week, at No. 18, is another work of semiautobiographical fiction : “A Manual for Cleaning Women,” a posthumously published story collection by Lucia Berlin, a little-known American writer who died in 2004 and who has been championed by Lydia Davis and August Kleinzahler.
Russia is one of Turkey’s largest markets for exports, after Germany .
Eskisehir (pronounced Es-ki-SHARE) itself has a large sugar refinery, using sugar beets from nearby fields as its raw material; the city exports about $30 million worth of cookies, cakes, crackers and other foods to Russia, according to the local chamber of commerce.
Eskisehir (pronounced Es-ki-SHARE) itself has a large sugar refinery, using sugar beets from nearby fields as its raw material; the city exports about $30 million worth of cookies, cakes, crackers and other foods to Russia, according to the local chamber of commerce.
Turkey had been stepping up food exports to Russia in recent months as political frictions between Russia and the West led to a reduction in Russian food imports from the European Union .
Eskisehir (pronounced Es-ki-SHARE) itself has a large sugar refinery, using sugar beets from nearby fields as its raw material; the city exports about $30 million worth of cookies, cakes , crackers and other foods to Russia, according to the local chamber of commerce.
Russia had also been one of Turkey’s biggest sources of tourists until the past year, when the combination of the fall of the ruble and Western sanctions on Russia for its support of Ukrainian insurgents began steeply eroding the number of Russians who could afford to travel.
The decline in tourism was a worry for economists here even before the Russian jet was shot down.
Russia had also been one of Turkey’s biggest sources of tourists until the past year, when the combination of the fall of the ruble and Western sanctions on Russia for its support of Ukrainian insurgents began steeply eroding the number of Russians who could afford to travel.
“The trade deficit is out of hand, exports cannot meet the import bill, so tourism revenues are a major item in our balance sheet,” said Erinc Yeldan , the dean of the economics faculty at Bilkent University near Ankara.
Still, Cengiz Kamil Firat , the deputy director general of general and bilateral economic affairs at Turkey’s foreign ministry, said that the nation’s economy was in better shape than it might seem.
Mr. Firat at the foreign ministry said that the Syrian refugees had caused resentment in some places, but also made cheap labor available that might help some businesses stay competitive.
Turkey has long depended on exporting manufactured goods to Europe and the Middle East , two regions where demand is weak right now.
Many emerging markets are facing difficulties with the slowdown in global trade , Turkey among them.
Mr. Firat at the foreign ministry said that the Syrian refugees had caused resentment in some places, but also made cheap labor available that might help some businesses stay competitive.
That is partly because of geopolitics and partly because Chinese industries with overcapacity at home have been exporting at low prices to Turkey’s longtime markets in the Middle East, Europe and Africa.
“They’re not closed — there’s a lot of smuggling, people have to live” in Syria, said Savas M. Ozaydemir , a leading Eskisehir industrialist with holdings in roofing tile manufacturing, wiring manufacture and real estate.
The route around Iraq and Syria through Iran is much longer and costlier — and Iran has imposed a hefty fee on Turkish trucks, ostensibly because they may fill up on subsidized diesel fuel while in Iran.
Turkey’s strong support for democracy in Syria and for the removal of Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad , an Iranian ally, have not helped.
The route around Iraq and Syria through Iran is much longer and costlier — and Iran has imposed a hefty fee on Turkish trucks , ostensibly because they may fill up on subsidized diesel fuel while in Iran.
“They’re not closed — there’s a lot of smuggling, people have to live” in Syria, said Savas M. Ozaydemir, a leading Eskisehir industrialist with holdings in roofing tile manufacturing, wiring manufacture and real estate .
Turkey has 40 percent of the world’s commercial marble reserves and has been by far the dominant supplier to China, where domestic marble tends to be heavily cracked and often an unattractive yellow.
Turkey has 40 percent of the world’s commercial marble reserves and has been by far the dominant supplier to China , where domestic marble tends to be heavily cracked and often an unattractive yellow.
For Cekicler Marble in Eskisehir, that has meant closing three of the company’s nine marble quarries and laying off a third of the 450 workers .
But after expecting to sell 10 a year, the company actually sold one last year and none this year, with leads for the sale of two next year.
But the value and tonnage of China’s marble imports have plunged by nearly a third just in the past year, paralleling a steep drop in housing starts there.
AMC, however, is more reluctant to switch game plans .
“With all the changes of the world today — whether it’s technology, volume of programming, fewer and fewer shows breaking through — what we remain focused on are many of the things that got us to the dance in the first place,” Mr. Collier said.
That strategy, he said, is matching the quality of premium cable on basic cable, and becoming a home for the industry’s best writers and showrunners.
AMC had a small setback in the last few years when it was forced to adjust a development process that was described by some in the industry as onerous.
The system, dismissively referred to as the “bake-off,” required producers to sketch out in extensive detail what their prospective show would look like after the pilot — forecasting what would happen several seasons down the line.
“This is continually evolving, and we made some adjustments early from some of the criticisms we heard from the creative community ,” said Joel Stillerman, president of original programming and development for the network.
Mr. Gilligan appreciated how he could help with marketing efforts for both of his shows, even when he “was a nobody
Both Mr. Stillerman and Mr. Collier treasure their relationships with showrunners, including Vince Gilligan , the star creator of “Breaking Bad” and now “Better Call Saul.”
“This is continually evolving, and we made some adjustments early from some of the criticisms we heard from the creative community,” said Joel Stillerman , president of original programming and development for the network.
Both Mr. Stillerman and Mr. Collier treasure their relationships with showrunners , including Vince Gilligan, the star creator of “Breaking Bad” and now “Better Call Saul.”
A federal judge declined on Wednesday to order the removal of marijuana from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s list of the most harmful and addictive drugs, disappointing those who had hoped the courts might help settle growing conflicts between federal and state laws.
Judge Kimberly J. Mueller of United States District Court in Sacramento heard testimony on whether marijuana belonged alongside heroin and LSD on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Schedule I list: substances classified as having no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.
Judge Kimberly J. Mueller of United States District Court in Sacramento heard testimony on whether marijuana belonged alongside heroin and LSD on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Schedule I list: substances classified as having no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.
A federal judge declined on Wednesday to order the removal of marijuana from the Drug Enforcement Administration’s list of the most harmful and addictive drugs, disappointing those who had hoped the courts might help settle growing conflicts between federal and state laws .
Judge Kimberly J. Mueller of United States District Court in Sacramento heard testimony on whether marijuana belonged alongside heroin and LSD on the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Schedule I list: substances classified as having no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse.
Defense lawyers had argued in court filings that the charges should be dismissed in part because marijuana’s Schedule I classification was arbitrary and unconstitutional .
Judge Mueller ruled that any adjustments to the law were better left to Congress .
They asserted that the 10th Amendment barred the federal government from superseding state laws legalizing marijuana for medicinal use.
The decision dismayed advocates of marijuana legalization .
They asserted that the 10th Amendment barred the federal government from superseding state laws legalizing marijuana for medicinal use .
“The medical benefits of cannabis are undeniable,” said Jeremy Norrie, a medical marijuana user in West Hollywood, Calif., who operates the Secret Cup , a cannabis trade show.
“The medical benefits of cannabis are undeniable,” said Jeremy Norrie , a medical marijuana user in West Hollywood, Calif., who operates the Secret Cup, a cannabis trade show.
It seems more to me that this judge wanted to avoid controversy and having to deal with the issue.
We don’t see anywhere near the kind of public problems that the other drugs in Schedule I have.”
A spokesman for the D.E.A., Matthew R. Barden, said it would not comment until officials saw Judge Mueller’s written ruling .
In 2013 , the Justice Department recommended that federal officials not target dispensaries, growers and patients who complied with state marijuana laws and had no links to cartels or interstate smuggling.
Moreover, the 2015 appropriations bill passed by Congress in December barred the Justice Department from spending money to interfere with any state’s efforts to carry out its medical marijuana laws.
The Justice Department has countered that it can still prosecute violations of the federal marijuana ban and continue cases already in the courts .
The ruling is one of several indications that some resolution between federal and state marijuana laws may be approaching.
Under the terms of the agreement, HP will pay $24.67 a share in cash.
Aruba, a 13-year -old networking equipment maker, specializes in wireless networking access point hardware and software, which are used by hotels, universities and shopping malls.
Hewlett-Packard agreed on Monday to buy Aruba Networks, a maker of Wi-Fi access equipment for businesses, for about $3 billion in HP’s biggest deal in more than three years.
The company reported $728.9 million in revenue in its fiscal year that ended July 31, up nearly 22 percent from the prior year.
That represents a roughly 34 percent premium to Aruba’s closing price on Feb. 24, the day before Bloomberg News reported the merger discussions between the two.
”Enterprises are facing a mobile-first world and are looking for solutions that help them transition legacy investments to the new style of I.T.,” Meg Whitman, HP’s chairman and chief executive, said in a statement.
“By combining Aruba’s world-class wireless mobility solutions with HP’s leading switching portfolio, HP will offer the simplest, most secure networking solutions to help enterprises easily deploy next-generation mobile networks .”
Aruba will continue to do business under its own brand and will be led by its chief executive, Dominic Orr .
The deal is expected to close by Oct. 31 , pending approval by regulators and Aruba’s shareholders.
“By combining Aruba’s world-class wireless mobility solutions with HP’s leading switching portfolio, HP will offer the simplest, most secure networking solutions to help enterprises easily deploy next-generation mobile networks.”
Republican and Democratic bill sponsors saw the need to reform misleading truck and bus safety ratings.
The graduated driver’s license pilot program would allow 19½-year-old truck drivers only when accompanied by older drivers, and it would be based on recommendations of a task force that includes safety advocates.
The graduated driver’s license pilot program would allow 19½-year-old truck drivers only when accompanied by older drivers , and it would be based on recommendations of a task force that includes safety advocates.
And the bill does not “make it harder for the department to raise the minimum insurance requirements for trucks and buses.”
Your Nov. 4 editorial “ The Bill That Would Make Roads Less Safe ” unfairly represents strongly bipartisan transportation legislation that the House passed last week.
The bill would expand federal background checks to cover gun sales between private parties.
Hundreds of Vermonters packed the Statehouse in Montpelier on Tuesday for a committee hearing on legislation that would expand background checks for gun buyers and impose other new firearms restrictions.
It also would step up reporting to the federal background check system when a court adjudicates someone as mentally ill .
Supporters argued that Vermont is not immune from domestic violence and is not an island from the rest of the country .
The bill would expand federal background checks to cover gun sales between private parties .
Prosecutors presenting evidence against two motorcyclists accused of taking part in a gang assault on a young family have put a larger phenomenon on trial: wild motorcycle tours, organized on the Internet, that occasionally rip through New York City, with riders snarling traffic, doing stunts, running red lights and generally creating a nuisance.
Prosecutors presenting evidence against two motorcyclists accused of taking part in a gang assault on a young family have put a larger phenomenon on trial: wild motorcycle tours, organized on the Internet, that occasionally rip through New York City, with riders snarling traffic, doing stunts, running red lights and generally creating a nuisance.
Prosecutors presenting evidence against two motorcyclists accused of taking part in a gang assault on a young family have put a larger phenomenon on trial: wild motorcycle tours, organized on the Internet, that occasionally rip through New York City, with riders snarling traffic, doing stunts, running red lights and generally creating a nuisance.
Prosecutors presenting evidence against two motorcyclists accused of taking part in a gang assault on a young family have put a larger phenomenon on trial: wild motorcycle tours, organized on the Internet , that occasionally rip through New York City, with riders snarling traffic, doing stunts, running red lights and generally creating a nuisance.
Prosecutors presenting evidence against two motorcyclists accused of taking part in a gang assault on a young family have put a larger phenomenon on trial: wild motorcycle tours, organized on the Internet, that occasionally rip through New York City , with riders snarling traffic, doing stunts, running red lights and generally creating a nuisance.
Mr. Steinglass also showed several videotapes in court, filmed by the helmet camera of one of the bikers, Kevin Bresloff .
One of them was Drew Pardus , a safety consultant from Lower Manhattan, who said four bikers ignored a red light and nearly ran him over as he tried to cross West Street with his wife and young son.
The tapes also show some bikers racing down the highway standing on their seats .
Portraying the bikers as a lawless mob is intended to counter the defense argument that it was Mr. Lien and his wife who started the conflict, out of frustration with the traffic problems caused by the motorcyclists .
Still, the prosecutor made Mr. Bresloff, a Long Island motorcycle mechanic , narrate the tapes, explaining how he and other bikers drove up on sidewalks, ran red lights and did wheelies on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
Mr. Steinglass pointed out in his opening that Detective Braszczok never intervened when he saw Mr. Lien assaulted, nor did he call the uniformed police.
Mr. Steinglass pointed out in his opening that Detective Braszczok never intervened when he saw Mr. Lien assaulted, nor did he call the uniformed police.
According to a witness at a pretrial hearing, the detective waited two days before telling the Police Department that he had been involved in the attack, a decision his lawyer attributed to his fear that he would be fired.
Mr. Arlia argues that someone else made that hole and that the detective, who maintains he had no idea who was actually in the Range Rover, assumed it had been broken by a projectile from inside the car.
Mr. Arlia argues that someone else made that hole and that the detective, who maintains he had no idea who was actually in the Range Rover, assumed it had been broken by a projectile from inside the car.
The department’s other decision was to abandon efforts to crack down on metzitzah b’peh, the ancient ritual of ultra-Orthodox Jews in which the circumciser, or mohel, sucks blood from a newly cut penis with his mouth.
On Wednesday the Board of Health followed through: It voted to abandon consent forms in favor of education and friendly persuasion.
It has a new brochure about the risks of metzitzah b’peh, to be given to pregnant women by clinics and hospitals.
Public-health authorities, like the American Academy of Pediatrics, have long warned about the dangers of mohels infecting babies with the herpes virus, which can be deadly to infants.
Public-health authorities, like the American Academy of Pediatrics , have long warned about the dangers of mohels infecting babies with the herpes virus, which can be deadly to infants.
The baby, who was found on Monday , remained in stable condition at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, officials said.
The mother of a baby who was left this week in an unadorned crèche inside a Roman Catholic church in Queens was found and will not face criminal prosecution, the county district attorney said late Wednesday.
The baby, who was found on Monday, remained in stable condition at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center , officials said.
Richard A. Brown , the Queens district attorney, said in a statement that his office had decided not to press charges against the woman, whom he did not identify by name, after she was located and interviewed on Wednesday.
Officially, the baby, a boy, is in the custody of the city’s Administration for Children’s Services , as is routine in such cases.
“The mother followed the spirit of New York’s ‘Safe Haven’ Law , which allows a parent to leave a child not older than 30 days with an appropriate person or in a suitable location where the parent promptly notifies an appropriate person of the child’s location,” he said.
Precinct had been reviewing surveillance video of the woman, who, the police said, secretly left the boy in the Church of the Holy Child Jesus and disappeared.
“It appears that the mother, in this case, felt her newborn child would be found safely in the church and chose to place the baby in the manger because it was the warmest place in the church , and further she returned the following morning to make certain that the baby had been found.”
One video clip showed the woman, with the infant, entering a dollar store on Jamaica Avenue, in the Richmond Hill neighborhood, around the corner from the church, at 111-11 86th Avenue .
Detectives from the 102nd Precinct had been reviewing surveillance video of the woman, who, the police said, secretly left the boy in the Church of the Holy Child Jesus and disappeared.
Another video captured her leaving the store with the baby and newly purchased towels .
But around 1 p.m ., a parish maintenance worker, José Morán, returned from an hourlong lunch and heard the cries of a baby in the front of the nave.
But around 1 p.m., a parish maintenance worker, José Morán , returned from an hourlong lunch and heard the cries of a baby in the front of the nave.
It is not clear how long the baby was left alone lying atop a towel , his umbilical cord still attached.
Rocio Fidalgo , a spokeswoman for the Diocese of Brooklyn, to which the church belongs, said that from time to time, people leave unwanted children at its churches, though she declined to say how often this happened.
For the parish priest, the Rev. Christopher Ryan Heanue , 28, the infant’s appearance carried a message of hope.
For the parish priest, the Rev. Christopher Ryan Heanue, 28 , the infant’s appearance carried a message of hope.
“The story went most certainly viral, because it’s a beautiful story ,” he said.
Paul Cerni , the parish secretary, said that the shifts in the congregation’s demographics have vaguely mirrored those in the broader community, with a growing number of immigrants from predominantly Catholic countries of Latin America replacing those of Western European descent.
“We should pray the baby gets a proper home,” said Father Heanue , who arrived at the parish in February and is in charge of its day-to-day administration.
The parish, established in 1910 , has a congregation that now numbers about 1,500 people, he said, with about a quarter foreign-born.
“We should pray the baby gets a proper home,” said Father Heanue, who arrived at the parish in February and is in charge of its day-to-day administration.
The parish, established in 1910, has a congregation that now numbers about 1,500 people, he said, with about a quarter foreign-born.
BARCELONA — When a young Pablo Picasso left Barcelona for Paris in 1904 , he left behind a group of friends who proved to be perhaps the greatest influence on his early life and work.
BARCELONA — When a young Pablo Picasso left Barcelona for Paris in 1904, he left behind a group of friends who proved to be perhaps the greatest influence on his early life and work.
BARCELONA — When a young Pablo Picasso left Barcelona for Paris in 1904, he left behind a group of friends who proved to be perhaps the greatest influence on his early life and work.
One prominent Catalonian family, the Reventós , helped establish Picasso in Barcelona, where his family had settled from Málaga when he was a teenager.
One prominent Catalonian family, the Reventós, helped establish Picasso in Barcelona, where his family had settled from Málaga when he was a teenager.
These friendships have inspired an intimate exhibition, “ Picasso I Els Reventós ,” at the Picasso Museum in Barcelona through Jan. 10.
“When Picasso came to Barcelona after studying in Madrid , he tried to establish himself here as an artist,” said Malén Gual, curator of the exhibition, during a recent tour.
“When Picasso came to Barcelona after studying in Madrid, he tried to establish himself here as an artist ,” said Malén Gual, curator of the exhibition, during a recent tour.
But it is the period around 1900 that began to shape the young artist — and his connection to his native country and his sense of home.
Picasso became an important friend for both Ramón and Jacint .”
“The most important thing about our museum is that we can show Picasso in his youth ,” Ms. Gual said.
What “Picasso I Els Reventós” pinpoints in this period is not only the letters between Picasso and the Reventós brothers and the intimate illustrations he included in many of them, but also early artwork that was directly influenced by the friendships, including drawings from around 1900 of each brother decked in dapper outfits, with Ramón smoking a pipe.
What “Picasso I Els Reventós” pinpoints in this period is not only the letters between Picasso and the Reventós brothers and the intimate illustrations he included in many of them, but also early artwork that was directly influenced by the friendships , including drawings from around 1900 of each brother decked in dapper outfits, with Ramón smoking a pipe.
The exhibition comprises three sections: letters and artwork from the early years of the friendships; illustrations by Picasso that accompany Ramón’s literary works, including newspaper and magazine articles; and the renewed friendship with the Reventós family, beginning in the 1950s.
Picasso and Jacint remained in touch until Jacint’s death in 1968.
Picasso and Jacint remained in touch until Jacint’s death in 1968 .
“I’m staying at the Grand Hotel .
The exhibition comprises three sections: letters and artwork from the early years of the friendships; illustrations by Picasso that accompany Ramón’s literary works, including newspaper and magazine articles; and the renewed friendship with the Reventós family, beginning in the 1950s.
The United Nations has had eight secretaries general.
All have been men .
Each has been selected through back-room dealing dominated by the five world powers that hold permanent seats on the Security Council.
It would be powerfully symbolic to appoint a woman to the helm of an organization created 70 years ago to tackle the world’s most pressing problems through diplomacy and global consensus.
It would be powerfully symbolic to appoint a woman to the helm of an organization created 70 years ago to tackle the world’s most pressing problems through diplomacy and global consensus.
New guidelines, which are still being negotiated and will be finalized by mid-September , would allow members to formally nominate applicants and vet the finalists.
New guidelines, which are still being negotiated and will be finalized by mid-September, would allow members to formally nominate applicants and vet the finalists .
Until now, the five permanent members of the Security Council — Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States — have bargained behind closed doors to pick from a short list of candidates that is not formally publicized.
Croatia and Namibia are leading an effort to give the organization’s 193 member states a greater say in the selection of the secretary general as part of a yearly resolution that is being drafted.
Croatia and Namibia are leading an effort to give the organization’s 193 member states a greater say in the selection of the secretary general as part of a yearly resolution that is being drafted.
One published by the Campaign to Elect a Woman U.N. Secretary General , an independent group, features the biographies of accomplished world leaders of diverse backgrounds.
They include President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund , and Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, the executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
They include President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, and Alicia Bárcena Ibarra, the executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
They include President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of Liberia, Christine Lagarde, the head of the International Monetary Fund, and Alicia Bárcena Ibarra , the executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
There is no shortage of distinguished women who would revitalize the role of secretary general and energize the organization’s ongoing efforts to promote gender equality.
WASHINGTON —  The Senate approved legislation on Thursday night that would repeal President Obama’s landmark health care law, a goal of Republicans since the law was adopted in March 2010.
Two Republicans, Senators Mark S. Kirk of Illinois and Susan Collins of Maine, joined 45 Democrats in opposition.
WASHINGTON —  The Senate approved legislation on Thursday night that would repeal President Obama’s landmark health care law, a goal of Republicans since the law was adopted in March 2010.
Two Republicans, Senators Mark S. Kirk of Illinois and Susan Collins of Maine , joined 45 Democrats in opposition.
As the state considers its options, many farmers want to revive the approach that worked for them in the last century: building dams .
Not far from this tiny hamlet northeast of Fresno, for instance, the government is thinking of building a new artificial lake just above an existing one.
“We’re in a critical condition right now,” said Mario Santoyo, a board member and technical adviser for the California Latino Water Coalition , as he stood on the deck of a motorboat in the middle of Millerton Lake, built in 1942.
“We’re in a critical condition right now,” said Mario Santoyo, a board member and technical adviser for the California Latino Water Coalition, as he stood on the deck of a motorboat in the middle of Millerton Lake, built in 1942 .
Yet, as agricultural interests prepare a major push to get water projects built, doubts are growing about whether spending huge sums to pour high walls of concrete are the best way to solve California’s water problems.
Many independent experts, and almost all environmental groups, argue that dams would supply relatively little water for the money.
They contend that Californians need to move aggressively to more modern methods of water management , reducing waste to a minimum and learning to live within the limits imposed by an arid environment.
They contend that Californians need to move aggressively to more modern methods of water management, reducing waste to a minimum and learning to live within the limits imposed by an arid environment.
They contend that Californians need to move aggressively to more modern methods of water management, reducing waste to a minimum and learning to live within the limits imposed by an arid environment.
California is able to supply a third of America’s vegetables and two-thirds of its fruits and nuts because it is one of only five major growing regions of the world with what is known as a Mediterranean climate.
California is able to supply a third of America’s vegetables and two-thirds of its fruits and nuts because it is one of only five major growing regions of the world with what is known as a Mediterranean climate.
The bright, clear days create ideal growing conditions.
Precipitation is erratic, and when it comes, it tends to fall in the mountainous northern and eastern parts of the state, while much of the population and farming are in the south and west.
Winter snows in the Sierra Nevada are crucial, sending billions of gallons of water racing down the state’s rivers with the spring snowmelt.
In recent decades, the ecology of the delta deteriorated to the verge of collapse, with many of California’s native fishes believed to be in danger of extinction.
Congress imposed restrictions that reduced water for farmers , and environmental groups sued under the nation’s landmark conservation laws to further tighten the rules.
Scientists said that excessive pumping was a contributing factor.
Across large parts of the Central Valley, farmers have survived by pumping groundwater at a furious rate, causing water tables to drop precipitously and thousands of shallow wells to run dry.
Across large parts of the Central Valley, farmers have survived by pumping groundwater at a furious rate, causing water tables to drop precipitously and thousands of shallow wells to run dry .
On a boat ride in July through one of the delta’s channels, Anna Swenson, co-director of a community group called North Delta Cares, spoke of William Mulholland, the famed Los Angeles water boss who, in the early 20th century, purloined the water of the distant Owens Valley on behalf of his city.
“The days when you could come up here and stick your straw in to satisfy your insatiable demands — those days are over .
On a boat ride in July through one of the delta’s channels, Anna Swenson, co-director of a community group called North Delta Cares, spoke of William Mulholland, the famed Los Angeles water boss who, in the early 20th century, purloined the water of the distant Owens Valley on behalf of his city.
“William Mulholland is in the grave , and so should his ideas be,” Ms. Swenson said.
For Don Cameron, a farmer south of Fresno , a wet winter 33 years ago led to an idea about how to take advantage of the vast natural water storage system underground.
For Don Cameron, a farmer south of Fresno, a wet winter 33 years ago led to an idea about how to take advantage of the vast natural water storage system underground.
He noticed that some grapevines along the San Joaquin River were flooded for months in the winter, but that those same vines produced a lush crop of grapes in the summer.
With a small government grant and help from scientists and an environmental group, Mr. Cameron diverted water to a thousand acres of the farm he manages, Terranova Ranch, deliberately flooding fields of grapes, pistachio trees and hay.
With a small government grant and help from scientists and an environmental group, Mr. Cameron diverted water to a thousand acres of the farm he manages, Terranova Ranch, deliberately flooding fields of grapes, pistachio trees and hay.
The new groundwater law that the Legislature passed last year would give farmers stronger incentive to cooperate in such plans .
In wet years, they might allow their fields to be flooded in the winter or early spring to recharge the groundwater, and they would then be entitled to pump a certain amount out in dry years.
To move floodwater around in the winter, new canals and other infrastructure may be needed in some areas, one potential use of some of the $2.7 billion in public money.
To move floodwater around in the winter, new canals and other infrastructure may be needed in some areas, one potential use of some of the $2.7 billion in public money.
But, like many farmers, he does not yet have the canals and gear in place to make that work, a big reason the farmers could be forced to watch millions of gallons of floodwater escape to the sea this winter.
Over the long term, Dr. Hanak believes, the state should not only encourage farmers to store water in the ground, but also consider creating a market to allow them to buy and sell their allotments.
Megan Konar, an engineer at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is among the experts eager to see California lead the world toward more sustainable methods.
Megan Konar, an engineer at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is among the experts eager to see California lead the world toward more sustainable methods .
Recent research she did with a graduate student, Landon Marston, found that 18.5 percent of the American grain supply, an essential link in the food chain, is coming from parts of the country where the aquifers are being depleted.
Other research suggests that overpumping of water is even more severe in parts of India and Africa , a long-term risk to the global food supply.
Under current rules, salaried workers are not eligible for overtime if they earn enough to qualify as executives, professionals or administrators.
Today, employees can be considered part of the top ranks — and generally ineligible for overtime — once their salary reaches a paltry $455 a week, or $23,660 a year. The new threshold in 2016 would be $970 a week, or $50,440 a year, about where it would be if it had kept pace with inflation over the decades.
The new threshold in 2016 would be $970 a week, or $50,440 a year , about where it would be if it had kept pace with inflation over the decades.
( The current rules for hourly workers would remain intact.)
At or below that level, salaried workers are automatically eligible for overtime. (The current rules for hourly workers would remain intact.)
The best option is to raise it in line with wages or prices, whichever is greater in a given year. There will also be inevitable blowback from business interests, but their Republican allies in Congress should think twice about backing them up: No party and no politician that opposes the new overtime rules can credibly claim to care about the middle class.
In the coming months, the Labor Department will solicit public comment on how to adjust the new salary threshold so it does not erode all over again.
There will also be inevitable blowback from business interests , but their Republican allies in Congress should think twice about backing them up: No party and no politician that opposes the new overtime rules can credibly claim to care about the middle class.
Some details still need to be worked out. In the coming months, the Labor Department will solicit public comment on how to adjust the new salary threshold so it does not erode all over again.
There will also be inevitable blowback from business interests, but their Republican allies in Congress should think twice about backing them up: No party and no politician that opposes the new overtime rules can credibly claim to care about the middle class.
The newly merged group may be easier to run with Yoox’s Mr. Marchetti as the single, clear leader.
The newly merged group may be easier to run with Yoox’s Mr. Marchetti as the single, clear leader.
LVMH announced it is hiring Ian Rogers of Apple to head up its digital innovation. McKinsey research also shows the strongest growth in online luxury sales happening on the websites of individual luxury brands and leading department stores.
McKinsey research also shows the strongest growth in online luxury sales happening on the websites of individual luxury brands and leading department stores. For multibrand websites like Yoox Net-a-Porter, the trends are becoming more challenging.
Still, she has enviable industry contacts and a stellar individual reputation. The newly merged group may be easier to run with Yoox’s Mr. Marchetti as the single, clear leader.
A federal judge on Tuesday refused to declare a mistrial in the case of Donald L. Blankenship, who was the chief executive of Massey Energy Company when 29 workers were killed in a company mine in 2010.
Mr. Blankenship’s lawyer asked for the mistrial ruling after jurors finished their fifth full day of deliberations.
But Judge Irene C. Berger of Federal District Court in Charleston said that she did not “have any reason to believe that they are deadlocked” and that extensive deliberations were not surprising after weeks of testimony.
But Judge Irene C. Berger of Federal District Court in Charleston said that she did not “have any reason to believe that they are deadlocked” and that extensive deliberations were not surprising after weeks of testimony.
the chief executive of Massey Energy Company when 29 workers were killed in a company mine in 2010.
Assemblywoman Deborah J. Glick, a Democrat whose district includes the area and who was a plaintiff in the case, said the decision “puts the limited open space that we jealously guard and protect totally at risk everywhere in the city.”
Assemblywoman Deborah J. Glick, a Democrat whose district includes the area and who was a plaintiff in the case, said the decision “puts the limited open space that we jealously guard and protect totally at risk everywhere in the city.”
Andrew Berman, the executive director of the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation , said his organization was consulting its lawyers about any other legal recourse that might stop or alter the expansion.
Assemblywoman Deborah J. Glick , a Democrat whose district includes the area and who was a plaintiff in the case, said the decision “puts the limited open space that we jealously guard and protect totally at risk everywhere in the city.”
After retiring, she devoted most of her time to the McEvoy Ranch in Petaluma, Calif., which she established in 1991 and which is now the country’s largest producer of certified organic estate-produced extra-virgin olive oil.
Chronicle Publishing was sold to the Hearst Corporation in 1999 .
Chronicle Publishing was sold to the Hearst Corporation in 1999.
After retiring, she devoted most of her time to the McEvoy Ranch in Petaluma, Calif., which she established in 1991 and which is now the country’s largest producer of certified organic estate-produced extra-virgin olive oil.
A philanthropist, she was a board member of the University of California , the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the San Francisco Symphony, among other organizations.
In 2007, he was appointed senior adviser to the director of the United States Office of National Intelligence , which was established after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to coordinate the nation’s secret information gathering.
In 2007, he was appointed senior adviser to the director of the United States Office of National Intelligence, which was established after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, to coordinate the nation’s secret information gathering .
In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Ann Cryan; another son, Kevin; their daughters, Patty Gatta, Lisa Reale, Kathy Constantine and Laura Jeczyk ; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Ann Cryan; another son, Kevin ; their daughters, Patty Gatta, Lisa Reale, Kathy Constantine and Laura Jeczyk; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
In addition to his son, he is survived by his wife, the former Ruth Ann Cryan ; another son, Kevin; their daughters, Patty Gatta, Lisa Reale, Kathy Constantine and Laura Jeczyk; 15 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Mr. Constantine once told a State University interviewer that after working in a radiator factory in Buffalo, he joined the Erie County sheriff’s office because “law enforcement was a chance for people of my generation, usually people of ethnic groups — Irish, Italian, Polish — who grew up in city neighborhoods and who had not gone to college, to get into an occupation with a challenging environment that had a great deal of flexibility and autonomy.”
“We were looking for excitement and adventure ,” he said.
Mr. Constantine once told a State University interviewer that after working in a radiator factory in Buffalo, he joined the Erie County sheriff’s office because “law enforcement was a chance for people of my generation, usually people of ethnic groups — Irish, Italian, Polish — who grew up in city neighborhoods and who had not gone to college, to get into an occupation with a challenging environment that had a great deal of flexibility and autonomy.”
Mr. Constantine once told a State University interviewer that after working in a radiator factory in Buffalo, he joined the Erie County sheriff’s office because “law enforcement was a chance for people of my generation, usually people of ethnic groups — Irish, Italian, Polish — who grew up in city neighborhoods and who had not gone to college, to get into an occupation with a challenging environment that had a great deal of flexibility and autonomy.”
Mr. Constantine once told a State University interviewer that after working in a radiator factory in Buffalo, he joined the Erie County sheriff’s office because “law enforcement was a chance for people of my generation, usually people of ethnic groups — Irish, Italian, Polish — who grew up in city neighborhoods and who had not gone to college, to get into an occupation with a challenging environment that had a great deal of flexibility and autonomy.”
“It is a strong signal in the fight against impunity,” said Patrick Baudouin , a lawyer who is the head of the International Federation for Human Rights.
“It is a strong signal in the fight against impunity,” said Patrick Baudouin , a lawyer who is the head of the International Federation for Human Rights.
“It is a strong signal in the fight against impunity,” said Patrick Baudouin, a lawyer who is the head of the International Federation for Human Rights.
“The Caesar file is extremely serious, not to say monstrous.
The United States Department of Energy agreed on Tuesday to spend $73 million to improve the transportation and handling of nuclear waste stored in Carlsbad, where a leak exposed 17 employees to radiation in February 2014.
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, overseen by the Energy Department , has been closed since then.
It also includes improvements to roads and infrastructure in and around Los Alamos National Laboratory, where a drum of plutonium waste erupted last year in an underground dump.
The United States Department of Energy agreed on Tuesday to spend $73 million to improve the transportation and handling of nuclear waste stored in Carlsbad, where a leak exposed 17 employees to radiation in February 2014.
The agreement, forged with the New Mexico Energy Department, allows the plant to reopen.
“It’s easier to be president of the United States as a black person than be head of a studio.
As the evening began, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Academy’s president, set the tone with a speech about inclusiveness, and the disclosure of a five-year plan, called “ A2020 ,” to broaden the demographics of the group’s membership, staff and governing board.
As the evening began, Cheryl Boone Isaacs , the Academy’s president, set the tone with a speech about inclusiveness, and the disclosure of a five-year plan, called “A2020,” to broaden the demographics of the group’s membership, staff and governing board.
And so it went, as the film academy — stung by fierce criticism of its failure to nominate any black actors or directors in the last round of Oscar voting — used its annual Governors Awards to face its diversity issues head on.
As the evening began, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, the Academy’s president, set the tone with a speech about inclusiveness, and the disclosure of a five-year plan, called “A2020,” to broaden the demographics of the group’s membership , staff and governing board.
The exhibition — “Alexander, Napoleon & Josephine, A Story of Friendship, War and Art From the Hermitage” — dutifully includes a hall full of wartime wares, including pistols, swords, uniforms and large-scale paintings depicting battle scenes of the French invasion of Russia in 1812 (all of them commemorating Russian victories).
The exhibition — “Alexander, Napoleon & Josephine, A Story of Friendship, War and Art From the Hermitage” — dutifully includes a hall full of wartime wares, including pistols, swords, uniforms and large-scale paintings depicting battle scenes of the French invasion of Russia in 1812 (all of them commemorating Russian victories).
The exhibition — “Alexander, Napoleon & Josephine, A Story of Friendship, War and Art From the Hermitage” — dutifully includes a hall full of wartime wares , including pistols, swords, uniforms and large-scale paintings depicting battle scenes of the French invasion of Russia in 1812 (all of them commemorating Russian victories).
The exhibition — “Alexander, Napoleon & Josephine, A Story of Friendship, War and Art From the Hermitage” — dutifully includes a hall full of wartime wares, including pistols, swords, uniforms and large-scale paintings depicting battle scenes of the French invasion of Russia in 1812 (all of them commemorating Russian victories).
But the predominant theme of the show is the relationship between Napoleon; his wife, Empress Josephine; and Czar Alexander I of Russia , who courted Josephine after defeating her husband in battle.
With paintings, antiquities, historic garments, weapons, sculpture and porcelain, “Alexander, Napoleon and Josephine” tells a story that spans from 1807 to 1815 , beginning with the friendship between Czar Alexander and Napoleon and ending with their estrangement.
With paintings, antiquities, historic garments, weapons, sculpture and porcelain, “Alexander, Napoleon and Josephine” tells a story that spans from 1807 to 1815, beginning with the friendship between Czar Alexander and Napoleon and ending with their estrangement.
With paintings, antiquities, historic garments, weapons, sculpture and porcelain , “Alexander, Napoleon and Josephine” tells a story that spans from 1807 to 1815, beginning with the friendship between Czar Alexander and Napoleon and ending with their estrangement.
At the center of the exhibition is the notion that Josephine linked the two military rivals to create a kind of romantic and political triad , thanks to her cultivation, sophistication and diplomatic skills, which enhanced the status of both emperors.
“ It’s a love story, a children’s book and a fairy tale at once, ” Mr. Mosterd said.
“Josephine is a lady who comes from Martinique and who makes the most wonderful career ever.
She and Napoleon are both self-made people .
But he is totally impressed with both of them ; these are real friendships.
Even Napoleon writes to Josephine, after he met Alexander the first time , ‘that Tsar is handsome and blond and athletic, and if I was a lady, I would be attracted to him.”’
Founded in 1999 , Virgin Active operates 267 health clubs in nine countries on four continents and holds what Brait said were leading positions in Britain and South Africa.
As of Dec. 31, the company had more than 1.3 million members and generated revenue of £630 million.
As of Dec. 31, the company had more than 1.3 million members and generated revenue of £630 million .
The CVC funds acquired a 51 percent stake in Virgin Active in 2011 .
The CVC funds acquired a 51 percent stake in Virgin Active in 2011.
Through Oct. 4 .
Through Oct. 4. $6 for adults , $4 for children.
Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Fridays , 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and by appointment.
Through Aug. 23. $6 to $8; children ages 6 to12; $4 and children under 5, free. “ Canals of New Jersey, ” about New Jersey’s two towpath canals, the Morris and the Delaware and Raritan.
MORRISTOWN Macculloch Hall Historical Museum “The Civil War Through The Eyes of Thomas Nast.”
RAHWAY Union County Performing Arts Center “Hurlyburly,” play by David Rabe and directed by Michael Burdick .
732-499-8226; ucpac.org. WEST WINDSOR Kelsey Theater, West Windsor Campus, Mercer County Community College “Guys and Dolls,” with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser .
Museums and Galleries ASBURY PARK Heaven Gallery “Photographic Memoir,” Tim Horn and Maribel Guerrero.
BRANCHBURG Raritan Valley Community College The 12th Annual Creativity Expo , featuring artworks by brain injury survivors at the art gallery.
CLIFTON Clifton Arts Center “A Humanist Vision: The Paintings and Drawings of Michael Lenson .”
MORRIS TOWNSHIP Greek Theater, College of St. Elizabeth “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” directed by Brian B. Crowe , presented by the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey.
MORRIS TOWNSHIP Greek Theater, College of St. Elizabeth “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” directed by Brian B. Crowe, presented by the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey.
Through July 26 .
MORRIS TOWNSHIP Greek Theater, College of St. Elizabeth “Love’s Labour’s Lost,” directed by Brian B. Crowe, presented by the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey.
FREEHOLD Center Playhouse “A Doll’s House,” drama by Henrik Ibsen, directed by Bernice Garfield-Szita .
CAPE MAY East Lynne Theater Company “Mr. Lincoln,” by Herbert Mitgang.
Through July 25 .
ENGLEWOOD Bergen Performing Arts Center Bergen Performing Arts Center “Ubu Roi,” a play by Alfred Jarry, with translation by Rob Melrose , the Garage Theater Group.
ENGLEWOOD Bergen Performing Arts Center Bergen Performing Arts Center “Ubu Roi,” a play by Alfred Jarry , with translation by Rob Melrose, the Garage Theater Group.
Free .
SOUTH ORANGE South Orange Performing Arts Center “SOxSO: Creative Collisions,” 12 interactive sessions, 15 musical performances and community art projects.
The Stanhope House Milo Z, funk , featuring the Defending Champions.
July 9, 8 to 11 p.m.
Sophia Agranovich , pianist, presents “Carnaval and Fantasie.”
PATERSON Lambert Castle Annamaria Stefanelli and Rory Angelicola , “An Afternoon of Operatic Favorites.”
PATERSON Lambert Castle Annamaria Stefanelli and Rory Angelicola, “An Afternoon of Operatic Favorites.”
PATERSON Lambert Castle Annamaria Stefanelli and Rory Angelicola, “An Afternoon of Operatic Favorites.”
$10 and $12 .
NEWARK Newark Public Library The Newark Black Film Festival Youth Cinema .
Music and Dance ASBURY PARK The Stone Pony Marianas Trench , punk band.
For Children GALLOWAY Stockton University Performing Art’s Center “ The Emperor’s New Clothes ,” a retelling of Hans Christian Anderson’s fairy tale.
The team rebuilt the boat in four months and rejoined the fleet last weekend in Lisbon for the final two legs of the 39,000-nautical-mile race.
The team rebuilt the boat in four months and rejoined the fleet last weekend in Lisbon for the final two legs of the 39,000-nautical-mile race .
Nicholson’s second-place finish in Lorient, France, this week behind the all-women crew of Team SCA confirmed his high hopes for Team Vestas Wind ’s return, although he said last week that two podium finishes would be bittersweet.
“Everyone on our team has a lot of pride ,” Nicholson said the day before the start of this week’s race from Lisbon to Lorient.
Nicholson’s second-place finish in Lorient, France, this week behind the all-women crew of Team SCA confirmed his high hopes for Team Vestas Wind’s return, although he said last week that two podium finishes would be bittersweet.
Team Abu Dhabi finished third in Lorient behind Team Vestas Wind, extending its overall lead in the race.
Lessons learned from the Vestas team’s accident have been put into effect in the race, and navigational improvements will probably make their way to the average boater in the future.
On Nov. 29 , the boat was reaching nearly 20 miles per hour when it drove into the Cargados Carajos Shoals, an atoll 200 miles from Mauritius.
On Nov. 29, the boat was reaching nearly 20 miles per hour when it drove into the Cargados Carajos Shoals , an atoll 200 miles from Mauritius.
The stranded members were assisted by Team Alvimedica and were rescued after a harrowing night in breaking waves and razor-sharp coral.
The decision was made to painstakingly remove the mangled boat from the reef and rebuild it in half the original build time at Persico Marine in Genoa, Italy .
“We knew that our story could not end on that reef,” Morten Kamp Jorgensen, the team’s communications director , said in an interview this week.
An inquiry into the accident revealed that the navigator, Wouter Verbraak , had not zoomed in enough on the boat’s navigation system to see the exposed reef.
This was a race to ensure that Vestas will be remembered as a team that overcame challenges .”
It took a month for Vestas, the sponsor, to commit to rejoining the race.
And now, as the end of the official rainy season approaches — this state gets 90 percent of its water from December through April, most of it in December and January — California is facing a punishing fourth year of drought.
And now, as the end of the official rainy season approaches — this state gets 90 percent of its water from December through April , most of it in December and January — California is facing a punishing fourth year of drought.
And now, as the end of the official rainy season approaches — this state gets 90 percent of its water from December through April, most of it in December and January — California is facing a punishing fourth year of drought.
Temperatures in Southern California soared to record-high levels over the weekend, approaching 100 degrees in some places.
And the Sierra Nevada snowpack, which is counted on to provide 30 percent of the state’s water supply as it melts through early summer, is at its second-lowest level on record.
its Central Valley Project reservoir system.
State regulators voted Tuesday to impose a new round of water conservation rules, including sharp restrictions on landscape watering and orders to restaurants not to serve water to customers unless asked.
Farmers said they anticipated leaving as much as one million acres fallow, nearly twice the area that went unplanted last year.
Any hope climatologists had that California would be rescued again by a wet El Niño winter weather system is fading with the arrival of spring.
Farmers said they anticipated leaving as much as one million acres fallow, nearly twice the area that went unplanted last year.
“I’m going to fallow two acres of my land immediately,” said Geoffrey C. Galloway , who has a citrus grove on his ranch near Porterville, in the Central Valley.
“I’m going to fallow two acres of my land immediately,” said Geoffrey C. Galloway, who has a citrus grove on his ranch near Porterville, in the Central Valley .
“I’m going to fallow two acres of my land immediately,” said Geoffrey C. Galloway , who has a citrus grove on his ranch near Porterville, in the Central Valley.
“I’m going to fallow two acres of my land immediately,” said Geoffrey C. Galloway, who has a citrus grove on his ranch near Porterville , in the Central Valley.
“I’m going to fallow two acres of my land immediately,” said Geoffrey C. Galloway , who has a citrus grove on his ranch near Porterville, in the Central Valley.
MEMPHIS 37, MISSISSIPPI 24 Paxton Lynch threw for 384 yards and three touchdowns as host Memphis (6-0) stunned No. 13 Mississippi (5-2).
The reserve running back Akrum Wadley ran for 204 yards and tied a school record with four rushing touchdowns to carry No. 17 Iowa (7-0, 3-0 Big Ten) over No. 20 Northwestern (5-2, 1-2) in Evanston, Ill.
IOWA 40, NORTHWESTERN 10
When the Hawkeyes’ leading rusher, Jordan Canzeri , was sidelined in the first quarter with an ankle injury, Wadley took over.
OHIO STATE 38, PENN STATE 10 J. T. Barrett played finisher for Ohio State, running for two red-zone touchdowns in the first half and taking over for Cardale Jones in the third quarter, as the No. 1 Buckeyes (7-0, 3-0 Big Ten) defeated visiting Penn State (5-2, 2-1).
In folklore, the figure of the changeling often involves an enchanted piece of wood placed in a crib by fairies that a parent finds instead of her baby.
The wood might become ill and die, or the fairies might skip the wood altogether and leave a fairy-baby instead, carting the little human off for other purposes.
The wood might become ill and die, or the fairies might skip the wood altogether and leave a fairy-baby instead, carting the little human off for other purposes.
Either way, there’s a particular kind of terror inherent in the situation: to look in a crib expecting to see one’s cooing infant and instead find something inert and unknown.
Maurice Sendak’s picture book “ Outside Over There ” captures the horror with a rich gorgeousness, where the replacement baby is made of ice, and glows milky and terrifying and odd on the page.
One of the strengths of the pacing is that for the first half of the book, the allies and villains are not completely distinguishable.
Somebody else, whom the family calls Mr. Nobody , keeps calling the house and not saying anything.
The wasp queen calms Steve in a genuine way.
In large part, this is due to the allure of Oppel’s imagery , which is striking and scary at once: A dissected wasp with nothing inside it.
A knife grinder who drives slowly around the streets but has no customers.
The re-enacted journey, which begins in 1985 , touches on why Bob Saget, who starred in the original ABC sitcom as the corny-but-loving father Danny Tanner, traded blue stand-up for family comedy; the intricacies of Dave Coulier’s love life; John Stamos and Rebecca Romijn’s clumsy first meeting; and how that phenomenon known as the Olsen twins came to be.
The re-enacted journey, which begins in 1985, touches on why Bob Saget , who starred in the original ABC sitcom as the corny-but-loving father Danny Tanner, traded blue stand-up for family comedy; the intricacies of Dave Coulier’s love life; John Stamos and Rebecca Romijn’s clumsy first meeting; and how that phenomenon known as the Olsen twins came to be.
The re-enacted journey, which begins in 1985, touches on why Bob Saget, who starred in the original ABC sitcom as the corny-but-loving father Danny Tanner , traded blue stand-up for family comedy; the intricacies of Dave Coulier’s love life; John Stamos and Rebecca Romijn’s clumsy first meeting; and how that phenomenon known as the Olsen twins came to be.
The re-enacted journey, which begins in 1985, touches on why Bob Saget, who starred in the original ABC sitcom as the corny-but-loving father Danny Tanner, traded blue stand-up for family comedy; the intricacies of Dave Coulier’s love life; John Stamos and Rebecca Romijn’s clumsy first meeting; and how that phenomenon known as the Olsen twins came to be.
THE UNAUTHORIZED FULL HOUSE STORY (2015)
In the summer of 1989, a 9-year-old named Ted ( Jared Breeze ) is living with his father (David Morse) in a crumbling resort in the American West and collecting roadkill, whose demise he arranges for by depositing garbage on the highway.
In the summer of 1989, a 9-year-old named Ted (Jared Breeze) is living with his father ( David Morse) in a crumbling resort in the American West and collecting roadkill, whose demise he arranges for by depositing garbage on the highway.
In the summer of 1989 , a 9-year-old named Ted (Jared Breeze) is living with his father (David Morse) in a crumbling resort in the American West and collecting roadkill, whose demise he arranges for by depositing garbage on the highway.
In the summer of 1989, a 9-year-old named Ted (Jared Breeze) is living with his father (David Morse) in a crumbling resort in the American West and collecting roadkill , whose demise he arranges for by depositing garbage on the highway.
“And yet ‘The Boy,’ despite remarkable performances and gorgeous imagery, does not sufficiently flesh out its subject,” Andy Webster wrote in The Times.
Cobb once beat up a teammate , the pitcher Ed Siever, continuing to punch him after he was probably already unconscious and then kicking him in the face.
Cobb’s image is not a fixer-upper; it’s a Superfund site .
And consider: These incidents are recounted in Charles Leerhsen ’s new biography, “Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty,” a book largely intended to rehabilitate its subject’s reputation.
He went into the stands and severely assaulted a heckler who was missing seven fingers , having lost them in a workplace accident, even as surrounding spectators yelled, “He has no hands!”
And consider: These incidents are recounted in Charles Leerhsen’s new biography, “ Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty ,” a book largely intended to rehabilitate its subject’s reputation.
In 1994, Stump published a biography, the subtitle of which called Cobb “the meanest man who ever played baseball .”
­Leerhsen cites an interview he conducted with Ron Shelton , the film’s director.
Asked about the veracity of a scene in which Cobb fails in an attempt to rape a young woman at a Nevada casino , Shelton said: “That is something that Al and I came up with during the shoot.
Leerh­sen describes that book as “largely fictitious yet generally unquestioned,” and also slams the movie it helped to spawn, “Cobb,” starring Tommy Lee Jones .
In 1994 , Stump published a biography, the subtitle of which called Cobb “the meanest man who ever played baseball.”
Tens of thousands of children in Senegal are being exploited by Quranic teachers who force them to beg in the streets, Human Rights Watch said Monday, blaming the government for failing to carry out a 2005 law aimed at stopping the trafficking of children and their exploitation in Quranic schools.
A 2014 government census of the Islamic schools found that more than 30,000 children were being forced to beg in the capital, Dakar, alone.
A 2014 government census of the Islamic schools found that more than 30,000 children were being forced to beg in the capital, Dakar , alone.
Tens of thousands of children in Senegal are being exploited by Quranic teachers who force them to beg in the streets, Human Rights Watch said Monday, blaming the government for failing to carry out a 2005 law aimed at stopping the trafficking of children and their exploitation in Quranic schools.
Nine of the students, called talibes, testified to regular beatings with rubber whips, wood and rope by their teacher and his assistants, the watchdog group said.
“There’s an illusion of legality,” said Scott Albrecht, a special agent in the D.E.A. ’s Milwaukee district office, who supervised the investigation of Mr. Tian after the agents linked him to packages shipped to an address here.
“There’s an illusion of legality,” said Scott Albrecht, a special agent in the D.E.A.’s Milwaukee district office, who supervised the investigation of Mr. Tian after the agents linked him to packages shipped to an address here.
Law enforcement officials hope that information gathered from Mr. Tian will provide a window into the drug’s hazy international underworld, where manufacturers readily tweak chemicals used to make spice and other so-called designer drugs, staying one step ahead of federal regulators scrambling to identify and outlaw them.
“There’s an illusion of legality,” said Scott Albrecht, a special agent in the D.E.A.’s Milwaukee district office, who supervised the investigation of Mr. Tian after the agents linked him to packages shipped to an address here.
China’s Ministry of Public Security had initiated its own investigation into Mr. Tian, his associates and relevant companies.
The informant, who has not been identified, told investigators that about 70 percent of the spice sold in the United States was made from chemicals originating in Mr. Tian’s Chinese laboratory.
Lawyers for Mr. Tian declined to comment on the case before his trial, scheduled to begin in federal court in Milwaukee in July .
“The D.E.A. and M.P.S. continue to exchange information in this joint investigation into the manufacturing and trafficking of synthetic cannabinoid compounds and other dangerous drugs,” the statement said.
But Mr. Tian traveled to Los Angeles after a major customer of his became a confidential informant for the D.E.A.
However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not track national data for spice or other synthetic drugs, including those popularly known as bath salts or flakka .
Intermittent reports from several states suggest that at least 1,000 Americans have died since 2009 after smoking spice.
Although the use of spice has decreased in recent years, according to some surveys, the drug continues to be sold by street dealers, as well as openly on the Internet and at smoke shops and other retailers, as potpourri or incense with brand names like Scooby Snax and Black Diamond .
Although the use of spice has decreased in recent years, according to some surveys, the drug continues to be sold by street dealers, as well as openly on the Internet and at smoke shops and other retailers, as potpourri or incense with brand names like Scooby Snax and Black Diamond.
However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not track national data for spice or other synthetic drugs, including those popularly known as bath salts or flakka.
Created by the writer Virginie Brac and the director Gilles Bannier of the labyrinthine crime drama “Spiral,” and starting Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 11 p.m. Eastern on TV5Monde, it’s a moody mashup of cool and grit featuring the César-winning actor Éric Caravaca, the Swiss model Julie Ordon and the French rapper Kool Shen; a score by the keyboardist Hervé Salters; and a graphic intro that soars through the innards of the Eiffel Tower.
Created by the writer Virginie Brac and the director Gilles Bannier of the labyrinthine crime drama “Spiral,” and starting Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 11 p.m. Eastern on TV5Monde, it’s a moody mashup of cool and grit featuring the César-winning actor Éric Caravaca, the Swiss model Julie Ordon and the French rapper Kool Shen; a score by the keyboardist Hervé Salters; and a graphic intro that soars through the innards of the Eiffel Tower.
Created by the writer Virginie Brac and the director Gilles Bannier of the labyrinthine crime drama “Spiral,” and starting Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 11 p.m. Eastern on TV5Monde, it’s a moody mashup of cool and grit featuring the César-winning actor Éric Caravaca, the Swiss model Julie Ordon and the French rapper Kool Shen; a score by the keyboardist Hervé Salters; and a graphic intro that soars through the innards of the Eiffel Tower .
Created by the writer Virginie Brac and the director Gilles Bannier of the labyrinthine crime drama “Spiral,” and starting Tuesday , Nov. 3, at 11 p.m. Eastern on TV5Monde, it’s a moody mashup of cool and grit featuring the César-winning actor Éric Caravaca, the Swiss model Julie Ordon and the French rapper Kool Shen; a score by the keyboardist Hervé Salters; and a graphic intro that soars through the innards of the Eiffel Tower.
Created by the writer Virginie Brac and the director Gilles Bannier of the labyrinthine crime drama “Spiral,” and starting Tuesday, Nov. 3, at 11 p.m. Eastern on TV5Monde, it’s a moody mashup of cool and grit featuring the César-winning actor Éric Caravaca, the Swiss model Julie Ordon and the French rapper Kool Shen; a score by the keyboardist Hervé Salters; and a graphic intro that soars through the innards of the Eiffel Tower.
I do, however, want to see a spinoff show, “The Radwells Plus Eight.” In the second hour Tuesday we saw the overprivileged Chad and the daffy Denise, who had become lovers, decide to break up.
Best Thing That Could Come of This Show Fox has yet to decide whether “Scream Queens” will be renewed — the social media following has been great, but the ratings have been soft.
Best Thing That Could Come of This ShowFox has yet to decide whether “Scream Queens” will be renewed — the social media following has been great, but the ratings have been soft.
In the second hour Tuesday we saw the overprivileged Chad and the daffy Denise , who had become lovers, decide to break up.
Best Thing That Could Come of This ShowFox has yet to decide whether “Scream Queens” will be renewed — the social media following has been great, but the ratings have been soft.
Best Thing That Could Come of This Show Fox has yet to decide whether “Scream Queens” will be renewed — the social media following has been great, but the ratings have been soft.
I do, however, want to see a spinoff show, “ The Radwells Plus Eight .”
In the second hour Tuesday we saw the overprivileged Chad and the daffy Denise, who had become lovers, decide to break up.
In the second hour Tuesday we saw the overprivileged Chad and the daffy Denise, who had become lovers, decide to break up.
Most Likely Thing That Could Come of This ShowThe Chanels were sentenced not to prison but to the Palmer Asylum for the Insane .
Which ended, of course, with a reference: “ Don’t You (Forget About Me) ,” the Simple Minds song identified with “The Breakfast Club.”
If “ Scream Queens ” does get a renewal, we could be looking at a subtitle: “Scream Queens: Asylum.”
Which ended, of course, with a reference: “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” the Simple Minds song identified with “The Breakfast Club.”
Which ended, of course, with a reference: “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” the Simple Minds song identified with “ The Breakfast Club .”
The school, which has a strong emphasis on the field of design , sees opportunities in meeting the challenge of climate change and economic growth, said Joel Towers, executive dean of Parsons the New School of Design.
The eclectic, historically progressive school said not only would it divest itself of all fossil fuel investments in coming years, but it is also reshaping the entire curriculum to focus more on climate change and sustainability.
The eclectic, historically progressive school said not only would it divest itself of all fossil fuel investments in coming years, but it is also reshaping the entire curriculum to focus more on climate change and sustainability.
Many universities have decided to drop fossil fuel stocks from their investment portfolios, but the New School in New York City has decided to go a step further.
The school, which has a strong emphasis on the field of design, sees opportunities in meeting the challenge of climate change and economic growth, said Joel Towers , executive dean of Parsons the New School of Design.
Both companies were previously parts of bigger corporations: NXP was formerly a division of Philips , while Freescale was a division of Motorola.
Both companies were previously parts of bigger corporations: NXP was formerly a division of Philips, while Freescale was a division of Motorola .
Both were also owned by groups of private equity firms and returned to the public markets in rocky initial public offerings.
Both were also owned by groups of private equity firms and returned to the public markets in rocky initial public offerings.
News of the discussions was reported earlier by Reuters.
Both companies were previously parts of bigger corporations: NXP was formerly a division of Philips , while Freescale was a division of Motorola.
News of the discussions was reported earlier by Reuters .
Both were also owned by groups of private equity firms and returned to the public markets in rocky initial public offerings.
Both were also owned by groups of private equity firms and returned to the public markets in rocky initial public offerings.
Both companies were previously parts of bigger corporations: NXP was formerly a division of Philips, while Freescale was a division of Motorola.
NXP Semiconductors, a big chip manufacturer , is near a deal to acquire a smaller peer, Freescale Semiconductor, in a cash-and-stock transaction, people briefed on the matter said on Sunday.
NXP Semiconductors, a big chip manufacturer, is near a deal to acquire a smaller peer, Freescale Semiconductor, in a cash-and-stock transaction , people briefed on the matter said on Sunday.
As of Friday evening, NXP had a market value of about $21 billion , while Freescale had a market capitalization of about $11 billion.
An agreement could be announced as soon as Sunday evening, one of these people said, while cautioning that the talks could still collapse.
As of Friday evening, NXP had a market value of about $21 billion, while Freescale had a market capitalization of about $11 billion .
NXP Semiconductors , a big chip manufacturer, is near a deal to acquire a smaller peer, Freescale Semiconductor, in a cash-and-stock transaction, people briefed on the matter said on Sunday.
As of Friday evening, NXP had a market value of about $21 billion , while Freescale had a market capitalization of about $11 billion.
NXP Semiconductors, a big chip manufacturer, is near a deal to acquire a smaller peer, Freescale Semiconductor, in a cash-and-stock transaction, people briefed on the matter said on Sunday .
As of Friday evening, NXP had a market value of about $21 billion, while Freescale had a market capitalization of about $ 11 billion .
NXP Semiconductors, a big chip manufacturer, is near a deal to acquire a smaller peer, Freescale Semiconductor , in a cash-and-stock transaction, people briefed on the matter said on Sunday.
This summer marks 40 years since Steven Spielberg’s “ Jaws ” made Martha’s Vineyard a household name, setting off the island’s inexorable transformation from remote haven of artists and hippies to high-profile haunt of celebrities and presidents.
But what hasn’t changed is what makes the island so magical: breathtaking natural beauty, rich ethnic heritage, a vibrant cultural scene and an abundance of farms and fisheries that feed a savvy foodie community.
Yes, in summer, dinner and ferry reservations may be difficult to get, and traffic tests tempers.
One thing you won’t find: the popular Monster Shark Tournament, which was discontinued last summer, thanks in part to the shark activist wife, Wendy Benchley , of the “Jaws” author (and screenwriter), Peter Benchley.
Tent City | 2 p.m. From the dock in Oak Bluffs, the green expanse of Ocean Park encircled by ornate Victorian homes looks much like the bustling resort it was more than 130 years ago.
At a neon-drenched Leviticus, Lucious, still reeling from his estranged son’s pointed emasculation of his music production, coolly sends Hakeem a rap call-to-arms via his Gutter Life Records protégé, Freda Gatz.
At a neon-drenched Leviticus, Lucious, still reeling from his estranged son’s pointed emasculation of his music production, coolly sends Hakeem a rap call-to-arms via his Gutter Life Records protégé, Freda Gatz. The missive’s brutally coy hook — “Daddy’s little girl / You’re just daddy’s little girl” — inflames Hakeem as much as it ennobles Gatz, who has been groomed into something between surrogate child and unknowing executor of the barely-hidden id of the man who killed her father in prison.
The missive’s brutally coy hook — “Daddy’s little girl / You’re just daddy’s little girl” — inflames Hakeem as much as it ennobles Gatz, who has been groomed into something between surrogate child and unknowing executor of the barely-hidden id of the man who killed her father in prison. It’s disconcerting, watching the one viable female artist in the Lyon universe take on Lucious’s paternal insecurity rather than the profound contours of her own life story.
But despite the petty subject, Gatz’s expert interplay between high masculine and low feminine delivery invigorates the show’s sometimes dull man-child music landscape.
It’s disconcerting, watching the one viable female artist in the Lyon universe take on Lucious’s paternal insecurity rather than the profound contours of her own life story.
Jamal and Cookie continue meeting furtively in studios at night, the two building a saccharine sound that is less progressive or scene-changing than their wildly satisfied grins let on.
But the clandestine collaboration is endearing, if mostly because mother and son are bonding again despite the constant surveillance of Lucious and Thirsty.
Jamal baits Cookie and Lucious into coming to a studio session, hoping that the two might meld their angelic flutes and brutish percussion into one electronic monster.
The rap battle between Freda and Hakeem was unambiguously presented as the episode’s cathartic zenith, and according to the performance logic undergirding the differences in street and studio rap, it was laughably obvious Freda would bring the carnage.
Cookie’s celebration of her son’s victory ends abruptly when Lucious’s sneer informs the after-party that her sister Candice is outside the club.
Cookie’s celebration of her son’s victory ends abruptly when Lucious’s sneer informs the after-party that her sister Candice is outside the club.
Through her (according to Cookie) practiced hysteria about their third sister’s alleged drug bender , we learn from Candice that Cookie’s real name is Loretha.
Through her (according to Cookie) practiced hysteria about their third sister’s alleged drug bender, we learn from Candice that Cookie’s real name is Loretha .
But there are some potentially valuable drugs we’ll never get drug companies to invest in — those that cannot be patented .
When Benjamin Roin, assistant professor of technological innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategic management at M.I.T., did so, he discovered that drug companies discard many potentially good ideas because they’re unpatentable .
Bringing a drug to market is expensive .
Without F.D.A. approval, a drug cannot be marketed.
Without F.D.A. approval , a drug cannot be marketed.
The expense of prescription drugs has come to the forefront in the presidential campaign with proposals by Bernie Sanders and Mrs. Clinton to rein in drug prices.
The expense of prescription drugs has come to the forefront in the presidential campaign with proposals by Bernie Sanders and Mrs. Clinton to rein in drug prices.
Drug manufacturers say that they need to recoup the high cost of drug development by charging high prices during the period they hold effective monopolies.
A recent estimate, though contested, put the price of developing a drug from scratch as high as $2.6 billion .
Without regulatory constraints, results from such an investment could be used by anyone to develop and market drugs.
it may market the drug without competition .
And that’s why pharmaceutical in no vators pursue leads that can be patented.
Typically, a drug reaches the market with about 13 years left on its original patent, though in some cases it can be extended longer.
Though many people are shocked by the high prices of some prescription drugs — like Gilead Sciences’ Sovaldi, a new and effective treatment for hepatitis C that can cost $84,000 per treatment — they’re the inducement for innovation .
During the granted period of market exclusivity, pharmaceutical manufacturers can price drugs higher than they could if there were competition from firms marketing the same molecule.
Profits made during their period of market exclusivity are, in large part, why new drugs exist, though an argument could be made that the rewards far outstrip development costs.
Nevertheless, few companies will sink hundreds of millions of dollars into even a potentially lifesaving idea without the promise of a return on investment , nor should we reasonably expect them to.
By law, patents can be denied for ideas that may be good, but are not novel or are obvious .
It means that even potentially great drugs might not come to market because they were disclosed in the past — so they’re now not novel — or because they are a natural extension of existing knowledge — so they’re now obvious.
We don’t want to provide patent protection for profit-increasing activities that do not benefit patients, like “me too” drugs — drugs that are only trivially different from existing ones .
It’s a broader system intended to encourage innovation , which it does, while at the same time permitting individuals and firms to exploit obvious and old ideas freely, which is generally a valuable protection.
It’s a broader system intended to encourage innovation, which it does, while at the same time permitting individuals and firms to exploit obvious and old ideas freely , which is generally a valuable protection.
We don’t want to provide patent protection for profit-increasing activities that do not benefit patients , like “me too” drugs — drugs that are only trivially different from existing ones.
When it comes to drugs, some of those obvious, old ideas that cannot be patented have not been clinically tested , as required for F.D.A. approval.
That takes money, which nobody will invest without a patent .
When it comes to drugs, some of those obvious, old ideas that cannot be patented have not been clinically tested, as required for F.D.A. approval.
In a paper published in the Texas Law Review, Mr. Roin documents many examples of patent invalidation on these grounds — importantly, even for ideas that had never been developed into drugs and that still required clinical trials for F.D.A. approval.
It’s a Catch-22 that ends up excluding potentially valuable drugs from ever even being considered for development.
Mr. Roin, the M.I.T. professor, describes another approach: to provide a period of market exclusivity — long enough to motivate investment in clinical trials — to any organization addressing an unmet medical need with a drug that isn’t patentable.
Mr. Roin, the M.I.T. professor, describes another approach: to provide a period of market exclusivity — long enough to motivate investment in clinical trials — to any organization addressing an unmet medical need with a drug that isn’t patentable.
Mr. Roin, the M.I.T. professor, describes another approach: to provide a period of market exclusivity — long enough to motivate investment in clinical trials — to any organization addressing an unmet medical need with a drug that isn’t patentable .
If it invested in securing F.D.A. approval for a drug based on active ingredients not found in existing drugs , an organization would be granted such a period of market exclusivity and the stream of profits that usually accompanies it, even if the drug was considered obvious and not novel.
Reporters in Istanbul covered a police raid on their own offices on Wednesday, as the Turkish government seized control of two television stations and a newspaper group critical of the governing party just four days before national elections.
Reporters in Istanbul covered a police raid on their own offices on Wednesday, as the Turkish government seized control of two television stations and a newspaper group critical of the governing party just four days before national elections.
Reporters in Istanbul covered a police raid on their own offices on Wednesday , as the Turkish government seized control of two television stations and a newspaper group critical of the governing party just four days before national elections.
Scuffles between officers and reporters unfolded on live television as the police broke into the shared headquarters of the two channels, KanalTurk and Bugun TV, and ushered in court-appointed trustees who were placed in charge of the company that owns the media group, Koza Ipek Holding.
Scuffles between officers and reporters unfolded on live television as the police broke into the shared headquarters of the two channels, KanalTurk and Bugun TV , and ushered in court-appointed trustees who were placed in charge of the company that owns the media group, Koza Ipek Holding.
The conglomerate, which owns 22 companies, including two daily newspapers, Bugun and Millet, stands accused of ties to Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic cleric who lives in exile in Pennsylvania.
The conglomerate, which owns 22 companies, including two daily newspapers, Bugun and Millet, stands accused of ties to Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic cleric who lives in exile in Pennsylvania .
The conglomerate, which owns 22 companies, including two daily newspapers, Bugun and Millet , stands accused of ties to Fethullah Gulen, an Islamic cleric who lives in exile in Pennsylvania.
As the police forced camera crews outside the building to stop taking video, journalists retreated to the Bugun control room where Tarik Toros , the broadcaster’s editor in chief, fought the new trustees to keep the channel on the air as long as possible.
That struggle was captured by Bugun reporters in dramatic footage that was later posted online with subtitles by Turkey’s Cihan News Agency .
In the end, both channels disappeared from the airwaves during a shared live broadcast on Wednesday afternoon, which Bugun’s Suna Vidinli reported on Twitter .
By Wednesday night, reports from both Bugun and KanalTurk were blocked from viewers in the United States on YouTube.
In the end, both channels disappeared from the airwaves during a shared live broadcast on Wednesday afternoon , which Bugun’s Suna Vidinli reported on Twitter.
Mustafa Kilic, a journalist for one of the group’s newspapers, Millet, shared an image of blood on his press card, an apparent result of resisting the police during the raid.
As Cihan reported, Bugun TV had “emerged as a main platform for opposition politicians over recent months.”
One of the final guests interviewed in the Bugun TV studio during the raid was Selahattin Demirtas , the co-chairman of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, or H.D.P. Mr. Demirtas called the move to seize the media group “mafia-like” behavior by Mr. Erdogan’s party, which is known by its Turkish initials, A.K.P. On Wednesday night, Mr. Erdogan suddenly claimed on live television that the opposition H.D.P. campaign was secretly being run by President Obama’s election team.
One of the final guests interviewed in the Bugun TV studio during the raid was Selahattin Demirtas, the co-chairman of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, or H.D.P. Mr. Demirtas called the move to seize the media group “mafia-like” behavior by Mr. Erdogan’s party, which is known by its Turkish initials, A.K.P.
One of the final guests interviewed in the Bugun TV studio during the raid was Selahattin Demirtas, the co-chairman of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, or H.D.P. Mr. Demirtas called the move to seize the media group “mafia-like” behavior by Mr. Erdogan’s party, which is known by its Turkish initials, A.K.P. On Wednesday night, Mr. Erdogan suddenly claimed on live television that the opposition H.D.P. campaign was secretly being run by President Obama’s election team.
One of the final guests interviewed in the Bugun TV studio during the raid was Selahattin Demirtas, the co-chairman of the pro-Kurdish Peoples’ Democratic Party, or H.D.P. Mr. Demirtas called the move to seize the media group “mafia-like” behavior by Mr. Erdogan’s party, which is known by its Turkish initials, A.K.P. On Wednesday night, Mr. Erdogan suddenly claimed on live television that the opposition H.D.P. campaign was secretly being run by President Obama’s election team .
The raid was condemned as an attack on press freedom by opposition politicians, rights groups and European diplomats.
A baby girl, only a few minutes old , swaddled in a blanket or clothes, was breathing on the hood of a car in the Wakefield section of the Bronx.
Inside a two-family home nearby, her 22-year-old mother lay on the floor in a pool of blood, fatally stabbed several times in her torso and neck
She had been close to nine months pregnant.
A baby girl, only a few minutes old, swaddled in a blanket or clothes, was breathing on the hood of a car in the Wakefield section of the Bronx.
Inside a two-family home nearby, her 22-year-old mother lay on the floor in a pool of blood, fatally stabbed several times in her torso and neck, the authorities said.
It will, like many other media organizations, be happy to reach readers wherever they are, Mr. Denton said, including “ Apple News, YouTube and Facebook Instant Articles. ” “The first blogs were a reaction against the idiocy and pomposity of mass media,” Mr. Denton said in an interview by Instant Messenger on Tuesday.
Heading into 2016, he said, the company will seek to extend the lifestyle sections on each of its sites, promote product recommendations — a growing source of revenue for Gawker Media, which takes a percentage of sales that come through its sites — and expand its video offerings and live events.
I think smarter readers are seeking refuge in subcultures .
Heading into 2016, he said, the company will seek to extend the lifestyle sections on each of its sites, promote product recommendations — a growing source of revenue for Gawker Media, which takes a percentage of sales that come through its sites — and expand its video offerings and live events.
Gizmodo, which recently hired a new editor, Katie Drummond , from Bloomberg, will take over the coverage of science fiction, fantasy and futurism that was previously handled by the site io9.
Gizmodo, which recently hired a new editor, Katie Drummond, from Bloomberg, will take over the coverage of science fiction, fantasy and futurism that was previously handled by the site io9 .
Gawker.com, the first site founded by Mr. Denton, had been seen as the quintessential Manhattan media and gossip publication of the Internet age — a destination for ambitious, young writers eager to cover the industry and the powerful figures who populate it.
Gawker.com, the first site founded by Mr. Denton , had been seen as the quintessential Manhattan media and gossip publication of the Internet age — a destination for ambitious, young writers eager to cover the industry and the powerful figures who populate it.
Topas Ecolodge, 11 miles from Sapa, was one of the first foreign-run lodges in the ethnic hinterland.
Most of the staff members receive years of language and hospitality training , and the lodge purchases the bulk of its food, materials and decorations locally.
The lodge has not yet broken even , Mr. Koppen added, but it was never intended to be what he called a “tourism factory” whose only goal was making money.
The lodge has 25 bungalows and a restored stilt house that was remodeled to reflect Scandinavian design elements .
Most of the staff members receive years of language and hospitality training, and the lodge purchases the bulk of its food, materials and decorations locally.
The expense “almost killed my company,” he said with a laugh, referring to his motorcycle touring business .
He has not recouped his initial investments, including about $350,000 for structures that accommodate as many as 80 guests, and $6,000 for solar heaters and water filtration and biogas-capture systems.
He has not recouped his initial investments, including about $350,000 for structures that accommodate as many as 80 guests, and $6,000 for solar heaters and water filtration and biogas-capture systems.
He has not recouped his initial investments, including about $350,000 for structures that accommodate as many as 80 guests, and $6,000 for solar heaters and water filtration and biogas-capture systems.
He has not recouped his initial investments , including about $350,000 for structures that accommodate as many as 80 guests, and $6,000 for solar heaters and water filtration and biogas-capture systems.
The interior is the essence of Dutch simplicity .
Built to suit the couple, the basement includes two bedrooms, a master bathroom, an infrared sauna, a study and, according to Mr. Harschel, one of the most important rooms in the house: a two-and-a-half-square-meter woodworking and repair shop.
Built to suit the couple, the basement includes two bedrooms, a master bathroom, an infrared sauna , a study and, according to Mr. Harschel, one of the most important rooms in the house: a two-and-a-half-square-meter woodworking and repair shop.
Built to suit the couple, the basement includes two bedrooms, a master bathroom, an infrared sauna, a study and, according to Mr. Harschel, one of the most important rooms in the house: a two-and-a-half-square-meter woodworking and repair shop .
Vast windows ensure the interior is flooded with diffuse reflected light and offer views of the IJmeer and the rest of the floating neighborhood.
“It was a book this thick, but we were free,” joked Mr. Harschel , waving an imaginary building code volume.
“It was a book this thick, but we were free,” joked Mr. Harschel, waving an imaginary building code volume.
Mr. Olthuis noted that the house had been built following code for land houses, which, in keeping with a mandate to build greener houses in the Netherlands, stipulated triple-glazed windows, heavy insulation and even a heat exchanger to retain heat from effluent — something that most houseboats, which tend to be light houses on a heavy foundation, avoid.
Mr. Harschel estimates that the couple spent 350,000 euros, or $380,000, to build the house (the lease for the lot is €600 a month), and guesses that the value of the property has probably more than doubled in the years since it was built.
Mr. Harschel estimates that the couple spent 350,000 euros, or $380,000, to build the house (the lease for the lot is €600 a month), and guesses that the value of the property has probably more than doubled in the years since it was built.
But there are a few interesting races, and three seats in the State Legislature are open because their prior occupants left under a criminal cloud.
• Thomas W. Libous , a Republican state senator, was convicted of lying to F.B.I. agents about his son’s hiring at a law firm.
Senator John L. Sampson, Democrat of Brooklyn , was convicted of trying to thwart a federal investigation.
•  State Senator John L. Sampson , Democrat of Brooklyn, was convicted of trying to thwart a federal investigation.
Thomas W. Libous, a Republican state senator, was convicted of lying to F.B.I. agents about his son’s hiring at a law firm .
This is visible in nine paintings (oil on paper on board) executed in preparation for a 50-foot-tall mural for a campanile in Chimbote , a port city in Peru, as part of a renewal project by the architect Josep Lluís Sert and the urban planner Paul Lester Wiener.
Measuring as much as 8 by 4 feet, the studies depict tilting, implicitly Constructivist crosses in red, yellow and blue, so cheerful they seem almost blasphemous, and more open figurative-like improvisations that bring to mind David Smith’s welded sculptures.
This is visible in nine paintings (oil on paper on board) executed in preparation for a 50-foot-tall mural for a campanile in Chimbote, a port city in Peru, as part of a renewal project by the architect Josep Lluís Sert and the urban planner Paul Lester Wiener.
This is visible in nine paintings (oil on paper on board) executed in preparation for a 50-foot-tall mural for a campanile in Chimbote, a port city in Peru, as part of a renewal project by the architect Josep Lluís Sert and the urban planner Paul Lester Wiener. Measuring as much as 8 by 4 feet, the studies depict tilting, implicitly Constructivist crosses in red, yellow and blue, so cheerful they seem almost blasphemous, and more open figurative-like improvisations that bring to mind David Smith’s welded sculptures.
Measuring as much as 8 by 4 feet, the studies depict tilting, implicitly Constructivist crosses in red, yellow and blue, so cheerful they seem almost blasphemous, and more open figurative-like improvisations that bring to mind David Smith ’s welded sculptures.
One of the less predictable turn of events was the bland performance by Neil Patrick Harris , a veteran M.C. of both the Tony Awards and the Emmys, who hosted the Oscars for the first time on Sunday.
His one successful stretch was a parody of a scene from “Birdman,” in which Michael Keaton runs through Times Square in his underpants.
One of the less predictable turn of events was the bland performance by Neil Patrick Harris , a veteran M.C. of both the Tony Awards and the Emmys, who hosted the Oscars for the first time on Sunday.
But because Mr. Harris is in good physical shape , there wasn’t much humor or bravery to the sketch, just bravado.
Mr. Harris ran through backstage corridors and onto the stage in white briefs and his black socks and shoes. But because Mr. Harris is in good physical shape, there wasn’t much humor or bravery to the sketch, just bravado.
Patricia Arquette ’s feminist call to arms at the end of her acceptance speech for supporting actress was unexpected and fierce.
It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all, and equal rights for women in the United States of America,” she said as Meryl Streep and others roared their approval .
“ Citizenfour ,” about the National Security Agency leaker Edward J. Snowden, won best documentary, and its makers thanked Mr. Snowden, who is still in Russia, for his courage.
“Citizenfour,” about the National Security Agency leaker Edward J. Snowden , won best documentary, and its makers thanked Mr. Snowden, who is still in Russia, for his courage.
“Citizenfour,” about the National Security Agency leaker Edward J. Snowden, won best documentary, and its makers thanked Mr. Snowden, who is still in Russia , for his courage.
This year, in addition to Ms. Arquette’s speech, the question of race in Hollywood was addressed with both humor — in his opening monologue, Mr. Harris made a barbed allusion to the lack of diversity among the Academy by saying, “Tonight we honor Hollywood’s best and whitest, sorry, brightest” — and emotion.
The latter came at the hands of actors, musicians and others who wanted to express indignation that the director of “Selma,” Ava DuVernay , wasn’t nominated and neither was David Oyelowo, who played the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. When the audience applauded Mr. Oyelowo, who participated in a bit with Mr. Harris, the host said with a smirk, “Oh sure, now you like him.”
The latter came at the hands of actors, musicians and others who wanted to express indignation that the director of “Selma,” Ava DuVernay, wasn’t nominated and neither was David Oyelowo , who played the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The latter came at the hands of actors, musicians and others who wanted to express indignation that the director of “Selma,” Ava DuVernay, wasn’t nominated and neither was David Oyelowo, who played the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. When the audience applauded Mr. Oyelowo, who participated in a bit with Mr. Harris, the host said with a smirk, “ Oh sure, now you like him .
The latter came at the hands of actors, musicians and others who wanted to express indignation that the director of “Selma,” Ava DuVernay, wasn’t nominated and neither was David Oyelowo, who played the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. When the audience applauded Mr. Oyelowo, who participated in a bit with Mr. Harris, the host said with a smirk , “Oh sure, now you like him.”
RABAT, Morocco —  A fiery head-on collision between a semitrailer truck and a bus carrying a delegation of young athletes in southern Morocco on Friday killed 33 people and injured seven, according to the state news agency and local news media reports.
RABAT, Morocco —  A fiery head-on collision between a semitrailer truck and a bus carrying a delegation of young athletes in southern Morocco on Friday killed 33 people and injured seven, according to the state news agency and local news media reports.
RABAT, Morocco —  A fiery head-on collision between a semitrailer truck and a bus carrying a delegation of young athletes in southern Morocco on Friday killed 33 people and injured seven, according to the state news agency and local news media reports.
The crash took place just before sunrise at 7 a.m. in the Chbika district, near Tan-Tan, a southern desert city, the news agency reported.
A video posted by the French-language newspaper L’Economiste shows the flaming wreckage of the tour bus, which caught fire after a collision with what the newspaper identified as a tanker truck carrying hydrocarbons .
In 1990 , Mike Tyson was also unbeaten and had the same aura of invincibility as Rousey.
Rousey’s fight also took place on the other side of the world, on Sunday in Melbourne, Australia, and the result was also shocking.
It was Ronda Rousey’s Buster Douglas moment.
Holly Holm , ranked just eighth in their weight class and underwhelming in her two previous Ultimate Fighting Championship bouts, knocked Rousey out in the second round.
Rousey started the fight on the attack , perhaps looking for another quick win.
But she found herself chasing Holm around the Octagon, all the time taking hard punches and kicks.
But she found herself chasing Holm around the Octagon , all the time taking hard punches and kicks.
She struggled to get Holm on the ground, thanks in part to Holm’s superior reach.
In the past, boxers like Holm have not fared well in mixed martial arts, compared with wrestlers and judokas , like Rousey.
Many analysts faulted Rousey for what they saw as fighting with overconfidence , engaging Holm with punches rather than focusing on going for a takedown.
In the past, boxers like Holm have not fared well in mixed martial arts, compared with wrestlers and judokas, like Rousey.
This had prompted numerous commentators, and Rousey herself, to suggest that she could beat even a top male boxer like Floyd Mayweather in the cage or a street fight.
When Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in on Tuesday, he did not only become Australia’s 29th prime minister — he also became its fourth in just over two years.
When Malcolm Turnbull was sworn in on Tuesday, he did not only become Australia’s 29th prime minister — he also became its fourth in just over two years.
His three immediate predecessors were ousted by their own parties, including Tony Abbott , who was forced out Monday in a leadership challenge led by Mr. Turnbull.
Now that Mr. Turnbull, a wealthy lawyer and former investment banker, has the country’s top job, his main challenge is clear, said Hugh White, an intelligence analyst who from 1985 to 1991 advised Prime Minister Bob Hawke and Defense Minister Kim Beazley.
His three immediate predecessors were ousted by their own parties , including Tony Abbott, who was forced out Monday in a leadership challenge led by Mr. Turnbull.
But Mr. Turnbull will have to lead not only the lawmakers in his own party — 44 of whom did not vote for him on Monday night, against 54 who did — but also a country where policy in recent years often seems to have been made on the run, and often in response to flagging opinion polls.
But Mr. Turnbull will have to lead not only the lawmakers in his own party — 44 of whom did not vote for him on Monday night, against 54 who did — but also a country where policy in recent years often seems to have been made on the run, and often in response to flagging opinion polls.
Australia’s current political turmoil dates from the Labor Party government of Kevin Rudd , who became prime minister in 2007.
Australia’s current political turmoil dates from the Labor Party government of Kevin Rudd, who became prime minister in 2007.
Australia’s current political turmoil dates from the Labor Party government of Kevin Rudd , who became prime minister in 2007.
But Mr. Turnbull will have to lead not only the lawmakers in his own party — 44 of whom did not vote for him on Monday night, against 54 who did — but also a country where policy in recent years often seems to have been made on the run, and often in response to flagging opinion polls.
Australia’s current political turmoil dates from the Labor Party government of Kevin Rudd , who became prime minister in 2007.
Australia’s current political turmoil dates from the Labor Party government of Kevin Rudd , who became prime minister in 2007.
But Mr. Turnbull will have to lead not only the lawmakers in his own party — 44 of whom did not vote for him on Monday night, against 54 who did — but also a country where policy in recent years often seems to have been made on the run, and often in response to flagging opinion polls.
Australia’s current political turmoil dates from the Labor Party government of Kevin Rudd, who became prime minister in 2007.
Mr. Rudd was ousted in an internal party coup in 2010 and replaced by Julia Gillard , Australia’s first female prime minister.
Already a polarizing figure when he took office, Mr. Abbott saw his popularity decline amid a slowing economy as he made a series of poli tical missteps and alienat ed many voters with his strongly conservative stances and often abrasive style.
Already a polarizing figure when he took office, Mr. Abbott saw his popularity decline amid a slowing economy as he made a series of political missteps and alienated many voters with his strongly conservative stances and often abrasive style.
As Ms. Gillard’s poll numbers fell, the party reinstalled Mr. Rudd months before the election of 2013, which Mr. Abbott ’s conservative coalition won.
Mr. Rudd was ousted in an internal party coup in 2010 and replaced by Julia Gillard, Australia’s first female prime minister.
“He’s got to explain things .
Proposed university overhauls, widely disliked by voters, stalled in Parliament, and a paid parental leave plan and a co-payment for visits to the doctor covered by Australia’s Medicare system were either amended or dropped by the government , which could not negotiate the passage of the legislation.
Proposed university overhauls , widely disliked by voters, stalled in Parliament, and a paid parental leave plan and a co-payment for visits to the doctor covered by Australia’s Medicare system were either amended or dropped by the government, which could not negotiate the passage of the legislation.
Proposed university overhauls, widely disliked by voters, stalled in Parliament, and a paid parental leave plan and a co-payment for visits to the doctor covered by Australia’s Medicare system were either amended or dropped by the government, which could not negotiate the passage of the legislation.
Indeed, in his first session of Parliament as prime minister on Tuesday, Mr. Turnbull made it clear that on at least two issues over which he has criticized Mr. Abbott in the past — climate change and same-sex marriage — his predecessor’s policies would continue.
Indeed, in his first session of Parliament as prime minister on Tuesday, Mr. Turnbull made it clear that on at least two issues over which he has criticized Mr. Abbott in the past — climate change and same-sex marriage — his predecessor’s policies would continue .
That will include managing the Liberals’ governing coalition with the smaller, more conservative National Party , which is unlikely to embrace attempts by Mr. Turnbull to move to the center.
That will include managing the Liberals’ governing coalition with the smaller, more conservative National Party , which is unlikely to embrace attempts by Mr. Turnbull to move to the center.
That will include managing the Liberals’ governing coalition with the smaller, more conservative National Party, which is unlikely to embrace attempts by Mr. Turnbull to move to the center.
Mr. Turnbull, who once used an expletive to describe Mr. Abbott’s climate-change policies , said that carbon emissions reduction targets Mr. Abbott recently proposed, which have been criticized as inadequate by scientists and environmentalists, were “very substantial.”
Mr. Turnbull, who once used an expletive to describe Mr. Abbott’s climate-change policies, said that carbon emissions reduction targets Mr. Abbott recently proposed , which have been criticized as inadequate by scientists and environmentalists, were “very substantial.”
Mr. Turnbull, who once used an expletive to describe Mr. Abbott’s climate-change policies, said that carbon emissions reduction targets Mr. Abbott recently proposed, which have been criticized as inadequate by scientists and environmentalists , were “very substantial.”
Mr. Turnbull, who once used an expletive to describe Mr. Abbott’s climate-change policies, said that carbon emissions reduction targets Mr. Abbott recently proposed, which have been criticized as inadequate by scientists and environmentalists, were “very substantial.”
FRONT PAGE An article on Saturday about Israel’s success in ensuring a sufficient supply of water even during droughts by desalinating Mediterranean seawater and recycling of wastewater referred imprecisely to Sidney Loeb, an American who moved to Israel in 1967 and taught water professionals how to desalinate seawater.
FRONT PAGE An article on Saturday about Israel’s success in ensuring a sufficient supply of water even during droughts by desalinating Mediterranean seawater and recycling of wastewater referred imprecisely to Sidney Loeb, an American who moved to Israel in 1967 and taught water professionals how to desalinate seawater.
FRONT PAGE An article on Saturday about Israel’s success in ensuring a sufficient supply of water even during droughts by desalinating Mediterranean seawater and recycling of wastewater referred imprecisely to Sidney Loeb, an American who moved to Israel in 1967 and taught water professionals how to desalinate seawater.
FRONT PAGE An article on Saturday about Israel’s success in ensuring a sufficient supply of water even during droughts by desalinating Mediterranean seawater and recycling of wastewater referred imprecisely to Sidney Loeb, an American who moved to Israel in 1967 and taught water professionals how to desalinate seawater .
He was one of the scientists who invented the reverse osmosis method, not its lone inventor .
FRONT PAGE An article on Saturday about Israel’s success in ensuring a sufficient supply of water even during droughts by desalinating Mediterranean seawater and recycling of wastewater referred imprecisely to Sidney Loeb, an American who moved to Israel in 1967 and taught water professionals how to desalinate seawater.
FRONT PAGE An article on Saturday about Israel’s success in ensuring a sufficient supply of water even during droughts by desalinating Mediterranean seawater and recycling of wastewater referred imprecisely to Sidney Loeb, an American who moved to Israel in 1967 and taught water professionals how to desalinate seawater.
FRONT PAGE An article on Saturday about Israel’s success in ensuring a sufficient supply of water even during droughts by desalinating Mediterranean seawater and recycling of wastewater referred imprecisely to Sidney Loeb, an American who moved to Israel in 1967 and taught water professionals how to desalinate seawater.
He was one of the scientists who invented the reverse osmosis method, not its lone inventor .
FRONT PAGE An article on Saturday about Israel’s success in ensuring a sufficient supply of water even during droughts by desalinating Mediterranean seawater and recycling of wastewater referred imprecisely to Sidney Loeb, an American who moved to Israel in 1967 and taught water professionals how to desalinate seawater.
An article on Wednesday about research suggesting that chimpanzees have the cognitive ability to cook misstated, at one point, the surname of the Harvard anthropologist who hypothesized that cooking has driven changes in human evolution.
As the article correctly noted elsewhere, he is Richard Wrangham , not Wrangell.
An article on Tuesday about a decision by the airbag manufacturer Takata to continue using a chemical compound deemed dangerous by experts misstated the point at which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began receiving complaints about rupturing Takata airbags .
It was in 2001 , not “almost 15 years ago.”
It is produced by bacteria , not by mushrooms.
An article on Wednesday about research suggesting that chimpanzees have the cognitive ability to cook misstated, at one point, the surname of the Harvard anthropologist who hypothesized that cooking has driven changes in human evolution.
As the article correctly noted elsewhere, he is Richard Wrangham , not Wrangell.
An article on Tuesday about a decision by the airbag manufacturer Takata to continue using a chemical compound deemed dangerous by experts misstated the point at which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration began receiving complaints about rupturing Takata airbags .
It was in 2001 , not “almost 15 years ago.”
It is produced by bacteria , not by mushrooms.
A reporting credit last Friday for an article about the reaction of soccer officials to the arrest of members of FIFA on the eve of its vote for president was omitted.
Dan Bilefsky contributed from London , Simon Romero from Rio de Janeiro, and Merna Thomas from Cairo.
Dan Bilefsky contributed from London, Simon Romero from Rio de Janeiro, and Merna Thomas from Cairo.
The Sports Business column on Wednesday, about the reaction of sponsors to the resignation of FIFA’s president, Sepp Blatter, misspelled, in some editions, the name that a Women’s World Cup commentator goes by.
The Sports Business column on Wednesday, about the reaction of sponsors to the resignation of FIFA’s president , Sepp Blatter, misspelled, in some editions, the name that a Women’s World Cup commentator goes by.
A reporting credit last Friday for an article about the reaction of soccer officials to the arrest of members of FIFA on the eve of its vote for president was omitted.
Dan Bilefsky contributed from London , Simon Romero from Rio de Janeiro, and Merna Thomas from Cairo.
Dan Bilefsky contributed from London, Simon Romero from Rio de Janeiro, and Merna Thomas from Cairo.
The Sports Business column on Wednesday, about the reaction of sponsors to the resignation of FIFA’s president , Sepp Blatter, misspelled, in some editions, the name that a Women’s World Cup commentator goes by.
The Sports Business column on Wednesday, about the reaction of sponsors to the resignation of FIFA’s president, Sepp Blatter, misspelled, in some editions, the name that a Women’s World Cup commentator goes by.
An obituary on Thursday about the longtime Alvin Ailey dancer Dudley Williams, using information from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater , misstated the given name of his father and his brother.
An obituary on Thursday about the longtime Alvin Ailey dancer Dudley Williams, using information from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, misstated the given name of his father and his brother .
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El Fuego (Andrew Call), a short-order cook from Bay Ridge who now has the ability to shoot fire; Blue Nixie (Grace McLean), a former marine biologist from Brighton Beach, who can control the tides; Kid Comet (Gerard Canonico), a messenger from Dumbo transformed into the fastest man living (“I finish my commute just as I begin it,” he sings); Captain Clear , a file clerk who’s now completely invisible (we just hear his voice); and Avenging Angelo (Nick Cordero), an unemployed gamer from Bensonhurst whose rather modest (if hilarious) gift is being able to locate empty parking spots.
El Fuego (Andrew Call), a short-order cook from Bay Ridge who now has the ability to shoot fire; Blue Nixie (Grace McLean), a former marine biologist from Brighton Beach, who can control the tides; Kid Comet (Gerard Canonico), a messenger from Dumbo transformed into the fastest man living (“I finish my commute just as I begin it,” he sings); Captain Clear, a file clerk who’s now completely invisible (we just hear his voice); and Avenging Angelo (Nick Cordero), an unemployed gamer from Bensonhurst whose rather modest (if hilarious) gift is being able to locate empty parking spots.
El Fuego (Andrew Call), a short-order cook from Bay Ridge who now has the ability to shoot fire; Blue Nixie (Grace McLean), a former marine biologist from Brighton Beach, who can control the tides; Kid Comet (Gerard Canonico), a messenger from Dumbo transformed into the fastest man living (“I finish my commute just as I begin it,” he sings); Captain Clear, a file clerk who’s now completely invisible (we just hear his voice); and Avenging Angelo (Nick Cordero), an unemployed gamer from Bensonhurst whose rather modest (if hilarious) gift is being able to locate empty parking spots.
El Fuego (Andrew Call), a short-order cook from Bay Ridge who now has the ability to shoot fire; Blue Nixie (Grace McLean), a former marine biologist from Brighton Beach, who can control the tides; Kid Comet (Gerard Canonico), a messenger from Dumbo transformed into the fastest man living (“I finish my commute just as I begin it,” he sings); Captain Clear, a file clerk who’s now completely invisible (we just hear his voice); and Avenging Angelo (Nick Cordero), an unemployed gamer from Bensonhurst whose rather modest (if hilarious) gift is being able to locate empty parking spots .
El Fuego (Andrew Call), a short-order cook from Bay Ridge who now has the ability to shoot fire; Blue Nixie (Grace McLean), a former marine biologist from Brighton Beach, who can control the tides; Kid Comet (Gerard Canonico), a messenger from Dumbo transformed into the fastest man living (“I finish my commute just as I begin it,” he sings); Captain Clear, a file clerk who’s now completely invisible (we just hear his voice); and Avenging Angelo (Nick Cordero), an unemployed gamer from Bensonhurst whose rather modest (if hilarious) gift is being able to locate empty parking spots.
The 30-year-old man charged with killing a Texas sheriff’s deputy said nothing as prosecutors described horrified witnesses at a gas station watching as he repeatedly shot the victim from behind.
as he repeatedly shot the victim from behind .
Traffic in Hungary backed up for miles as Austria stepped up border checks .
Last week’s discovery of the remains of 71 people in an abandoned, unventilated truck pushed Europe to the grim realization that homegrown trafficking rings were preying on the incoming floods of war refugees and other migrants.
Refugees packed trains from Hungary to Germany , which has eased its asylum requirements for Syrians.
The State Department released 7,000 pages of emails from Hillary Rodham Clinton’s private server sent or received during her tenure as secretary of state.
The State Department released 7,000 pages of emails from Hillary Rodham Clinton ’s private server sent or received during her tenure as secretary of state.
Watch: Ukrainian nationalists clashed with security forces in Kiev , killing a police officer, after a bitterly debated parliamentary vote set the stage for greater autonomy in separatist regions in the country’s war-torn east.
Russia , which backs the separatists, demanded the concession as its its price for going along with a truce.
Looking ahead: This Nissan van becomes the standard taxi in New York City on Tuesday.
It’s “ Late Show With David Letterman ” and it’s going to come from a Broadway theater that seats about 400 to 500 people.
It’s “Late Show With David Letterman” and it’s going to come from a Broadway theater that seats about 400 to 500 people.
So then we were like, What if we have a bar, and we’ll bring the audience closer ?
What if we have a bar , and we’ll bring the audience closer?
And I don’t like Charli XCX. ” It is such an intimate and personal connection that you’re making.
But at some point, we’ll be sitting somewhere, sharing a drink, going, “Ugh, when Fallon used to come out, he wouldn’t do any of this!
And I don’t like Charli XCX .”
But at some point, we’ll be sitting somewhere, sharing a drink, going, “Ugh, when Fallon used to come out, he wouldn’t do any of this!
He’d just come out and do lip-sync battles , and they were the great days.”
Cuts in food aid are leading Syria n refugees to take desperate measures (“Child Labor Rises Sharply in Syria Unrest,” news article, July 2).
Douglas MacArthur and Lucius Clay set up school feeding for millions of children in Japan and Germany , respectively.
After World War II , Gens.
The United Nations World Food Program has some limited school feeding for Syrian refugee children, but it needs a big expansion in funding and support.
Cuts in food aid are leading Syrian refugees to take desperate measures (“Child Labor Rises Sharply in Syria Unrest,” news article, July 2 ).
And the British actor Christopher Lee, who devoted his long career to portraying horror film villains and later appeared in the “Star Wars” and “Lord of the Rings” series, died at the age of 93.
And the British actor Christopher Lee, who devoted his long career to portraying horror film villains and later appeared in the “Star Wars” and “Lord of the Rings” series, died at the age of 93 .
The Agriculture Department says the average price of a dozen eggs in the United States will climb to a record this year because of the nation’s worst-ever outbreak of bird flu in poultry.
LeBron James and the Cavaliers suit up for Game 4 of the N.B.A. finals against the Warriors at 9 p.m. Eastern (ABC).
The British rock group Florence and the Machine ’s “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful” album opened at the top of the Billboard chart, the band’s first time at No. 1.
In Wisconsin , a proposal pushed by Gov. Scott Walker would remove the notion of tenure in the university system.
In Wisconsin, a proposal pushed by Gov. Scott Walker would remove the notion of tenure in the university system .
But experts say the idea of tenure has such a strong hold in American education that even colleges struggling under dire budgets in other states are unlikely to follow suit — though they are often limiting tenure.
Tenure goes back to medieval times , and the tradition of awarding professors lifetime job guarantees carried over to America, where it began in the late 1700s to protect academic freedom at religious schools.
In 1988 , Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher abolished the practice as a cost-cutting move.
In a statement, Mr. McGinty said, “Once the investigation is complete — and in the death of Tamir Rice, it is not at this time — all evidence and expert analysis will be presented to the grand jury.”
In a statement, Mr. McGinty said, “Once the investigation is complete — and in the death of Tamir Rice , it is not at this time — all evidence and expert analysis will be presented to the grand jury.”
In a statement, Mr. McGinty said, “Once the investigation is complete — and in the death of Tamir Rice, it is not at this time — all evidence and expert analysis will be presented to the grand jury.”
In a statement, Mr. McGinty said, “Once the investigation is complete — and in the death of Tamir Rice, it is not at this time — all evidence and expert analysis will be presented to the grand jury .
In a statement, Mr. McGinty said, “Once the investigation is complete — and in the death of Tamir Rice, it is not at this time — all evidence and expert analysis will be presented to the grand jury.”
(If you’re hosting a sleepover and want to qualify for a parental-awesomeness badge, you may turn hard toward Bobby Flay’s recipe for double-chocolate pancakes with salted caramel sauce .)
(If you’re hosting a sleepover and want to qualify for a parental-awesomeness badge, you may turn hard toward Bobby Flay ’s recipe for double-chocolate pancakes with salted caramel sauce.)
We’re partial to Julia Moskin’s recipe for bacon fat gingersnaps on a Saturday afternoon, and to Kim Severson’s recipe for chewy chocolate snowcaps as well.
We’re partial to Julia Moskin’s recipe for bacon fat gingersnaps on a Saturday afternoon, and to Kim Severson’s recipe for chewy chocolate snowcaps as well.
We’re partial to Julia Moskin’s recipe for bacon fat gingersnaps on a Saturday afternoon, and to Kim Severson ’s recipe for chewy chocolate snowcaps as well.
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860-297-2463 ; cinestudio.org.
comixatfoxwoods.com; 866-646-0609 .
Film HARTFORD Cinestudio A screening of Julie Taymor’s production of “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” June 21 and 27 at 2:30 p.m. $12 and $20.
June 26 through July 2 .
860-297-2463; cinestudio.org .
“The Last Waltz” ( 1976 ), directed by Martin Scorsese.
“The Last Waltz” (1976), directed by Martin Scorsese .
“National Theater Live: ‘The Audience,’ ” screening of the play starring Helen Mirren .
860-297-2463 ; cinestudio.org.
Comix at Foxwoods, 350 Trolley Line Boulevard .
infinityhall.com; 860-560-7757 .
June 28 at 3 p.m. $60.
FALLS VILLAGE Music Mountain Calidore String Quartet, classical .
Infinity Hall Hartford, 32 Front Street .
Jeff Pevar and Mo’ Pleasure Allstars , blues and pop.
Tom Rush, folk .
Infinity Hall Hartford, 32 Front Street .
Kim Kashkashian, viola .
860-824-7126 ; musicmountain.org.
June 21 at 3 p.m. $30.
collegestreetmusichall.com; 877-987-6487 .
collegestreetmusichall.com ; 877-987-6487.
$25 to $30 .
888-278-4332 ; artidea.org.
MASHANTUCKET Grand Theater, Foxwoods Casino Nas , hip-hop.
MASHANTUCKET Grand Theater, Foxwoods Casino Nas, hip-hop.
NEW HAVEN College Street Music Hall Blackberry Smoke, rock.
June 26 at 8 p.m .
888-278-4332 ; artidea.org.
800-200-2882; foxwoods.com .
June 22 through July 14 .
GREENWICH Flinn Gallery “Emergence: Insight Out,” group show .
203-622-7947; flinngallery.com .
GROTON Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art , University of Connecticut “Summer Exhibition,” Harriet Moore Ballard, Alida Ferrari, Jeanne Heifetz and Michael McLaughlin.
averypointarts.uconn.edu ; 860-405-9052.
LAKEVILLE The White Gallery “For the Love of Making Art: The Work of Robert Baras. ” Through July 12.
Mondays, noon to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South Street .
thewhitegalleryart.com ; 860-435-1029.
Through June 26 .
Mondays, noon to 5 p.m.; Tuesdays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m .; Sundays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oliver Wolcott Library, 160 South Street.
Through Sept. 12 .
LITCHFIELD Wisdom House “Ephemera: Holding a Moment in Your Hand,” Jean Linville .
Wisdom House, 229 East Litchfield Road .
susanpowellfineart.com; 203-318-0616 .
MYSTIC Maritime Art Gallery, at Mystic Seaport “ Modern Marine Masters ,” group show.
NEW HAVEN New Haven Museum “ Winfred Rembert: Amazing Grace. ” Through June 21.
Through June 30. “ From Clocks to Lollipops: Made in New Haven .”
203-562-4183; newhavenmuseum.org .
203-562-4183; newhavenmuseum.org. NEW HAVEN Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History “Samurai and the Culture of Japan’s Great Peace.” Through Jan. 3 .
$4 to $9 ; members and Yale ID holders, free.
ROXBURY Minor Memorial Library “Stillscapes,” paintings by Ann Getsinger .
Through July 18. Mondays, noon to 7 p.m.; Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursdays, noon to 5 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
minormemoriallibrary.org; 860-350-2181 .
Saturdays and Sundays, 1 to 4:30 p.m. Loft Artists Association, 575 Pacific Street .
STAMFORD Fernando Luis Alvarez Gallery “ John J. Bedoya: Small, Accessible Works. ” Through July 11.
STAMFORD P.M.W. Gallery “Noir 2,” etchings, lithographs, drawings and paintings by Ann Chernow .
By appointment only .
Through July 9 .
Thursdays and Fridays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. ; Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 3 p.m. Stamford Art Association, 39 Franklin Street.
203-325-1139 ; stamfordartassociation.org.
STORRS William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut “Remembering the Vietnam War.” Through Aug. 9 .
STORRS William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut “ Remembering the Vietnam War .”
WATERBURY Mattatuck Museum “The Coast and the Sea: Marine and Maritime Art in America.”
203-753-0381; mattatuckmuseum.org .
“One Loop at a Time: June Myles ’s Hooked Rugs.”
203-869-0376 ; brucemuseum.org.
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main Street .
HARTFORD The Mark Twain House and Museum Graveyard Shift Ghost Tours.
GREENWICH Bruce Museum “Hans Hofmann and Jose Luis Sert: An Experiment in Artistic Collaboration,” lecture.
June 26 at 6 p.m .
HARTFORD Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts “ Kinky Boots ,” musical by Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein.
860-987-5900 ; bushnell.org.
HARTFORD TheaterWorks “Good People,” drama by David Lindsay-Abaire .
Goodspeed Opera House “ La Cage aux Folles ,” musical by Harvey Fierstein and Jerry Herman.
HARTFORD Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts “Kinky Boots,” musical by Cyndi Lauper and Harvey Fierstein.
FRANKFURT — Anshu Jain , the co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank, chuckled when he was asked on Monday whether the United States had become inhospitable to foreign banks.
“There is a big advantage to being American in America
FRANKFURT — Anshu Jain, the co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank, chuckled when he was asked on Monday whether the United States had become inhospitable to foreign banks.
FRANKFURT — Anshu Jain, the co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank , chuckled when he was asked on Monday whether the United States had become inhospitable to foreign banks.
FRANKFURT — Anshu Jain, the co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank , chuckled when he was asked on Monday whether the United States had become inhospitable to foreign banks.
Mr. Jain and the bank’s other co-chief executive, Jürgen Fitschen , insisted on Monday that they are not retreating from the idea of a universal bank that offers a full range of banking services to individuals and business worldwide.
That was the lowest share since Dealogic began keeping track in 1995 .
And they reaffirmed their determination to be a force on Wall Street .
In the first quarter, European banks accounted for 30 percent of global investment banking revenue, according to the data provider Dealogic.
But since the financial crisis, European investment banks have steadily lost market share to their United States rivals.
“If anything you would have to say this is a muddling through,” said Mr. Smith , who has  written about Deutsche Bank’s strategy.
Mr. Smith pointed out that the name of the reorganization plan, Strategy 2020 , means that even if Deutsche Bank meets all its goals, it will still have been 12 years since the beginning of the financial crisis “before they get to some kind of equilibrium.”
Investors clearly shared Mr. Smith’s pessimism .
Deutsche Bank shares sank 4.6 percent on Monday in Frankfurt trading.
Mr. Smith pointed out that the name of the reorganization plan, Strategy 2020, means that even if Deutsche Bank meets all its goals, it will still have been 12 years since the beginning of the financial crisis “before they get to some kind of equilibrium.”
Meanwhile, aggressive law enforcement authorities last week extracted a $2.5 billion penalty from Deutsche Bank for misconduct related to an interest rate rigging scandal.
The penalty, as well as criticism from regulators who said the bank failed to recognize signs of misconduct , damaged the reputation of the bank as well as Mr. Jain, who was head of Deutsche Bank’s investment bank operations in London, where most of the mischief took place.
Regulators around the world, but especially in the United States , are demanding that all banks reduce risk.
Deutsche Bank was particularly vulnerable because of its large exposure to businesses that can be lucrative in good times but toxic in bad, like derivatives contracts .
The penalty, as well as criticism from regulators who said the bank failed to recognize signs of misconduct, damaged the reputation of the bank as well as Mr. Jain , who was head of Deutsche Bank’s investment bank operations in London, where most of the mischief took place.
The bank will aim for a 10 percent return on capital, down from a previous target of 12 percent and a far cry from the 25 percent return that Deutsche Bank sought to achieve before the financial crisis.
In addition, the bank said it aimed to cut costs by 3.5 billion euros , or about $3.8 billion, a year.
its American operations .
In addition, the bank said it aimed to cut costs by 3.5 billion euros, or about $3.8 billion , a year.
The bank will aim for a 10 percent return on capital, down from a previous target of 12 percent and a far cry from the 25 percent return that Deutsche Bank sought to achieve before the financial crisis.
But Mr. Jain argued that Deutsche Bank needed to be a force on Wall Street to serve blue-chip German companies that almost always have large operations in the United States.
But critics would say the bank, trapped in its image of itself as Germany’s beachhead in the financial world, is still trying to do too much.
Revenue from investment banking rose 15 percent, to €4.7 billion .
But Mr. Jain argued that Deutsche Bank needed to be a force on Wall Street to serve blue-chip German companies that almost always have large operations in the United States.
Operating profit for the unit fell by more than half, to €643 million , after subtracting a portion of the penalty paid in the rate-fixing scandal.
It is a great pity that as important a country as Turkey should continue to object as strongly as it does to what is by now so clearly the verdict of history, particularly after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s unprecedented and powerful offer of condolences last year to the victims’ grandchildren.
Confronted by the continuing and largely ignored persecution of Catholics and other Christians in the Middle East, it is no surprise that as forthright and courageous a pope as Francis would set aside diplomatic nicety and call genocide what it is: genocide.
Confronted by the continuing and largely ignored persecution of Catholics and other Christians in the Middle East, it is no surprise that as forthright and courageous a pope as Francis would set aside diplomatic nicety and call genocide what it is: genocide.
It is a great pity that as important a country as Turkey should continue to object as strongly as it does to what is by now so clearly the verdict of history, particularly after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s unprecedented and powerful offer of condolences last year to the victims’ grandchildren.
It is a great pity that as important a country as Turkey should continue to object as strongly as it does to what is by now so clearly the verdict of history, particularly after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ’s unprecedented and powerful offer of condolences last year to the victims’ grandchildren.
The United States expanded sanctions targeting North Korea on Tuesday , imposing economic penalties on six of its international banking representatives and three of its shipping companies for what the Treasury Department called ties to illicit arms proliferation and financing.
The United States expanded sanctions targeting North Korea on Tuesday, imposing economic penalties on six of its international banking representatives and three of its shipping companies for what the Treasury Department called ties to illicit arms proliferation and financing.
The sanctions, announced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control , bars them from dealings with the United States and impounds any assets in American jurisdiction.
The United States expanded sanctions targeting North Korea on Tuesday, imposing economic penalties on six of its international banking representatives and three of its shipping companies for what the Treasury Department called ties to illicit arms proliferation and financing.
It was the second time in four weeks that the Treasury had imposed sanctions on North Korea, reflecting concerns about its efforts to improve its nuclear weapons and missile capabilities despite United Nations prohibitions.
She became a fierce, pioneering player and has assumed as many vital roles as a coach and futurist as anyone in women’s soccer in the United States.
Her current job, as technical director for the American women’s national teams , is to find the next Mia Hamm or Abby Wambach and keep the United States in its customary spot among the best teams in the world.
The United States trails only Germany in the FIFA world rankings, but the Americans have not won a Women’s World Cup since 1999 .
Her current job, as technical director for the American women’s national teams, is to find the next Mia Hamm or Abby Wambach and keep the United States in its customary spot among the best teams in the world. The United States trails only Germany in the FIFA world rankings, but the Americans have not won a Women’s World Cup since 1999.
And their chances in the current tournament seem uncertain as a final group match approaches, against Nigeria here Tuesday.
Heinrichs won three N.C.A.A. championships while playing at North Carolina. She served as captain of the United States team that won the inaugural Women’s World Cup, in 1991.
And she coached the American team to a gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, a silver at the 2000 Sydney Games and third place at the 2003 World Cup.
And she coached the American team to a gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, a silver at the 2000 Sydney Games and third place at the 2003 World Cup.
She served as captain of the United States team that won the inaugural Women’s World Cup, in 1991. And she coached the American team to a gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics, a silver at the 2000 Sydney Games and third place at the 2003 World Cup.
Heinrichs is trying to keep the Americans at the forefront at a time when a number of European girls are playing primarily against boys to develop their technical skills and are turning professional as young as 14 .
Heinrichs was the first female coach of the women’s national team and the first female player elected to the National Soccer Hall of Fame. She is convinced that American determination, fitness, hustle and competitiveness must be broadened with accelerated development of technical skill if the United States is to keep pace with teams like Germany, France and Japan, the defending World Cup champion.
that American determination, fitness, hustle and competitiveness must be broadened with accelerated development of technical skill if the United States is to keep pace with teams like Germany, France and Japan, the defending World Cup champion.
While it is necessary for girls to have an environment in which they can feel comfortable and progress at their own rate, Heinrichs said, she sees an unintended consequence of Title IX: Fewer top-level girls seem to be honing their skills against boys today than when she and Hamm and Wambach developed into elite players. “It’s important because in Europe, they’re all playing up, and their 12- to 16-year-olds are playing against boys,” Heinrichs said.
“If more players and more club coaches saw the value in having their players in the most challenging environment that she could have on a daily basis, they would see how much faster she would grow.” Title IX, the federal law that prohibits discrimination based on gender, has been applied so effectively to sports over the past four decades that female soccer players in the United States have widespread access to their own leagues from a young age.
While it is necessary for girls to have an environment in which they can feel comfortable and progress at their own rate, Heinrichs said, she sees an unintended consequence of Title IX: Fewer top-level girls seem to be honing their skills against boys today than when she and Hamm and Wambach developed into elite players.
The film, A.F.P . said, “relied on documents, photos and videos, particularly from the months before Rabin’s assassination, including those showing speeches from politicians such as Netanyahu at rallies against the Oslo accords, where Rabin was depicted in a Nazi uniform.”
The film, A.F.P. said, “relied on documents, photos and videos, particularly from the months before Rabin’s assassination, including those showing speeches from politicians such as Netanyahu at rallies against the Oslo accords, where Rabin was depicted in a Nazi uniform .”
The film, A.F.P. said, “relied on documents, photos and videos, particularly from the months before Rabin’s assassination , including those showing speeches from politicians such as Netanyahu at rallies against the Oslo accords, where Rabin was depicted in a Nazi uniform.”
I hope a lot of Americans see this film — for the warning it offers to those who ignore or rationalize the divisive, bigoted campaigns of Donald Trump and Ben Carson and how they’re dragging their whole party across civic redlines, with candidates saying, rationalizing or ignoring more and more crazy, ill-informed stuff each week.
The film, A.F.P. said, “relied on documents, photos and videos, particularly from the months before Rabin’s assassination, including those showing speeches from politicians such as Netanyahu at rallies against the Oslo accords, where Rabin was depicted in a Nazi uniform.”
Trump actually launched his campaign on June 16 with a message of polarization, saying: “When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best.
The Washington Post’s Fact Checker column gave him four Pinocchios, its highest rating for not telling the truth, noting: “ Trump’s repeated statements about immigrants and crime underscore a common public perception that crime is correlated with immigration, especially illegal immigration.
Trump actually launched his campaign on June 16 with a message of polarization, saying: “ When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best .
And some, I assume, are good people.” The Washington Post ’s Fact Checker column gave him four Pinocchios, its highest rating for not telling the truth, noting: “Trump’s repeated statements about immigrants and crime underscore a common public perception that crime is correlated with immigration, especially illegal immigration.
But that is a misperception; no solid data support it, and the data that do exist negate it .
And then Trump insulted John McCain, saying he was only a war hero because he got captured , adding, “I like people that weren’t captured, O.K.?”
As CNN reported, “ Trump, meanwhile, received four student deferments and one medical deferment to avoid serving in the Vietnam War.”
And then Trump insulted John McCain, saying he was only a war hero because he got captured, adding, “I like people that weren’t captured, O.K.?” McCain spent five and a half years as a P.O.W. in Vietnam and was repeatedly tortured and had his bones broken.
At a Trump town hall event, the first questioner began: “ We got a problem in this country. It’s called Muslims. We know our current president is one.
Carson stated, “I would not advocate that we put a Muslim in charge of this nation.” So a whole faith community gets delegitimized and another opportunity for someone to courageously stand up for what’s decent is squandered.
Trump could have let the man ask his question and then correct his racist nonsense, without blocking his free speech, which is exactly what McCain did in a similar situation .
Instead he tweeted: “ Christians need support in our country (and around the world), their religious liberty is at stake! Obama has been horrible, I will be great.”
Instead he tweeted: “Christians need support in our country (and around the world), their religious liberty is at stake! Obama has been horrible, I will be great.” And then, like clockwork, Ben Carson saw Trump blurring another civic redline and leapfrogged him.
Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia , said in a statement on Wednesday that “the massive new number of employees’ fingerprints that was breached is shocking.”
He called for “ lifetime identity protection coverage ” for the affected employees and contractors.
But that assumes there was a financial motive to the theft; officials say it seems more likely that it was a national security motive .
Government officials have not been able to explain publicly why it took more than a year to discover that information was leaving its systems at a tremendous rate.
Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, said in a statement on Wednesday that “the massive new number of employees’ fingerprints that was breached is shocking.”
During Mr. Xi’s visit to Washington, he and Mr. Obama are expected to announce, at a minimum, that they are working on a set of rules for cyberspace that would amount to a first effort at a digital arms control agreement .
But that would not cover traditional espionage , which both sides conduct against each other.
So the theft of personnel files , which the administration has never publicly blamed on China, would not be covered.
In fact, the director of national intelligence, James R. Clapper Jr ., said over the summer that if the United States had the opportunity to steal that much data about an adversary, it would probably try to do it.
And testifying to Congress alongside Admiral Rogers recently, he pushed back at members of Congress who called the breach at O.P.M. an “attack.” Instead, he suggested, it was ordinary espionage.
Walmart , which had denounced the law, commended the governor in a brief statement, while Chad Griffin, the president of the Human Rights Campaign, who was at the Capitol on Wednesday, expressed “cautious optimism.”
Walmart, which had denounced the law, commended the governor in a brief statement, while Chad Griffin, the president of the Human Rights Campaign, who was at the Capitol on Wednesday, expressed “cautious optimism.”
In the immediate aftermath of Mr. Hutchinson’s statement, Jerry Cox, the president of the Arkansas -based Family Council, a conservative lobbing group, was more succinct: “No bill or no amendment, that’s our position right now.”
“He’s the MacGyver of American politics
The governor was flanked at the news conference by Jonathan Dismang, the president pro tem of the Senate, and Jeremy Gillam, the House speaker, both Republicans who have reputations for moderate pragmatism.
“I think we’ll give it a serious look,” said Representative Kenneth Bragg, the House majority leader .
“I think they just want assurance that adopting the federal statue isn’t going to weaken too much of what we did in our state version.
“I think they just want assurance that adopting the federal statue isn’t going to weaken too much of what we did in our state version .
“I think they just want assurance that adopting the federal statue isn’t going to weaken too much of what we did in our state version.
“I think they just want assurance that adopting the federal statue isn’t going to weaken too much of what we did in our state version.
The floor plan is open, with a broad bay of floor-to-ceiling windows in the living area, which has a fireplace.
The kitchen was updated during renovations with a Sub-Zero refrigerator, a Miele range, a Jenn-Air oven and quartz countertops.
The basement is finished with wood-paneled walls, a fireplace and a wet bar.
The three -story house was updated over the last 15 years.
Four bedrooms are on the second floor, including the master, which is part of a suite with a bathroom and a walk-in closet with a picture window overlooking the pool.
This floating house is on Lake Union , a freshwater lake in the middle of Seattle.
Shops and restaurants are concentrated in and around Eastlake Avenue, not far from the water; downtown Seattle is about four miles away. A six-mile-long trail loops around the lake, stopping at pocket parks along the way.
A six-mile -long trail loops around the lake, stopping at pocket parks along the way.
The neighborhood, Eastlake , is a mix of dockside and waterfront communities and conventional single-family houses and condos on land.
Shops and restaurants are concentrated in and around Eastlake Avenue , not far from the water; downtown Seattle is about four miles away.
This rustic cedar-shingled house was built in 1976 and updated within the last seven years.
Floors are a light-colored cherry , while most ceilings and walls are cedar paneled.
The interior is bright and cozy, with stained-glass windows and skylights throughout.
The bathroom has a tub made from a hollowed-out cedar log .
One bedroom is on the main level; the second is upstairs , set into a nook-like space with slanting walls and a skylight.
A 15 -year-old boy lured an 8-year-old girl into his apartment in Santa Cruz, Calif., and killed her before hiding her body in a recycling bin, the police said Tuesday.
A 15-year-old boy lured an 8-year-old girl into his apartment in Santa Cruz, Calif., and killed her before hiding her body in a recycling bin
a recycling bin , the police said Tuesday.
Chief Kevin Vogel of the Santa Cruz police said the girl, Madyson Middleton, went willingly into the apartment at the Tannery Arts Center, a housing complex for artists where they lived, and was probably dead before she was reported missing Sunday night, sparking a search by hundreds of volunteers.
The boy was arrested on suspicion of murder .
“This is a mythology that Venezuela is not good at soccer,” said Omar Pironel, a 27 -year-old Colombia fan visiting Chile for the tournament
“This is a mythology that Venezuela is not good at soccer,” said Omar Pironel, a 27-year-old Colombia fan visiting Chile for the tournament.
“This is a mythology that Venezuela is not good at soccer,” said Omar Pironel, a 27-year-old Colombia fan visiting Chile for the tournament.
In the 1975 Copa, it lost by 11-0 to a merciless Argentina side.
In 1999 and 2000, it lost to Brazil by a combined score of 13-0 in a Copa América match and a subsequent World Cup qualifier.
Guggenheim Museum : ‘Alberto Burri: The Trauma of Painting’ (through Jan. 6)
Art, if it behaves itself and sticks to the right script , can be an important part of the promotional package.
the work by ten photographers in this stimulating show has roots in Conceptualism and takes language, history and speculative thinking as its raw materials.
This Italian artist’s prescient paintings from the 1950s and early ‘60s — in patched, burned and otherwise abused burlap, plastic or wood — form a lavish, beautiful and admirable, if sometimes monotonous retrospective at the Guggenheim.
When Joseph Stalin came to power art became government-dictated propaganda and its makers, often under threat, towed the line .
★ Metropolitan Museum of Art: ‘Celebrating the Arts of Japan: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection’ (continuing) This lavish roll out of 160 objects came to the Met from the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation last spring.
★ Metropolitan Museum of Art: ‘Celebrating the Arts of Japan: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection’ (continuing) This lavish roll out of 160 objects came to the Met from the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation last spring.
The Burkes loved Japanese art — all of it — and the collection is close to compendious in terms of media, from wood-carved Buddhas to bamboo baskets, with a particular strength in painting, early and late.
Some pieces on view now will be rotated out and replaced in February , making this an exhibition to visit at least twice.
212-535-7710, metmuseum.org. (Cotter) Metropolitan Museum of Art: ‘Grand Illusions: Staged Photography from the Met Collection’ (through Jan. 18) With 40 works , this small, choice exhibition forms a freewheeling survey of the ways and means of staged photography — the arranging objects or people for the camera — and the many needs and sensibilities it has served.
Motley (1891-1981) was born in New Orleans and lived in Chicago, where he painted the cultural life of the city’s African-American neighborhood known as Bronzeville, portraying it with an eye for calibrations of class and race, and with a sense of his own conflicted position within its context.
Motley (1891-1981) was born in New Orleans and lived in Chicago , where he painted the cultural life of the city’s African-American neighborhood known as Bronzeville, portraying it with an eye for calibrations of class and race, and with a sense of his own conflicted position within its context.
Motley (1891-1981) was born in New Orleans and lived in Chicago, where he painted the cultural life of the city’s African-American neighborhood known as Bronzeville , portraying it with an eye for calibrations of class and race, and with a sense of his own conflicted position within its context.
Motley ( 1891 -1981
Motley (1891- 1981 ) was born in New Orleans and lived in Chicago, where he painted the cultural life of the city’s African-American neighborhood known as Bronzeville, portraying it with an eye for calibrations of class and race, and with a sense of his own conflicted position within its context.
This presentation of more than 300 playthings from the late 16th to the early 21st centuries will be catnip for anyone into antique toys.
While many of these items were produced by big manufacturers like BRIO and Playsam, many others are one-of-a-kind wonders like a miniature baking set from around 1900 that includes rolling pins, spatulas and other implements all lovingly carved from wood and fitting into a tray just eight inches long.
Ms. Matthew was born in England to Indian parents, spent her adolescence and early adulthood in India, and has lived in the United States since.
Ms. Matthew was born in England to Indian parents, spent her adolescence and early adulthood in India , and has lived in the United States since.
The Italian master of modern still life ,
★ ‘For a New World to Come: Experiments in Japanese Art and Photography, 1968-1979 ’ (through Jan. 10)
This exceptionally informative exhibition presents photographs, photography books, paintings, sculptures and videos produced by 29 Japanese artists during a decade of ideological disillusionment following the utopian excitement of the 1960s.
This exceptionally informative exhibition presents photographs, photography books, paintings, sculptures and videos produced by 29 Japanese artists during a decade of ideological disillusionment following the utopian excitement of the 1960s.
Most of the works are black and white and driven by abstract concepts, with many focused on the nature of photography itself .
It’s a dry show, but it’s fascinating for its revelation of memes and trends that continue to resonate in photographic art around the world .
The skilled refurbishing of the Atheneum’s storied Morgan Memorial Building reveals as never before the museum’s splendors .
The Great Hall is triple-hung with European paintings encircled by a spirited art-historical Cliff Notes from Egypt to Florence.
The Great Hall is triple-hung with European paintings encircled by a spirited art-historical Cliff Notes from Egypt to Florence .
On the second floor the fabulous Cabinet of Art and Curiosities leads to even more often outstanding paintings – Baroque to Modernism – accompanied by an array of decorative objects, especially porcelains.
LOS ANGELES —  Clayton Kershaw went to the mound on Sunday needing to strike out six batters to reach 300 for the season, something no major league pitcher had done in 13 years.
LOS ANGELES —  Clayton Kershaw went to the mound on Sunday needing to strike out six batters to reach 300 for the season, something no major league pitcher had done in 13 years .
And yet he did get there, striking out seven San Diego Padres in just three and two-thirds innings , and getting two standing ovations from Dodgers fans along the way.
And yet he did get there, striking out seven San Diego Padres in just three and two-thirds innings, and getting two standing ovations from Dodgers fans along the way.
The last pitchers to get to 300 strikeouts in a season were Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling, who did it in 2002 as teammates on the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The last Dodger to get to 300 was, not surprisingly, Sandy Koufax, who did it in 1963, 1965 and 1966 .
Kershaw also considers Koufax a friend. His accomplishment created another link with his Dodger predecessor, and when Kershaw spoke to reporters after Sunday’s game he did not try to diminish what he had achieved by getting to 300.
The last pitchers to get to 300 strikeouts in a season were Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling , who did it in 2002 as teammates on the Arizona Diamondbacks.
“Going forward, we will have more security personnel inside,” he said, noting that the protester’s walk to the stage had been obscured by the standing ovation for Ms. Netrebko .
“We will be extra careful to have personnel in all the strategic places where they need to be.” Mr. Torgovitsky said that he had tried to minimize the disruption he caused by waiting for the end of “Iolanta,” which he said he enjoyed.
And he compared his actions with those of Mr. Putin , who he said had ignored international treaties in Ukraine and the Crimea.
“Going forward, we will have more security personnel inside,” he said, noting that the protester’s walk to the stage had been obscured by the standing ovation for Ms. Netrebko.
For many New Yorkers this week, as the blizzard panic lifted from the city, the pressing culinary question on Tuesday was, “Now what do I do with all this Dinty Moore?”
With Tavern on the Green shuttered because of the weather, scenic duty fell to the slight remove of the restaurants of the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle, where the trees of Central Park displayed dustings of white thingamajigs suspended perilously above their inevitable future as unloved street slush.
At a tall table facing the fourth-floor windows, Noelle Galperin and Ernie Garcia , from Miami, shed no tears for the flight that was supposed to take them home earlier in the day.
Both are self-employed .
As for the weather, which scared away much of the usual bustle, Mr. Garcia said he was happy for a little winter .
“We got to eat at the Boathouse for Sunday brunch, and we really enjoyed that, so we were talking about doing the more touristy things,” she said.
Mr. Garcia said he was neither relieved nor disappointed by the blizzard’s last-minute zag to the east.
“It’s nice to come back and have more of an excuse to do the touristy things. ” Mr. Garcia said he was neither relieved nor disappointed by the blizzard’s last-minute zag to the east.
I was out till midnight walking Monday night — had a late dinner at Quality Meats and walked around.
We’re used to the hype in Miami, with the hurricanes .
Mr. Robins sued under a part of the credit law that provides damages of up to $1,000 without proof of direct harm, and he sought to represent a class of people with similar claims.
Mr. Robins sued under a part of the credit law that provides damages of up to $1,000 without proof of direct harm, and he sought to represent a class of people with similar claims .
Spokeo responded that Congress did not have the power to create a legal right to sue for plaintiffs who have suffered no direct and concrete injuries.
Spokeo responded that Congress did not have the power to create a legal right to sue for plaintiffs who have suffered no direct and concrete injuries .
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit last year disagreed.
“Why isn’t the dissemination of false information about you in a credit report,” she asked, “perfectly sufficient if Congress says that’s a concrete injury?” Andrew J. Pincus , a lawyer for Spokeo, said suits should be allowed only if plaintiffs can show the concrete injury generally required to establish standing to sue.
“Why isn’t the dissemination of false information about you in a credit report,” she asked, “perfectly sufficient if Congress says that’s a concrete injury?”
Justice Kagan said that false statements may be damage enough.
Andrew J. Pincus, a lawyer for Spokeo, said suits should be allowed only if plaintiffs can show the concrete injury generally required to establish standing to sue .
He gave two examples: harm to credit or a missed job opportunity .
St. John’s did what it had not been doing most of the season — shoot well and control the boards — and the Red Storm delighted the Madison Square Garden crowd in beating Syracuse, 84-72.
St. John’s did what it had not been doing most of the season — shoot well and control the boards — and the Red Storm delighted the Madison Square Garden crowd in beating Syracuse, 84-72.
St. John’s did what it had not been doing most of the season — shoot well and control the boards — and the Red Storm delighted the Madison Square Garden crowd in beating Syracuse , 84-72.
The freshman Federico Mussini had 17 points, and four other players scored in double figures for the Red Storm (7-3), who won their third straight.
Michael Gbinije’s 21 points led Syracuse (7-3), which has lost three of four.
He produced more than a dozen feature films, including “Throw Momma From the Train” (1987), starring Mr. Crystal and Danny DeVito, and “ Good Morning, Vietnam ” (1987), for which Mr. Williams earned his first Academy Award nomination.
(The best actor Oscar that year went to Michael Douglas for “Wall Street.”)
Mr. Brezner, who began his professional life as a New York City public-school teacher, managed a stable of artists that over the years also included Bette Midler, David Letterman, Robert Klein and Martin Short.
He produced more than a dozen feature films, including “Throw Momma From the Train” ( 1987 ), starring Mr. Crystal and Danny DeVito, and “Good Morning, Vietnam” (1987), for which Mr. Williams earned his first Academy Award nomination.
Mr. Brezner, who began his professional life as a New York City public-school teacher , managed a stable of artists that over the years also included Bette Midler, David Letterman, Robert Klein and Martin Short.
Mr. Brezner, who later worked out of Los Angeles, spotted a young Mr. Williams in an improv class there in the late ’70s and helped channel his perpetual motion into a routine that was cohesive and sometimes even sedately self-revealing.
Mr. Brezner, who later worked out of Los Angeles , spotted a young Mr. Williams in an improv class there in the late ’70s and helped channel his perpetual motion into a routine that was cohesive and sometimes even sedately self-revealing.
Mr. Brezner, who later worked out of Los Angeles, spotted a young Mr. Williams in an improv class there in the late ’70s and helped channel his perpetual motion into a routine that was cohesive and sometimes even sedately self-revealing.
“He had comedic energy that rebounded through the room,” Mr. Brezner told The New York Times in 1985.
“He had comedic energy that rebounded through the room ,” Mr. Brezner told The New York Times in 1985.
Mr. Brezner’s other films as a producer include “The ’Burbs” (1989), starring Tom Hanks ; “Coupe de Ville” (1990), starring Patrick Dempsey; and “Angie” (1994), starring Geena Davis.
Mr. Brezner’s other films as a producer include “ The ’Burbs ” (1989), starring Tom Hanks; “Coupe de Ville” (1990), starring Patrick Dempsey; and “Angie” (1994), starring Geena Davis.
Mr. Brezner’s first marriage, to the singer and songwriter Melissa Manchester, whom he met when she appeared at his coffeehouse and whom he managed for a time, ended in divorce; he was also divorced from his second wife, Bett Zimmerman.
Mr. Brezner’s first marriage, to the singer and songwriter Melissa Manchester, whom he met when she appeared at his coffeehouse and whom he managed for a time, ended in divorce; he was also divorced from his second wife, Bett Zimmerman .
His survivors include his third wife, Dominique Cohen-Brezner; a brother, Jeff ; and two daughters from his marriage to Ms. Zimmerman, Lauren Azbill and China Brezner.
Another was Russia, where Ukraine’s entry into NATO has always been a red flag.
When the Ukrainian Parliament voted , the reaction in Moscow was swift.
Another was Russia, where Ukraine’s entry into NATO has always been a red flag .
When the Ukrainian Parliament voted, the reaction in Moscow was swift .
In a separate attraction, NEON is partnering with London’s Whitechapel Gallery to bring together 25 Greek and foreign artists to explore myth, drama, metamorphoses and bioethics through outdoor art projects at the École Française d’Athènes until July 26.
In a separate attraction, NEON is partnering with London’s Whitechapel Gallery to bring together 25 Greek and foreign artists to explore myth, drama, metamorphoses and bioethics through outdoor art projects at the École Française d’Athènes until July 26 .
Other contemporary and historic mash-ups include displays of the finalists for the Deste Prize, which recognizes young Greek artists , at the Museum of Cycladic Art, and the former Sonic Youth frontwoman Kim Gordon’s multiplatform show of paintings and sculpture at the historic Benaki Museum until Aug. 30.
Other contemporary and historic mash-ups include displays of the finalists for the Deste Prize, which recognizes young Greek artists, at the Museum of Cycladic Art, and the former Sonic Youth frontwoman Kim Gordon ’s multiplatform show of paintings and sculpture at the historic Benaki Museum until Aug. 30.
Many of these attractions will fill a vacuum left by the absence of the National Museum of Contemporary Art, which has spent more than a decade in a period of restoration and flux but is not scheduled to reopen until the end of the year.
A wunderkind rapper and spoken word performer equally influenced by Wu-Tang Clan and Joyce, Bukowski and Blake ; an English poet whose musical sense of language bridges the worlds of rap and traditional lyric verse; a fan favorite at the Glastonbury music festival who became the youngest winner of the Ted Hughes poetry prize.
Such dichotomies not only attest to the 29-year-old Kate Tempest ’s gift for shattering — and transcending — convention and conventional genres, but they also underscore the tensions and contradictions that fuel her dynamic art.
Tiresias , the blind seer in Greek mythology who lived as a man and a woman, is the presiding figure in her collection “Hold Your Own,” and the contemporary characters in her dazzling story-poem “Brand New Ancients” are also conflicted beings in search of a self.
Such dichotomies not only attest to the 29 -year-old Kate Tempest’s gift for shattering — and transcending — convention and conventional genres, but they also underscore the tensions and contradictions that fuel her dynamic art.
A wunderkind rapper and spoken word performer equally influenced by Wu-Tang Clan and Joyce, Bukowski and Blake ; an English poet whose musical sense of language bridges the worlds of rap and traditional lyric verse; a fan favorite at the Glastonbury music festival who became the youngest winner of the Ted Hughes poetry prize.
Tiresias , the blind seer in Greek mythology who lived as a man and a woman, is the presiding figure in her collection “Hold Your Own,” and the contemporary characters in her dazzling story-poem “Brand New Ancients” are also conflicted beings in search of a self.
Such dichotomies not only attest to the 29-year-old Kate Tempest ’s gift for shattering — and transcending — convention and conventional genres, but they also underscore the tensions and contradictions that fuel her dynamic art.
They are torn between confidence and self-loathing, between aching loneliness and the tumult of love, between ambition and a revulsion for the phony accouterments of fame.
Tiresias, the blind seer in Greek mythology who lived as a man and a woman, is the presiding figure in her collection “Hold Your Own,” and the contemporary characters in her dazzling story-poem “Brand New Ancients” are also conflicted beings in search of a self.
Myths used to be “the stories we used to explain ourselves,” she observes, and to her, myths, like art, are a way to universalize individual dreams and suffering: They lend continuity and weight to the everyday struggles of life — “deadlines, debts, divorces” — and remind us that every person, every passer-by on the street, has an “epic narrative” within.
At times, the people in “Brand New Ancients” recall the tired denizens of Eliot’s “Unreal City” in “The Waste Land” — which, the reader remembers, also mentions Tiresias, as one who has “perceived the scene, and foretold the rest” — trudging through their tedious day jobs, then trudging home in the twilight hour.
Myths used to be “the stories we used to explain ourselves,” she observes, and to her, myths, like art, are a way to universalize individual dreams and suffering: They lend continuity and weight to the everyday struggles of life — “deadlines, debts, divorces” — and remind us that every person, every passer-by on the street, has an “epic narrative” within.
At times, the people in “Brand New Ancients” recall the tired denizens of Eliot’s “Unreal City” in “The Waste Land” — which, the reader remembers, also mentions Tiresias, as one who has “perceived the scene, and foretold the rest” — trudging through their tedious day jobs, then trudging home in the twilight hour.
At the same time, Ms. Tempest also gives us more intimate portraits of these characters that are reminiscent of Joyce’s “Dubliners.” She provides glimpses of them at many points in their lives — in childhood, youth, middle age, and on the downward curve toward death; and struggling with love and loss and fear and pride.
Writing in language that is, at once, musical and street tough, cadenced and conversational , Ms. Tempest creates portraits that feel both immediate and finely etched.
There’s Kevin, “steady and plain,” and his restless wife, Jane, who’s “ready for change,” and Brian, unhappily married to Mary, with an angry son named Clive.
Writing in language that is, at once, musical and street tough, cadenced and conversational, Ms. Tempest creates portraits that feel both immediate and finely etched. There’s Kevin, “steady and plain,” and his restless wife, Jane, who’s “ready for change,” and Brian, unhappily married to Mary, with an angry son named Clive.
There’s Kevin, “steady and plain,” and his restless wife, Jane, who’s “ready for change,” and Brian, unhappily married to Mary, with an angry son named Clive.
Tommy, gifted and hungry, falls in love with Gloria — “the kind of girl whose scars run deep” — but even as he starts to achieve his dream of becoming an artist, he risks losing everything he’s dreamed of out of carelessness and self-absorption.
Mr. Disisto has sued the Police Department and the city in federal court in Manhattan, charging he was the victim of a false arrest and malicious prosecution .
Mr. Disisto has sued the Police Department and the city in federal court in Manhattan, charging he was the victim of a false arrest and malicious prosecution.
“The officers attacked him and this is borne out entirely by the video evidence from the bar,” said David B. Rankin , a lawyer representing Mr. Disisto.
“The officers attacked him and this is borne out entirely by the video evidence from the bar
The lawsuit also accuses the Police Department of having a “custom and practice” of making retaliatory arrests against people who photograph or videotape police activity.
Officer Munoz, 32, of Suffern , N.Y., pleaded not guilty as he was formally charged before Justice Marcy L. Kahn in State Supreme Court in Manhattan.
Officer Munoz, 32, of Suffern, N.Y., pleaded not guilty as he was formally charged before Justice Marcy L. Kahn in State Supreme Court in Manhattan.
The charges stem from an encounter on March 12 outside La Casa Del Mofongo, a nightspot in Washington Heights, where Officer Munoz arrested Jason Disisto , 21, on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and interfering with a police investigation.
The charges stem from an encounter on March 12 outside La Casa Del Mofongo, a nightspot in Washington Heights, where Officer Munoz arrested Jason Disisto, 21, on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting arrest and interfering with a police investigation .
The officer later said that Mr. Disisto had crouched in a fighting stance , lunged at him and swung a fist before he was arrested.
A New York City police officer who arrested a man as he tried to film him and other officers with a cellphone camera was charged on Tuesday with official misconduct and lying on a criminal complaint.
A New York City police officer who arrested a man as he tried to film him and other officers with a cellphone camera was charged on Tuesday with official misconduct and lying on a criminal complaint.
A New York City police officer who arrested a man as he tried to film him and other officers with a cellphone camera was charged on Tuesday with official misconduct and lying on a criminal complaint.
A New York City police officer who arrested a man as he tried to film him and other officers with a cellphone camera was charged on Tuesday with official misconduct and lying on a criminal complaint.
Mr. Mana, 57, the founder of Moishe’s Moving and Storage , who had recently acquired a significant swath of the Wynwood art district in Miami, paused just long enough to chide his companion: “Pay attention, Michael.”
Mr. Capponi, a 42-year-old bon viveur, developer, night life impresario and champion of humanitarian causes (having made no fewer than 70 trips to Haiti since the island’s 2010 earthquake), had in fact been listening.
The space, which he had constructed with his building partner, Gary Shear , is thriving these days as a hub for power diners.
“It took four months and a lot of getting yelled at.”
The logo and phone number of his company, Mark-1 Plumbing , were still visible on the doors.
A Texas plumber has filed a lawsuit against a car dealership after a used truck he sold showed up on the front lines in Syria being used by Islamist fighters.
After images of the truck appeared online, the plumber, Mark Oberholtzer of Galveston County, claims he lost business and received hundreds of threats that accused him of being a terrorist sympathizer.
Mr. Oberholtzer is seeking more than $1 million in damages, in a lawsuit filed last week, according to his lawyer, Craig Eiland.
In October of that year, the lawsuit said, Mr. Oberholtzer handed over the 2005 Ford F-250 truck to AutoNation Ford Gulf Freeway in Houston as part of a trade-in deal for a newer model.
When Tianjin imposes a strict odd-even license plate driving restriction under orange and red alerts, it does so only in six urban districts.
When Tianjin imposes a strict odd-even license plate driving restriction under orange and red alerts, it does so only in six urban districts.
In Beijing , that restriction, imposed under a red alert, applies to the entire municipal area.
When Tianjin imposes a strict odd-even license plate driving restriction under orange and red alerts, it does so only in six urban districts.
British Airways said a small number of passengers and crew had been taken to the hospital as a precaution.
The aircraft was a 275-seat Boeing 777 , the airline and airport official said.
That flight was scheduled to land at Gatwick Airport at 1:30 p.m. local time on Wednesday.
The airline said it had provided hotels for affected customers and would release more information about the fire , which it described as stemming from “a technical issue,” on its website, ba.com.
McCarran International Airport’s three remaining runways were operating normally, airport officials said.
But since Mr. Trump’s response to the Dec. 2 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, Calif. , Mrs. Clinton and her campaign, confounded by his continued strength in the polls, have had to rethink how they handle Mr. Trump and what his candidacy, and the anger in the electorate that has fueled it, means for her chances in 2016.
The remarks bore little resemblance to Mrs. Clinton ’s previous dismissals of Mr. Trump.
Bennie Stickley, a 75-year-old in Gilbertville, Iowa, who retired from a John Deere factory, said he was supporting Mrs. Clinton but agrees with Mr. Trump’s proposal to bar Muslims .
“She’s as amazed as everyone else is” by his staying power, said Edward G. Rendell, a former governor of Pennsylvania , who recently spoke to Mrs. Clinton about Mr. Trump.
Moments later, when a college student asked Mrs. Clinton to make a Snapchat video saying, “You’re fired, Donald Trump,” she demurred.
On Thursday night , when asked about Mr. Trump in an appearance on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” Mrs. Clinton said, “You know, I have to say, Seth.
Mrs. Clinton is not the only Democrat struggling to settle on a strategy for responding to Mr. Trump’s campaign, the unpredictable Republican race and what Mr. Trump’s appeal says about the mood of the electorate.
On Thursday night, when asked about Mr. Trump in an appearance on NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers ,” Mrs. Clinton said, “You know, I have to say, Seth.
Moments later, when a college student asked Mrs. Clinton to make a Snapchat video saying, “You’re fired, Donald Trump,” she demurred.
Many of Mrs. Clinton’s advisers say they still doubt Mr. Trump will be the Republican nominee, but they have contemplated what it would mean for Mrs. Clinton, a policy wonk known for her 12-point plans to approach problems, to run against the visceral Mr. Trump, said several of those advisers who insisted on anonymity to discuss private conversations.
Many of Mrs. Clinton’s advisers say they still doubt Mr. Trump will be the Republican nominee, but they have contemplated what it would mean for Mrs. Clinton, a policy wonk known for her 12-point plans to approach problems, to run against the visceral Mr. Trump, said several of those advisers who insisted on anonymity to discuss private conversations.
Many of Mrs. Clinton’s advisers say they still doubt Mr. Trump will be the Republican nominee , but they have contemplated what it would mean for Mrs. Clinton, a policy wonk known for her 12-point plans to approach problems, to run against the visceral Mr. Trump, said several of those advisers who insisted on anonymity to discuss private conversations.
Many of Mrs. Clinton’s advisers say they still doubt Mr. Trump will be the Republican nominee, but they have contemplated what it would mean for Mrs. Clinton, a policy wonk known for her 12-point plans to approach problems, to run against the visceral Mr. Trump, said several of those advisers who insisted on anonymity to discuss private conversations.
MOSCOW —  In recent years, trade relations between Russia and the Netherlands have at times blossomed and at times wilted.
This summer they went up in smoke.
A week after Russia began burning and burying Europe an food items like cheese and peaches deemed to have been imported illegally, Russian agricultural inspectors started torching flowers from the Netherlands that they said were insect ridden, in what has become known locally as the flower war.
While similar to the food demolition, which brought widespread outrage as well as the production of satirical videos like the popular “Death of a Parmesan ,” the politics behind the flower war are distinct.
A week after Russia began burning and burying European food items like cheese and peaches deemed to have been imported illegally, Russian agricultural inspectors started torching flowers from the Netherlands that they said were insect ridden, in what has become known locally as the flower war.
The tit for tat has been so obvious that even pro-Kremlin commentators have dropped the pretense, saying the flower burning is intended as a warning to the Netherlands over risks to trade if the investigation proceeds unfavorably for Russia.
“This is connected to the Malaysian Boeing ,” Sergei A. Markov, a former member of Parliament in the pro-government United Russia party, said in a telephone interview.
“This is connected to the Malaysian Boeing,” Sergei A. Markov , a former member of Parliament in the pro-government United Russia party, said in a telephone interview.
“This is connected to the Malaysian Boeing,” Sergei A. Markov, a former member of Parliament in the pro-government United Russia party, said in a telephone interview.
The tit for tat has been so obvious that even pro-Kremlin commentators have dropped the pretense, saying the flower burning is intended as a warning to the Netherlands over risks to trade if the investigation proceeds unfavorably for Russia .
Lex van Horssen, a spokesman at FloraHolland , the Netherlands’ largest flower auction house, declined to speculate on the coincidence of the flower burning in Russia and Dutch progress in investigating the plane crash.
Lex van Horssen, a spokesman at FloraHolland, the Netherlands’ largest flower auction house, declined to speculate on the coincidence of the flower burning in Russia and Dutch progress in investigating the plane crash.
Lex van Horssen, a spokesman at FloraHolland, the Netherlands’ largest flower auction house, declined to speculate on the coincidence of the flower burning in Russia and Dutch progress in investigating the plane crash.
“To be quite honest, we have a business to run, and that is something different than the political situation,” Mr. van Horssen said.
“To be quite honest, we have a business to run, and that is something different than the political situation
About 40 percent of all systems installed in New York are on Long Island, according to the state’s Energy Research and Development Authority.
Arthur Wilson , a builder developing five homes (all presold) with geothermal and solar panels in Middle Island on Long Island, has had his own issues with lenders.
Arthur Wilson, a builder developing five homes (all presold) with geothermal and solar panels in Middle Island on Long Island, has had his own issues with lenders.
Long Island’s high electric costs have made it an attractive market for solar.
But, he added, most lenders haven’t yet recognized that market shift.
Luciana Achugar (through Dec. 19)
Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center , 280 Broadway, near Chambers Street, Lower Manhattan, 646-837-6809, gibneydance.org.
The next and perhaps final phase is “An Epilogue for Otro Teatro: True Love,” which takes over a studio at Gibney Dance’s downtown location for three hours at a time.
Thursdays through Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center, 280 Broadway, near Chambers Street, Lower Manhattan , 646-837-6809, gibneydance.org.
Dancing Korea (Friday through Sunday)
Each of the three programs offers a different configuration of artists, who include Goblin Party, Ju Bin Kim, Youn Puluem, Won Kim, Moonsuk Choi, Suksoon Jung, Moon Ei Lee and Eun-Me Ahn.
This showcase of artists and companies from Korea presents both traditional and contemporary dance of that country, selected and supported by a group of Korean cultural institutions.
Each of the three programs offers a different configuration of artists, who include Goblin Party, Ju Bin Kim, Youn Puluem, Won Kim, Moonsuk Choi, Suksoon Jung, Moon Ei Lee and Eun-Me Ahn .
The N.D.S. arrested a number of men in the crowd, including the butcher believed to have stabbed the soldier, said Mr. Khan and other witnesses.
The N.D.S. arrested a number of men in the crowd, including the butcher believed to have stabbed the soldier, said Mr. Khan and other witnesses.
A spokesman for the American-led coalition, Col. Brian Tribus , said the episode was under investigation.
The suicide bombing wounded at least 22 people and killed one, said a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Sediq Sediqqi.
The suicide bombing wounded at least 22 people and killed one, said a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Sediq Sediqqi .
“Our development office has these clap per doodads, like you use on New Year’s Eve, and we clap them whenever we get a success,” the Girl Scouts’ area chief executive, Megan Ferland, recalled with a chuckle.
That day, she said, “the clappers were going crazy.” One hundred thousand dollars was a big donation for the council, which represents about 25,500 girls in 17 counties in the western part of Washington State.
“Our development office has these clapper doodads, like you use on New Year’s Eve, and we clap them whenever we get a success,” the Girl Scouts’ area chief executive, Megan Ferland , recalled with a chuckle.
One hundred thousand dollars was a big donation for the council, which represents about 25,500 girls in 17 counties in the western part of Washington State.
One hundred thousand dollars was a big donation for the council, which represents about 25,500 girls in 17 counties in the western part of Washington State.
the $100,000 a donor asked us to return because we welcome transgender girls,” read the headline on the page, which included a video about the Girl Scouts’ commitment to inclusivity.
“Help us raise back the $100,000 a donor asked us to return because we welcome transgender girls ,” read the headline on the page, which included a video about the Girl Scouts’ commitment to inclusivity.
In a little over five hours , Ms. Ferland says, the site had already received over $100,000 in donations.
By the time the fund-raising effort was concluded a month later, the organization had raised $365,573 .
“The lesson for the fund-raising community is that if you’re interested in accessing the L.G.B.T. market, your values have to be those of inclusiveness,” says Mickey MacIntyre of realChange Partners, a consultant for nonprofits, focusing on L.G.B.T. issues.
Andrew Watt , president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, also says he believes that any hesitation to court the L.G.B.T. community as a source of donations, for fear of negative reactions or unwelcome perceptions, is vanishing.
the L.G.B.T. community as a source of donations, for fear of negative reactions or unwelcome perceptions, is vanishing.
But it most certainly was an issue for Gordon College, a multidenominational Christian liberal arts college in Wenham, Mass.
But it most certainly was an issue for Gordon College, a multidenominational Christian liberal arts college in Wenham, Mass. Like the Girl Scouts, the college said it was acting in accordance with its core beliefs when, in July 2014, the college’s president, D. Michael Lindsay, along with 13 other evangelical and Roman Catholic leaders, signed a letter to the White House, asking for a religious exemption from a planned order barring federal contractors from discriminating in hiring on the basis of sexual orientation.
But it most certainly was an issue for Gordon College , a multidenominational Christian liberal arts college in Wenham, Mass.
(Germany was the top marketplace until Indonesia slid past it two years ago.)
And, as in 1960s America , many women stay at home to keep house and raise their children, creating a captive audience for parties run by saleswomen who have begun to sidle past conservative social mores and into the work force.
( Germany was the top marketplace until Indonesia slid past it two years ago.)
As the economy has taken off in recent years, an expanding middle class now has more disposable income for containers of all shapes and sizes that are sturdier than those found in local markets.
For some women who choose to join the salesteam, the company has provided a way out of poverty — about half the population lives on less than $2 a day — and prescribed social roles.
The country’s 1974 Marriage Law states that the husband is the head of the family and the wife is the caretaker.
The company has a campaign called “ Chain of Confidence ,” in which it posts video interviews of saleswomen talking about how their lives have changed for the better.
“Everyone talks about how the dynamism of Asia is the emerging middle class, and the emerging middle class is driven by women who previously didn’t have the opportunity,” said Rick Goings , global chairman and chief executive of Tupperware Brands Corporation.
Four years ago, the 39 -year-old wife and mother of a young son began looking for solutions after growing tired of her family’s living paycheck to paycheck from her husband’s job.
In a testimonial for “ Chain of Confidence ,” Ms. Upi said that when she started out as a Tupperware saleswoman, she had to deliver products to customers using public transportation minivans.
Six years ago, she was trying to keep afloat a restaurant that she ran in South Jakarta with her husband.
In a testimonial for “Chain of Confidence,” Ms. Upi said that when she started out as a Tupperware saleswoman, she had to deliver products to customers using public transportation minivans .
But within two years, she says, she was earning enough that she bought a new car and a house .
The unemployment rate was unchanged at 5 percent, and average hourly earnings rose 0.2 percent last month, both identical to the forecasters’ projections.
Another report earlier in the week that suggested that the manufacturing sector was contracting looks to be an outlier.
The unemployment rate was unchanged at 5 percent, and average hourly earnings rose 0.2 percent last month, both identical to the forecasters’ projections.
Economists thought the nation added 200,000 jobs in November; the Bureau of Labor Statistics ’ best guess in the jobs report released Friday morning was 211,000.
The unemployment rate was unchanged at 5 percent, and average hourly earnings rose 0.2 percent last month, both identical to the forecasters’ projections.
Meaning, the question now turns from “when will they first raise rates ?” to “when will they raise rates after that?”
Fed officials keep saying they are data-dependent in their policy choice, and this data backs up the idea that the United States economy is fundamentally in pretty decent shape, with consistent job growth and a low enough unemployment rate that employers are starting to offer workers higher raises .
Fed officials keep saying they are data-dependent in their policy choice, and this data backs up the idea that the United States economy is fundamentally in pretty decent shape, with consistent job growth and a low enough unemployment rate that employers are starting to offer workers higher raises.
a low enough unemployment rate that employers are starting to offer workers higher raises.
Fed officials keep saying they are data-dependent in their policy choice, and this data backs up the idea that the United States economy is fundamentally in pretty decent shape , with consistent job growth and a low enough unemployment rate that employers are starting to offer workers higher raises.
Consider one of the great weaknesses of the economy the last few years: the millions of people who left the labor force entirely during the last recession and have not returned, many of them of prime working age.
The ratio of the population working was unchanged at 59.3 percent, which is only a tenth of a percentage point higher than it was a year earlier.
And average hourly earnings rose 0.2 percent , which was what forecasters expected but also doesn’t suggest that wage inflation is starting to break out.
The new numbers don’t offer much sense of progress .
That number is up 2.3 percent over the last year, which is hardly the stuff that would fuel fears of excessive inflation .
In an apparent response to the Obama administration’s recent decision to ban certain Venezuelan officials suspected of human rights violations from traveling to the United States, Mr. Maduro unveiled a no-fly list of his own , declaring former President George W. Bush; former Vice President Dick Cheney; and George Tenet, a former director of the C.I.A., personae non gratae.
In an apparent response to the Obama administration’s recent decision to ban certain Venezuelan officials suspected of human rights violations from traveling to the United States, Mr. Maduro unveiled a no-fly list of his own, declaring former President George W. Bush; former Vice President Dick Cheney; and George Tenet, a former director of the C.I.A., personae non gratae .
For good measure, Mr. Maduro warned that the American diplomats who remained in Venezuela must clear any meetings, presumably with anyone, with his government. The moves are meant to combat “imperialist aggression,” he told a throng of supporters on Saturday during a rambling, effusive speech.
The moves are meant to combat “imperialist aggression,” he told a throng of supporters on Saturday during a rambling, effusive speech.
In an apparent response to the Obama administration’s recent decision to ban certain Venezuelan officials suspected of human rights violations from traveling to the United States, Mr. Maduro unveiled a no-fly list of his own, declaring former President George W. Bush; former Vice President Dick Cheney; and George Tenet, a former director of the C.I.A., personae non gratae.
Mr. Maduro’s theatrics came as antigovernment demonstrators took to the streets in the western city of San Cristóbal to denounce the death of a 14-year-old who was fatally shot last week during a protest.
Vilifying Americans during a time of growing unrest and a deepening economic crisis might galvanize his base in the short term, but over the long haul it can only damage his government.
Mr. Maduro’s theatrics came as antigovernment demonstrators took to the streets in the western city of San Cristóbal to denounce the death of a 14-year-old who was fatally shot last week during a protest.
Vilifying Americans during a time of growing unrest and a deepening economic crisis might galvanize his base in the short term, but over the long haul it can only damage his government.
And history is likely to record it as yet another self-inflicted wound by a leader whose relatively short time in power has been characterized by impulsive, erratic and vengeful behavior.
SAN PEDRO, Calif. —  The boat stopped 300 yards off San Nicolas Island at 5:30 a.m. Monday, and Zach Jirkovsky was among those who stirred from his bunk.
SAN PEDRO, Calif. —  The boat stopped 300 yards off San Nicolas Island at 5:30 a.m. Monday, and Zach Jirkovsky was among those who stirred from his bunk.
SAN PEDRO, Calif. —  The boat stopped 300 yards off San Nicolas Island at 5:30 a.m. Monday, and Zach Jirkovsky was among those who stirred from his bunk.
An environmental engineer, he had been to the island two years before for work, and ever since, he had been thinking about a return trip and about swimming the 70-mile channel back to the Southern California mainland.
Stewart stayed in water waist deep as Jirkovsky emerged from the sea at Cissy Cove, greeted by three sailors, all armed.
Stewart stayed in water waist deep as Jirkovsky emerged from the sea at Cissy Cove, greeted by three sailors, all armed.
Channel swimmers must begin “ toes dry, ” and Jirkovsky took several steps beyond the tide line to make sure the swim would qualify.
If all went according to plan, within 36 hours , they would make open-water swimming history.
Jirkovsky and Stewart swam back toward the boat, and only Stewart got out.
Each would swim for an hour before yielding to the next, and for the crossing to qualify officially, the team would have to maintain that order, and each athlete would have to spend an hour in the water when the time came.
After an hour, the team’s leader and coach, Jim McConica, 64, jumped in — the first shift change.
After an hour, the team’s leader and coach, Jim McConica, 64 , jumped in — the first shift change.
But the shark disappeared, the current turned at midmorning Tuesday, and for the final five hours of the swim, the athletes swam with the current , their every stroke infused with the momentum of the ocean.
Warmuth took the final shift as the Deep Enders closed in on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Warmuth took the final shift as the Deep Enders closed in on the Palos Verdes Peninsula .
At 4:52 p.m. Tuesday — 33 hours 37 minutes 26 seconds after the relay began — Warmuth took the required three steps clear of the tide line, not far from the Terranea Resort, in Rancho Palos Verdes.
The United States defended its women’s world hockey championship with a 7-5 victory over Canada in the final in Malmo, Sweden.
The United States defended its women’s world hockey championship with a 7-5 victory over Canada in the final in Malmo, Sweden.
The United States defended its women’s world hockey championship with a 7-5 victory over Canada in the final in Malmo, Sweden .
Brianna Decker and Kendall Coyne scored for the United States in the third period after the Americans blew a 5-2 lead.
The United States has won five of the last six world titles.
Four years after leaving Syria with his parents and arriving in Germany at age 17 , he had received his German passport and the news that he had passed his first major exam in medical school on the same day.
Some even look to Britain, where Prime Minister David Cameron has described them as “swarms.”
Mr. Douba’s mother, Adiba Hamed , who, like him, spoke no German when they emigrated shortly before war broke out at home, recently qualified to teach German as a second language.
In the words of Chancellor Angela Merkel , whose apparent mercilessness during the Greek bailout talks prompted mocked-up photographs of her dressed in Nazi uniform: “The world sees Germany as a country of hope and opportunity, and that was certainly not always the case.”
In the words of Chancellor Angela Merkel , whose apparent mercilessness during the Greek bailout talks prompted mocked-up photographs of her dressed in Nazi uniform: “The world sees Germany as a country of hope and opportunity, and that was certainly not always the case.”
But the images of migrants chanting “ Germany , Germany” as they weave their way across the Continent toward their new promised land have moved many in a country that has for decades been trying to atone for the genocide it committed in World War II.
But the images of migrants chanting “ Germany , Germany” as they weave their way across the Continent toward their new promised land have moved many in a country that has for decades been trying to atone for the genocide it committed in World War II.
Europe is once again wary of Germany .
Such talk does not bother Moussa Mohammad, a cardiologist and father of four from Dara’a, Syria , who received refugee status in Germany in February.
Such talk does not bother Moussa Mohammad, a cardiologist and father of four from Dara’a, Syria, who received refugee status in Germany in February.
Such talk does not bother Moussa Mohammad, a cardiologist and father of four from Dara’a, Syria, who received refugee status in Germany in February.
Such talk does not bother Moussa Mohammad, a cardiologist and father of four from Dara’a, Syria, who received refugee status in Germany in February .
Misinformation about climate change is distressingly common in the United States — a 2014 Yale study found that 35 percent of Americans believe that global warming is caused mostly by natural phenomena rather than human activity, and 34 percent think there is a lot of disagreement among scientists about whether global warming is even happening.
Misinformation about climate change is distressingly common in the United States — a 2014 Yale study found that 35 percent of Americans believe that global warming is caused mostly by natural phenomena rather than human activity, and 34 percent think there is a lot of disagreement among scientists about whether global warming is even happening.
One way to stop the spread of this misinformation is to teach children about climate change.
Misinformation about climate change is distressingly common in the United States — a 2014 Yale study found that 35 percent of Americans believe that global warming is caused mostly by natural phenomena rather than human activity, and 34 percent think there is a lot of disagreement among scientists about whether global warming is even happening.
Here, at the Music Hall of Williamsburg , he was surrounded by his band in static “Ed Sullivan Show” style, singing songs that recalled the peak Sam Cooke era.
Mr. Bridges has just released his debut album, “Coming Home” (Columbia).
All the parts are there — he recorded his album live to tape, on vintage equipment , with producers obsessed with 1950s soul.
The look was somewhere between 1957 and 1963 , as was the sound.
In between songs, he mumbled words quickly and unintelligibly .
Maybe that’s out of deference to the style, or maybe it’s because Mr. Bridges isn’t yet a fully realized stage performer : He looked reluctant at times, and often the band was clobbering him as he was attempting subtlety.
Maybe that’s out of deference to the style, or maybe it’s because Mr. Bridges isn’t yet a fully realized stage performer: He looked reluctant at times, and often the band was clobbering him as he was attempting subtlety.
In between songs, he mumbled words quickly and unintelligibly.
At the end of his main set — after the sax subsided, after the strolling bass stopped strolling — he stood onstage, clutching an acoustic guitar. Accompanied only by his backup singer, he began to play “River.”
Accompanied only by his backup singer, he began to play “River.”
Accompanied only by his backup singer, he began to play “River.” It’s the final song on his album, and the one on which the allusions to Mr. Cooke are the strongest, taking advantage of the slickness of Mr. Bridges’s voice.
But here, he did something different with it: His voice was raspy, exhausted, unkempt .
Black-and-white images depict daily life — families around the breakfast table, a mother holding an infant, men and women heading off to work — as Mrs. Clinton reminds voters they are “not just electing a president, but a commander in chief.”
Black-and-white images depict daily life — families around the breakfast table, a mother holding an infant, men and women heading off to work — as Mrs. Clinton reminds voters they are “not just electing a president, but a commander in chief.”
Only when she is finally shown delivering the speech, at Mountain View College in Dallas in mid-November, does the black-and-white give way to full color.
Black-and-white images depict daily life — families around the breakfast table, a mother holding an infant, men and women heading off to work — as Mrs. Clinton reminds voters they are “not just electing a president, but a commander in chief.” Photos show her flanked by military officers, and descending alone from her Air Force jet as secretary of state, as she can be heard, as a candidate, emphasizing the need to be “both secure at home and leading the world.”
Only when she is finally shown delivering the speech, at Mountain View College in Dallas in mid-November, does the black-and-white give way to full color.
Almost five years later, there is a different aura surrounding the Mets, who are guaranteed to enter September in first place after a 9 -4 win Wednesday night against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Almost five years later, there is a different aura surrounding the Mets, who are guaranteed to enter September in first place after a 9- 4 win Wednesday night against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Almost five years later, there is a different aura surrounding the Mets , who are guaranteed to enter September in first place after a 9-4 win Wednesday night against the Philadelphia Phillies.
The victory, combined with a loss by the Washington Nationals, gave the Mets a six -and-a-half-game lead in the National League East.
The victory, combined with a loss by the Washington Nationals, gave the Mets a six-and-a-half-game lead in the National League East .
Several Mets, led by Juan Uribe, were singing along to pop songs by the Backstreet Boys , the popular boy band from the late 1990s.
Several Mets, led by Juan Uribe, were singing along to pop songs by the Backstreet Boys, the popular boy band from the late 1990s.
While the Mets were keeping things light, local television and radio broadcasts in Philadelphia were full of speculation about retaliation after tensions flared during the Mets’ win on Tuesday, when Hansel Robles threw a pitch before a Phillies batter was ready.
Several Mets , led by Juan Uribe, were singing along to pop songs by the Backstreet Boys, the popular boy band from the late 1990s.
Several Mets , led by Juan Uribe, were singing along to pop songs by the Backstreet Boys, the popular boy band from the late 1990s.
The damage began with an innocuous fly ball off the bat of Curtis Granderson that was dropped by center fielder Odubel Herrera.
The damage began with an innocuous fly ball off the bat of Curtis Granderson that was dropped by center fielder Odubel Herrera.
The damage began with an innocuous fly ball off the bat of Curtis Granderson that was dropped by center fielder Odubel Herrera .
Granderson later scored , along with Yoenis Cespedes and Michael Cuddyer.
The damage began with an innocuous fly ball off the bat of Curtis Granderson that was dropped by center fielder Odubel Herrera.
After a shaky first inning, where Colon gave up three hits but left undamaged thanks to a double play that he helped start, the pitching coach Dan Warthen implored the 42 -year-old Colon to rely on his changeup and breaking pitches.
After a shaky first inning, where Colon gave up three hits but left undamaged thanks to a double play that he helped start, the pitching coach Dan Warthen implored the 42-year-old Colon to rely on his changeup and breaking pitches.
Colon said after the game through an interpreter that it felt as if he threw more changeups in Wednesday’s game than in any other over his 18-year career, but the strategy was successful.
After a shaky first inning , where Colon gave up three hits but left undamaged thanks to a double play that he helped start, the pitching coach Dan Warthen implored the 42-year-old Colon to rely on his changeup and breaking pitches.
After a shaky first inning, where Colon gave up three hits but left undamaged thanks to a double play that he helped start, the pitching coach Dan Warthen implored the 42-year-old Colon to rely on his changeup and breaking pitches.
At one point he links self-interest with violence .
He comes out against technological advances that will improve productivity by replacing human work.
Within marriage, lust can lead to childbearing .
Within a regulated market, greed can lead to entrepreneurship and economic innovation.
A raw and rugged capitalism in Asia has led, ironically, to a great expansion of the middle class and great gains in human dignity.
You would never know that in many parts of the world, like the United States, the rivers and skies are getting cleaner .
A few years ago, a team of researchers led by Daniel Esty of Yale looked at the environmental health of 150 countries.
The nations with higher income per capita had better environmental ratings.
I’m talking of course about fracking .
A few years ago, a team of researchers led by Daniel Esty of Yale looked at the environmental health of 150 countries.
There was recently a vogue for polemical antifracking documentaries like “ Gasland ” that purport to show that fracking is causing flammable tap water and other horrors.
But a recent Environmental Protection Agency study found that there was no evidence that fracking was causing widespread harm to the nation’s water supply.
That’s because cheap natural gas from fracking displaces coal .
In a new report called “America’s Unconventional Energy Opportunity,” Michael E. Porter, David S. Gee and Gregory J. Pope conclude that gas and oil resources extracted through fracking have already added more than $430 billion to annual gross domestic product and supported more than 2.7 million jobs that pay, on average, twice the median U.S. salary.
A study by the Breakthrough Institute found coal-powered electricity declined to 37 percent from 50 percent of the generation mix between 2007 and 2012.
Pope Francis is a wonderful example of how to be a truly good person.
But if we had followed his line of analysis, neither the Asian economic miracle nor the technology-based American energy revolution would have happened.
There’d be no awareness that though industrialization can lead to catastrophic pollution in the short term (China), over the long haul both people and nature are better off with technological progress, growth and regulated affluence.
There’d be no awareness that though industrialization can lead to catastrophic pollution in the short term (China), over the long haul both people and nature are better off with technological progress, growth and regulated affluence.
There’d be no awareness that though industrialization can lead to catastrophic pollution in the short term ( China ), over the long haul both people and nature are better off with technological progress, growth and regulated affluence.
It was a pseudo-event that was dutifully and excitedly covered by news media and infotainment outfits, despite being just another stop on the rollout for Disney’s “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which, in case you’ve been stuck in another galaxy, opens Dec .
On Sept. 4, at precisely 12:01 a.m., the Walt Disney Company , which now owns Lucasfilm, kicked off a merchandising extravaganza with retailers like Walmart called “Force Friday.”
On Sept. 4 , at precisely 12:01 a.m., the Walt Disney Company, which now owns Lucasfilm, kicked off a merchandising extravaganza with retailers like Walmart called “Force Friday.”
On Sept. 4, at precisely 12:01 a.m., the Walt Disney Company, which now owns Lucasfilm, kicked off a merchandising extravaganza with retailers like Walmart called “ Force Friday .”
Laxman Lal Karna, a Madhesi political leader, said talks would not progress unless a curfew in parts of the southern plains was lifted and soldiers, who have been patrolling some of towns, returned to their barracks. In the past month, at least 36 people have been killed in protests over the draft constitution, including 11 police officers and a 2-year-old child.
Schools, workplaces and shops have been shut for nearly a month in many of the southern districts.
In the past month, at least 36 people have been killed in protests over the draft constitution , including 11 police officers and a 2-year-old child.
In the past month, at least 36 people have been killed in protests over the draft constitution, including 11 police officers and a 2-year-old child .
Schools, workplaces and shops have been shut for nearly a month in many of the southern districts.
That put the seasonally adjusted annual rate at an estimated $1.08 trillion , the highest level since May 2008.
The government said last week that the economy expanded at an annual rate of 3.7 percent in the April-to-June quarter, after edging up just 0.6 percent in the first quarter.
“We expect housing activity will continue to strengthen, underpinning greater residential investment in the coming quarters,” said Gregory Daco, head of United States macroeconomics at the forecasting firm Oxford Economics .
After the construction spending report, analysts at Barclays projected that the economy was on track to grow 2.6 percent in the third quarter and that the second-quarter growth rate would be revised up to 3.8 percent.
After the construction spending report, analysts at Barclays projected that the economy was on track to grow 2.6 percent in the third quarter and that the second-quarter growth rate would be revised up to 3.8 percent .
Spending on government building projects slipped 1 percent , although it has risen over the last year largely because of the construction and maintenance of highways and streets.
Spending on government building projects slipped 1 percent, although it has risen over the last year largely because of the construction and maintenance of highways and streets.
Spending on government building projects slipped 1 percent, although it has risen over the last year largely because of the construction and maintenance of highways and streets.
Spending on government building projects slipped 1 percent, although it has risen over the last year largely because of the construction and maintenance of highways and streets.
The war against radical Islamic militancy is not our fight .
In the end, only Muslims can determine the outcome .
It is a struggle among Muslims for the soul and the future of the Muslim world .
But we should not try to win on our own what only local forces can sustain, particularly when our effort to help only makes their success less likely .
The extremists may pose a fundamental danger to the moderate majority in much of the Muslim world; but very few American civilians have fallen victim to Islamic terror since 9/11, and Shariah is unlikely to be imposed in Texas.
Several reality series, some still in the planning stages, are centered on transgender people, like TLC’s “All That Jazz,” about the teenage transgender activist Jazz Jennings , and VH1’s “TransAmerica,” about the model and activist Carmen Carrera.
Several reality series, some still in the planning stages, are centered on transgender people, like TLC ’s “All That Jazz,” about the teenage transgender activist Jazz Jennings, and VH1’s “TransAmerica,” about the model and activist Carmen Carrera.
Several reality series, some still in the planning stages, are centered on transgender people, like TLC’s “All That Jazz,” about the teenage transgender activist Jazz Jennings, and VH1 ’s “TransAmerica,” about the model and activist Carmen Carrera.
Nick Adams , the director of programs for transgender media at the gay rights organization Glaad, said that any time a transgender celebrity comes forward with his or her story, “it goes a very long way toward educating people about who we are and the challenges that we face.”
There’s a sentiment pervasive among the people I know that one should not talk about work while socializing.
By Alice Gregory Doing something for 40-plus hours a week will determine a great deal of what goes on in your mind.
Religion is not off limits, politics is not off limits, but work most definitely is.
In her recently published diary, “The Folded Clock,” the novelist Heidi Julavits writes: “I prefer to have dinner parties where nobody talks about their careers.
DeWitt’s satirical prose , which is rich in italics and ridden with corporate platitudes, succeeds in the unlikely task of getting the reader both to laugh with derision and to agree, however reluctantly, with the optimism and sick logic of our protagonist.
Like the authors of the best science fiction, DeWitt applies logistical rigor to a riotously imaginative premise.
Almost nothing is more satisfying than observing improvement .
Like the authors of the best science fiction, DeWitt applies logistical rigor to a riotously imaginative premise.
Literature has given us especially brilliant stories about office work — “Bartleby the Scrivener,” by Melville; “Something Happened,” by Joseph Heller; “Then We Came to the End,” by Joshua Ferris — and, also, oddly enough, about working in hotels: “An American Tragedy,” by Theodore Dreiser; “I Served the King of England,” by Bohumil Hrabal; “Confessions of Felix Krull,” by Thomas Mann .
His nephew tells the story of how once after a dinner, when a book was being read aloud and another diner interrupted to correct the reader’s pronunciation of a word, Pliny the Elder scolded him: “We have lost more than 10 lines through your interruption.”
Literature has given us especially brilliant stories about office work — “Bartleby the Scrivener,” by Melville; “Something Happened,” by Joseph Heller; “Then We Came to the End,” by Joshua Ferris — and, also, oddly enough, about working in hotels: “ An American Tragedy ,” by Theodore Dreiser; “I Served the King of England,” by Bohumil Hrabal; “Confessions of Felix Krull,” by Thomas Mann.
Literature has given us especially brilliant stories about office work — “Bartleby the Scrivener,” by Melville; “Something Happened,” by Joseph Heller; “Then We Came to the End,” by Joshua Ferris — and, also, oddly enough, about working in hotels: “An American Tragedy,” by Theodore Dreiser ; “I Served the King of England,” by Bohumil Hrabal; “Confessions of Felix Krull,” by Thomas Mann.
I confess I use these “work” books the way other people use alcohol or exercise or SSRIs or sleeping pills — I turn to them for an altered state .
I confess I use these “work” books the way other people use alcohol or exercise or SSRIs or sleeping pills — I turn to them for an altered state.
Opening “ Wild Talents ” to a random page, I find Fort narrating how as a kid he had run out of everything but peach labels for the tinned food at his parents’ store, and so labeled all the tins — from tins of plums to tins of string beans — as peaches.
Opening “Wild Talents” to a random page, I find Fort narrating how as a kid he had run out of everything but peach labels for the tinned food at his parents’ store, and so labeled all the tins — from tins of plums to tins of string beans — as peaches.
Her debut novel, the critically acclaimed “ Atmospheric Disturbances ,” was published in 2008.
Of bears , he says: “When first born, they are shapeless masses of white flesh, a little larger than mice; their claws alone being prominent.
Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in numerous publications, including Harper’s and The New Yorker, which selected her for their list of “20 Under 40” American fiction writers in 2010.
He then goes on to describe the babies of the human species: “Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught; he can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and, in short, he can do nothing, at the prompting of nature only, but weep.”
When Goldberg er describes how Goldberg became Gehry, he portrays a blend of someone who manipulates and is manipulated.
When Goldberger describes how Goldberg became Gehry, he portrays a blend of someone who manipulates and is manipulated.
But Anita , the woman he had recently married, insisted.
She was Jewish too, but her maiden name of “Snyder” had been less telling, and she had no use for “Goldberg.” Frank’s mother sided with Anita; his father objected.
Frank’s mother sided with Anita; his father objected.
It would create the world’s largest maker of A.T.M.s and extend the reach of the two companies: Diebold is strong in the Americas, and Wincor Nixdorf is strong in Europe.
The transaction valued Wincor Nixdorf at 1.7 billion euros , or about $1.8 billion, including debt.
The transaction valued Wincor Nixdorf at 1.7 billion euros, or about $1.8 billion, including debt.
The transaction valued Wincor Nixdorf at 1.7 billion euros, or about $1.8 billion, including debt.
Under the terms of the deal, Diebold said it would pay about €52.50 a share for Wincor Nixdorf in cash and stock, representing a 35 percent premium over Wincor Nixdorf’s closing price in mid-October, when the companies confirmed they were in talks.
Mr. Mattes would serve as chief executive of the combined company, while Eckard Heidloff, the Wincor Nixdorf chief executive, would be its president.
The transaction requires Wincor Nixdorf’s investors to agree to sell at least 67.6 percent of the company’s outstanding shares to Diebold and is subject to regulatory approval.
Mr. Mattes would serve as chief executive of the combined company, while Eckard Heidloff , the Wincor Nixdorf chief executive, would be its president.
The company would be called Diebold Nixdorf and have its registered offices in North Canton, Ohio.
The company would be called Diebold Nixdorf and have its registered offices in North Canton, Ohio .
“The Birth of the World,” Joan Miró’s clairvoyant masterpiece from 1927 , presaged much of postwar American painting — the early date can elicit a double take when you see it at the Museum of Modern Art.
“ The Birth of the World ,” Joan Miró’s clairvoyant masterpiece from 1927, presaged much of postwar American painting — the early date can elicit a double take when you see it at the Museum of Modern Art.
“ Bird in the Night ” is spareness itself: not much more than an open black ovoid and a looping red wishbone that effortlessly summon nest, egg and occupant.
The ensemble enlarges and contemporizes Miró, especially in a commercial gallery’s relatively intimate viewing conditions.
So when Miró (1893-1983) took tips from the Abstract Expressionists on his first trip to New York in 1947 and again in 1959 , he was learning from artists who had already learned from him.
“I played 27 more tests than I ever thought I would,” Harris said Saturday.
His departure robs Australia of its one bowler who has proved effective in English conditions, as he was its leading wicket-taker in England in 2013.
“I relished every single moment of them .”
Harris, 35 , was a subtle craftsmen among a clutch of flamethrowers, relying on control and variation.
Harris, 35 , was a subtle craftsmen among a clutch of flamethrowers, relying on control and variation.
England’s under-fire test captain, Alastair Cook , returned to form as a batsman.
“I think Alastair is at a phase of his career where he is not afraid to try new things to try and get success,” said his predecessor as captain, Andrew Strauss , who now is England’s director of cricket.
England’s under-fire test captain, Alastair Cook, returned to form as a batsman .
Often criticized for his ultra-orthodox leadership , he also showed signs of greater tactical imagination.
“I think Alastair is at a phase of his career where he is not afraid to try new things to try and get success,” said his predecessor as captain, Andrew Strauss, who now is England’s director of cricket .
And so it’s just passé at this juncture,” said Scott Flanders , Playboy’s chief executive.
I was thinking about my friend when I read the news that Playboy, the venerable purveyor of celebrity interviews, literary fiction and female nudity, had decided to stop publishing pictures of naked ladies .
With a once-mighty circulation of 5.6 million now hovering around 800,000 , Playboy has been left with no choice but to put on its big-girl panties and try to compete with other glossy lad mags and their versions of the Good Life.
With a once-mighty circulation of 5.6 million now hovering around 800,000, Playboy has been left with no choice but to put on its big-girl panties and try to compete with other glossy lad mags and their versions of the Good Life.
And so it’s just passé at this juncture,” said Scott Flanders, Playboy’s chief executive .
“Never budges, stays the course.” Eli Manning disagreed with the part about Coughlin always being on an even keel — “Sometimes he can get a little animated, and he’ll get fired up” — but he said the larger point was that Coughlin had seen enough slow starts to drive his teams through the darkness.
Players said Coughlin played a significant role this week in keeping despair out of the locker room.
Players said Coughlin played a significant role this week in keeping despair out of the locker room.
“He’s the same man every single day,” running back Rashad Jennings said.
More critically, on Snyder’s watch, Washington has seemingly ruined quarterback Robert Griffin III.
The only thing Snyder has not changed — and the one thing he should — is his team’s offensive nickname. “ Redskins ” has become a weight that hangs around the franchise’s neck like a yoke.
So far, that effort has seen him burn through eight head coaches and more than a dozen starting quarterbacks.
So far, that effort has seen him burn through eight head coaches and more than a dozen starting quarterback s. The only thing Snyder has not changed — and the one thing he should — is his team’s offensive nickname.
While the Giants are methodical, embracing change with the speed of a glacier, Snyder has presided over change after change in futile pursuit of buying, leasing or renting a championship.
With control of the Senate up for grabs in 2016, Senate Republicans have spent the year trying to prove Mr. Frank wrong.
And Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky , the majority leader, believes they have been pretty good at it — particularly when measured against the vicious stalemate of the previous four years.
And Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader , believes they have been pretty good at it — particularly when measured against the vicious stalemate of the previous four years.
And Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the majority leader, believes they have been pretty good at it — particularly when measured against the vicious stalemate of the previous four years.
“I think the Senate is functioning again and producing results ,” Mr. McConnell said in an interview as he assessed 2015 and looked ahead to a challenging election cycle that could quickly end his control of the Senate agenda if the public disagrees with his take.
Democrats also say that Mr. McConnell benefited from the pent-up demand he helped create by bottling up so much legislation as the leader of the minority.
Undaunted, he points to the list of bills and the much more frequent votes on amendments — more than 200 this year, compared with 15 in 2014 — as irrefutable evidence of his success.
“I stand on the facts ,” said Mr. McConnell, who said his main strategic decision was to find issues that both sides could compromise on, rather than digging in for partisan disputes where common ground could never be found.
“I stand on the facts,” said Mr. McConnell, who said his main strategic decision was to find issues that both sides could compromise on , rather than digging in for partisan disputes where common ground could never be found.
“I stand on the facts,” said Mr. McConnell, who said his main strategic decision was to find issues that both sides could compromise on, rather than digging in for partisan disputes where common ground could never be found .
that Barack Obama is actually president might cheer some Democrats.
He told The Washington Post that the White House shouldn’t push the new Pacific trade pact until a lame-duck session next year — if at all — before the president leaves office.
A die-hard protector of his state’s coal industry , Mr. McConnell immediately dismissed the new Paris climate change accord as nothing more than a “long-term planning document.”
A die-hard protector of his state’s coal industry, Mr. McConnell immediately dismissed the new Paris climate change accord as nothing more than a “long-term planning document .”
Mr. McConnell’s acknowledgment that Barack Obama is actually president might cheer some Democrats .
“Hopefully we will not see some new excuse for not doing the basic work of government because we have already agreed on how much we are going to spend. ” Mr. McConnell considered the appropriations fight a low point in the year, while he rated his chief victory the mere fact that the Senate showed actual signs of life.
Mr. McConnell considered the appropriations fight a low point in the year , while he rated his chief victory the mere fact that the Senate showed actual signs of life.
“It has been a mess for a very long time under majorities of both parties, and I am going to try very hard to fix that next year,” Mr. McConnell said as he warned Democrats against trying the same tactic again .
that the Senate showed actual signs of life .
“We have demonstrated that if you open the place up, give people the opportunity to participate, they will cooperate in getting an outcome in a body that requires fairly significant bipartisan buy-in to get somewhere,” he said.
LONDON — What’s being billed as the future of skin care starts suspiciously like a visit to the dentist: with a mouthwash gargle .
That’s to eliminate debris that may interfere with a good saliva sample, from which DNA will be extracted and serums tailored to one’s genetic blueprint.
The test is from a company called GeneU (pronounced “gene you”) and performed at its nine-month-old shop on New Bond Street, which looks like a cross between a science fiction movie set and a silver-gray-and-red-dipped Apple store — perhaps fittingly, because the DNA test is done by a flash-drive-size microchip.
Unlike other DNA tests, which are sent to labs and take at least two weeks to complete, GeneU’s in-store test is done in 30 minutes .
The test is from a company called GeneU (pronounced “gene you”) and performed at its nine-month-old shop on New Bond Street , which looks like a cross between a science fiction movie set and a silver-gray-and-red-dipped Apple store — perhaps fittingly, because the DNA test is done by a flash-drive-size microchip.
The Gaming Facility Location Board reviewed 16 proposals for casino resorts in three regions north and west of New York City and recommended licenses for three projects on Dec. 17, but rebuffed two from the Southern Tier that it said were not viable.
But after hearing criticism from elected officials and local residents, Mr. Cuomo asked the board to consider a new round of bidding for a casino license specifically for the Southern Tier.
The Gaming Facility Location Board reviewed 16 proposals for casino resorts in three regions north and west of New York City and recommended licenses for three projects on Dec. 17, but rebuffed two from the Southern Tier that it said were not viable.
At a board meeting Tuesday, Kevin Law , the chairman, said that he saw “no harm” in soliciting new proposals solely for the Southern Tier, as the governor suggested.
Governor Cuomo initially supported the decision, saying that a casino was not likely to spur economic development in the relatively sparsely populated area near Binghamton.
But after hearing criticism from elected officials and local residents , Mr. Cuomo asked the board to consider a new round of bidding for a casino license specifically for the Southern Tier.
At a board meeting Tuesday, Kevin Law , the chairman, said that he saw “no harm” in soliciting new proposals solely for the Southern Tier, as the governor suggested.
The Gaming Facility Location Board reviewed 16 proposals for casino resorts in three regions north and west of New York City and recommended licenses for three projects on Dec. 17, but rebuffed two from the Southern Tier that it said were not viable.
But after hearing criticism from elected officials and local residents, Mr. Cuomo asked the board to consider a new round of bidding for a casino license specifically for the Southern Tier.
State legislation allows for up to four casino licenses outside of the New York City area.
But in recommending only three projects for a license last month, the board warned about the possibility of cannibalizing an already crowded gambling market in the Northeast.
But in recommending only three projects for a license last month, the board warned about the possibility of cannibalizing an already crowded gambling market in the Northeast .
At the meeting, Mr. Law noted that the board “never said” that two casinos in the Southern Tier-Finger Lakes region could not work.
At the meeting, Mr. Law noted that the board “never said” that two casinos in the Southern Tier-Finger Lakes region could not work. But he and the other members of the board emphasized that the new proposals had to be an improvement on the earlier projects.
State legislation allows for up to four casino licenses outside of the New York City area. But in recommending only three projects for a license last month, the board warned about the possibility of cannibalizing an already crowded gambling market in the Northeast.
But he and the other members of the board emphasized that the new proposals had to be an improvement on the earlier projects .
But in recommending only three projects for a license last month, the board warned about the possibility of cannibalizing an already crowded gambling market in the Northeast.
The board could still decide not to award a license.
But the Southern Tier is not the only area with impoverished communities hoping that a casino, or any other initiative, would spur a reversal of fortunes.
Judith L. Kennedy, the mayor of Newburgh, 70 miles north of New York City, sent a letter on Tuesday expressing “strenuous objections” that her onetime industrial city had been excluded from consideration for a fourth casino license .
The unemployment rate in Newburgh is 8.5 percent, a good deal higher than the Southern Tier .
The developers behind a proposed $640 million casino project on the grounds of the now-defunct Nevele resort in the Catskills also asked for equal consideration for the fourth license, which they say is the “last chance for Ellenville and for the iconic resort.”
The developer told the Gaming Commission that it was negotiating with a strong company, RatPac Entertainment — a joint venture of Brett Ratner, a Hollywood producer, and James Packer, an Australian billionaire and casino operator — to take over the project.
The data also caused the dollar to rise sharply against its major currency counterparts .
The stronger dollar caused a sell-off in commodities as well. Benchmark crude oil fell 91 cents, or 2 percent, to settle at $44.29 a barrel.
The euro fell to $1.07 , its lowest level in six months, and the dollar rose against the Japanese yen to 123.19.
The euro fell to $1.07, its lowest level in six months, and the dollar rose against the Japanese yen to 123.19 .
Benchmark crude oil fell 91 cents , or 2 percent, to settle at $44.29 a barrel.
So it went in 2015, when the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, the top teams in professional football (the American version), met in Super Bowl XLIX in February in Phoenix.
They kept it compelling down to the final minute, which featured an interception for the ages as well as a brawl that might have been the most watched brawl in history, in light of the record United States television audience of 120 million .
So it went in 2015, when the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, the top teams in professional football (the American version), met in Super Bowl XLIX in February in Phoenix.
Japan ’s stirring upset of South Africa in their first match of pool play at the Rugby World Cup in England in September was a shock and an emotional tour de force.
So it went in 2015, when the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks, the top teams in professional football (the American version), met in Super Bowl XLIX in February in Phoenix.
Deflategate (the French daily Le Monde called it “Le Deflategate”) dominated the build-up to the Super Bowl, and then dominated the off-season, too, with Brady initially suspended for four games before that ruling was overturned by a federal judge.
Deflategate (the French daily Le Monde called it “ Le Deflategate ”) dominated the build-up to the Super Bowl, and then dominated the off-season, too, with Brady initially suspended for four games before that ruling was overturned by a federal judge.
This was also true despite the stiff headwinds facing the National Football League: the dead-serious concerns about head trauma and domestic violence, and the less-weighty obsession with whether Tom Brady and the New England Patriots were responsible for deflating footballs earlier in the playoffs in search of an unfair advantage.
This was also true despite the stiff headwinds facing the National Football League: the dead-serious concerns about head trauma and domestic violence, and the less-weighty obsession with whether Tom Brady and the New England Patriots were responsible for deflating footballs earlier in the playoffs in search of an unfair advantage.
This was also true despite the stiff headwinds facing the National Football League: the dead-serious concerns about head trauma and domestic violence, and the less-weighty obsession with whether Tom Brady and the New England Patriots were responsible for deflating footballs earlier in the playoffs in search of an unfair advantage.
The game had all the classic ingredients, including a contrast in coaching styles, with the dour and opaque Belichick in charge of the Patriots and the animated chatterbox Pete Carroll directing the Seahawks.
It was 14-14 at halftime, then 24-14 in favor of Seattle in the fourth quarter, and then it really got good:
The game had all the classic ingredients, including a contrast in coaching styles, with the dour and opaque Belichick in charge of the Patriots and the animated chatterbox Pete Carroll directing the Seahawks.
It was 14-14 at halftime, then 24-14 in favor of Seattle in the fourth quarter, and then it really got good: Brady and New England rallied to score two touchdowns and take a 28-24 lead, only to see Seattle and the quarterback Russell Wilson move the ball back down the field in a beautiful hurry.
It was 14-14 at halftime, then 24-14 in favor of Seattle in the fourth quarter, and then it really got good: Brady and New England rallied to score two touchdowns and take a 28-24 lead, only to see Seattle and the quarterback Russell Wilson move the ball back down the field in a beautiful hurry.
Butler, a reserve cornerback and undrafted rookie who was understandably convinced he would be the goat after Kearse had played pinball wizard at his expense, turned out to be quite the contrary.
He recognized an opportunity and made it happen, correctly reading the pick play and slant route the Seahawks were counting on and beating Ricardo Lockette to the ball as he and Lockette collided.
Butler , a reserve cornerback and undrafted rookie who was understandably convinced he would be the goat after Kearse had played pinball wizard at his expense, turned out to be quite the contrary.
He recognized an opportunity and made it happen, correctly reading the pick play and slant route the Seahawks were counting on and beating Ricardo Lockette to the ball as he and Lockette collided.
Butler, a reserve cornerback and undrafted rookie who was understandably convinced he would be the goat after Kearse had played pinball wizard at his expense, turned out to be quite the contrary.
Ms. Le Pen and her party have thrived on an anti-immigration message that has verged on anti-Muslim, as well as a call for re-establishing European borders.
“The left is, then, the last rampart of Republican France against the xenophobic extreme right,” he said, calling on all the left-leaning parties to join together to defeat the National Front .
“The left is, then, the last rampart of Republican France against the xenophobic extreme right,” he said, calling on all the left-leaning parties to join together to defeat the National Front.
But she gained even more momentum after the attacks in Paris on Nov. 13, in which 130 people were killed.
Ms. Le Pen and her party have thrived on an anti-immigration message that has verged on anti- Muslim , as well as a call for re-establishing European borders.
It would be wonderful if another artist bought it.
Of course, the garden lot could also be sold separately, but that would be tragic.”
As for pricing the house, Ms. Goldberg said the loftlike open spaces, abundant light, pair of parking spots and capacious elevator all contribute to its appeal.
As for pricing the house, Ms. Goldberg said the loftlike open spaces, abundant light, pair of parking spots and capacious elevator all contribute to its appeal.
As for pricing the house, Ms. Goldberg said the loftlike open spaces, abundant light, pair of parking spots and capacious elevator all contribute to its appeal.
As that last awkward inquiry unfolded, Venus — who has won two singles titles here and seven majors altogether — played with her hair, then rested her chin on her left hand.
As that last awkward inquiry unfolded, Venus — who has won two singles titles here and seven majors altogether — played with her hair, then rested her chin on her left hand.
Going into the third round of this Open, one-third of the questions asked at Venus’s news conferences here have been about Serena, Serena, Serena.
Going into the third round of this Open, one-third of the questions asked at Venus’s news conferences here have been about Serena, Serena, Serena.
For good reasons, Serena, 33 , has been everyone’s reference point this year.
Yet Venus hasn’t let her sister’s dominance distract her.
For good reasons, Serena , 33, has been everyone’s reference point this year.
For good reasons, Serena , 33, has been everyone’s reference point this year.
Yet Venus hasn’t let her sister’s dominance distract her.
Because of an editing error, a picture caption on Saturday with an article about tensions at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum over the direction of its expansion misstated the cost of an annex to the museum in the Dumbo neighborhood.
The middle-tier model, when fitted with the Milanese loop wristband, starts at $650 ; it does not cost about $1,000.
As the article correctly noted, the annex is being donated ; it did not cost the museum $80 million.
Because of an editing error, a picture caption on Saturday with an article about tensions at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum over the direction of its expansion misstated the cost of an annex to the museum in the Dumbo neighborhood.
As the article correctly noted, the annex is being donated; it did not cost the museum $80 million .
 Similar snags occur when caterers come and I don’t know who ordered the food and where it goes , or when two groups want to use a conference room at the same time.
Send your workplace conundrums to workologist@nytimes.com , including your name and contact information (even if you want it withheld for publication).
I am the front-desk coordinator — the first person visitors see.
I work at a small but rapidly growing software company that places a premium on customer service.
I have already turned down one offer that was good but not the right next step for me .
What’s the optimal timing to leave but still collect my bonus? If I line up a position that starts in early January, can I still request a bonus for the (very good) work I’ve done this year?
However, we’re approaching the end of the year, and my organization hands out modest, but not insignificant , performance bonuses.
However, we’re approaching the end of the year, and my organization hands out modest, but not insignificant, performance bonuses .
However, we’re approaching the end of the year , and my organization hands out modest, but not insignificant, performance bonuses.
For years, the N.F.L. played cat and mouse with the city of Los Angeles .
Once the team got public financing , it stayed put.
To move the ball, AEG, the sports and entertainment group, and Majestic Realty Group, a big real estate developer , promised to build stadiums in Los Angeles County if a team would commit to moving.
In January, the owner of the St. Louis Rams, Stan Kroenke , said he planned to build an 80,000-seat stadium in Inglewood, 10 miles south of downtown Los Angeles.
The company commissioned a report by Tom Ridge , a former secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, who outlined several safety and operational risks of locating a stadium in Inglewood just a few miles from the runways at Los Angeles International Airport.
Russ Stanton , a spokesman for Kroenke and Stockbridge Capital Group, which proposed the stadium in Inglewood, declined to comment on the findings of the reports.
The Rams , as well as the Raiders and the Chargers, have been in contact with the league about their plans, but the league will begin a formal review of their proposals only if one or more of the teams applies to relocate.
Michael Roth , a spokesman for AEG, declined to comment on why the company commissioned the reports.
The Rams, as well as the Raiders and the Chargers, have been in contact with the league about their plans, but the league will begin a formal review of their proposals only if one or more of the teams applies to relocate .
“We’re spending time on any site which could conceivably host a team , but we spend more time as the probability increases,” Grubman said.
Also this week we consider whether you should consider paying hackers to attack your website to find security flaws.
Try Montana instead.
At the metro level, Austin, Tex. , took the top spot.
A San Francisco start-up is winning converts to its business of connecting “white hat” security sleuths with companies willing to pay bounties for their finds.
It tops this year’s state rankings in the Kauffman Index, which measures new business activity throughout the nation.
To the Editor: Re “Special Visas Help Copycats Take U.S. Jobs” (front page, Sept. 30): American companies like Toys “R” Us are using the H-1B temporary visa program to take high-paying American jobs offshore in the name of growth and corporate resiliency.
At the same time, conservative politicians oppose raising the minimum wage to livable levels with the argument that it will deprive Americans of their low-paying jobs.
At the same time, conservative politicians oppose raising the minimum wage to livable levels with the argument that it will deprive Americans of their low-paying jobs.
To the Editor: Re “Special Visas Help Copycats Take U.S. Jobs” (front page, Sept. 30): American companies like Toys “R” Us are using the H-1B temporary visa program to take high-paying American jobs offshore in the name of growth and corporate resiliency.
Senator Mitch McConnell , the majority leader, said on Friday that it would be “outrageous” for Democrats to prevent a vote.
WASHINGTON —  Senator Benjamin L. Cardin , the senior Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee and a prominent Jewish voice in Congress, said on Friday that he would oppose the Iran nuclear deal, increasing the chance that President Obama will have to use a veto to prevent it from being scuttled.
WASHINGTON —  Senator Benjamin L. Cardin, the senior Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee and a prominent Jewish voice in Congress, said on Friday that he would oppose the Iran nuclear deal, increasing the chance that President Obama will have to use a veto to prevent it from being scuttled.
WASHINGTON —  Senator Benjamin L. Cardin , the senior Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee and a prominent Jewish voice in Congress, said on Friday that he would oppose the Iran nuclear deal, increasing the chance that President Obama will have to use a veto to prevent it from being scuttled.
Mr. McConnell said he thought it was telling that Mr. Cardin and Mr. Menendez , the two most senior Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee, both opposed the deal.
In an interview, Mr. Cardin said, “I recognize the numbers, believe me, I do,” sounding anguished about opposing Mr. Obama , whom he normally supports.
On the agreement, he said, “It allows Iran a legal path to have such a sophisticated enrichment program,” as well as “additional financial resources after sanction relief has been granted.”
Mr. McConnell said he thought it was telling that Mr. Cardin and Mr. Menendez, the two most senior Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee, both opposed the deal .
Mr. Cradle , who was on probation for driving while intoxicated, had several prior arrests, though some were sealed.
None of the unsealed arrests were for violent offenses, the police said.
Public records indicated that in 2008 he pleaded guilty to a felony drug conspiracy charge — one of 37 defendants in a long-term narcotics investigation in the Cypress Hills housing development — and served less than a year in state prison.
Mr. Cradle, who was on probation for driving while intoxicated, had several prior arrests, though some were sealed.
Public records indicated that in 2008 he pleaded guilty to a felony drug conspiracy charge — one of 37 defendants in a long-term narcotics investigation in the Cypress Hills housing development — and served less than a year in state prison.
That word has a fluid definition, but it was clear that for these women, their definition of feminine is based on body image, and it can be inferred that the body type they desire is lacking in strength or substance .
To the Sports Editor: Re “Balancing Body Image With Ambition,” July 11 : As a female athlete training on the United States rowing team, I was deeply disappointed and frustrated by this article.
The word “ feminine ” was used by some of these athletes to describe the way they want to be perceived by the public.
To the Sports Editor: Re “Balancing Body Image With Ambition,” July 11: As a female athlete training on the United States rowing team, I was deeply disappointed and frustrated by this article.
Sullivan hit all the right notes during his first couple of days on the job.
And if they don’t, Sullivan insists they will sit regardless of pedigree .
“We create an environment here that we inspire people to play ,” he said.
“Those that play well will be rewarded with more play ,” Sullivan said.
Sullivan would prefer the Penguins get the puck to the net as often as possible.
And, the Pittsburgh Penguins hope, an alarm clock.
One of the N.H.L. ’s marquee teams is in the midst of an identity crisis more than a third of the way into a season that it began with typically high expectations, which at the moment appear impossibly out of reach.
The Penguins are not scoring .
They occasionally are not defending and — perhaps most troubling — the magic they once summoned so easily seems to have disappeared.
PITTSBURGH —  Mike Sullivan ’s voice is unmistakable.
They were tied for ninth in the Eastern Conference going into Tuesday night’s games and were 27th in goals per game despite ranking fifth in shots.
Enter Sullivan, who spent a decade grinding out a career as a defensive-minded forward before getting into coaching.
Nowhere are Pittsburgh’s struggles more evident than in Sidney Crosby ’s prolonged funk.
Crosby, a two-time Hart Trophy winner, is on pace for career lows in goals and points, and his team appears destined for a four-month battle just to reach the postseason let alone make a serious run at Stanley Cup to bookend the one he and fellow superstar Evgeni Malkin won in 2009 back when a dynasty seemed almost inevitable.
Pittsburgh’s 4-1 loss to Washington on Monday night in Sullivan’s debut dropped the Penguins to 15-11-3.
Forward Pascal Dupuis , long the glue in a dressing room of diverse personalities, retired abruptly last week because of lingering health concerns.
Forward Pascal Dupuis, long the glue in a dressing room of diverse personalities, retired abruptly last week because of lingering health concerns.
Forward Pascal Dupuis, long the glue in a dressing room of diverse personalities, retired abruptly last week because of lingering health concerns .
Defenseman Rob Scuderi , brought in more than two years ago to provide the blue line with some needed grit, became a pariah as his game deteriorated and was shipped off to Chicago on Monday night for Trevor Daley.
Defenseman Rob Scuderi, brought in more than two years ago to provide the blue line with some needed grit, became a pariah as his game deteriorated and was shipped off to Chicago on Monday night for Trevor Daley .
‘ African Story Circle ’ (Saturday)
Naomi Sturm , a folklorist from Staten Island Arts, will moderate the event, which will include storytellers from Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Naomi Sturm , a folklorist from Staten Island Arts, will moderate the event, which will include storytellers from Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Naomi Sturm, a folklorist from Staten Island Arts, will moderate the event, which will include storytellers from Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone .
Naomi Sturm, a folklorist from Staten Island Arts, will moderate the event, which will include storytellers from Ghana , Liberia and Sierra Leone.
‘Tiny Giants’ (Friday through Thursday)
Inspired by the BBC television series “Hidden Kingdoms,” this new Imax movie at the American Museum of Natural History uses 3-D cameras to peer into the universes of two diminutive creatures: a forest chipmunk and a grasshopper mouse from the Arizona desert, noted for its ability to prey on scorpions.
Inspired by the BBC television series “Hidden Kingdoms,” this new Imax movie at the American Museum of Natural History uses 3-D cameras to peer into the universes of two diminutive creatures: a forest chipmunk and a grasshopper mouse from the Arizona desert, noted for its ability to prey on scorpions.
Inspired by the BBC television series “Hidden Kingdoms,” this new Imax movie at the American Museum of Natural History uses 3-D cameras to peer into the universes of two diminutive creatures: a forest chipmunk and a grasshopper mouse from the Arizona desert , noted for its ability to prey on scorpions.
Narrated by Stephen Fry , the film allows viewers to see the world from their perspectives.
But allegation after continuing allegation prompted FIFA’s ethics committee to commission an independent investigation led by the former federal prosecutor Michael J. Garcia .
We might never fully know how the voting went down four years ago and how hosting rights were won and lost.
His 350 -page report remains secret, locked in a labyrinth of FIFA procedures to decide which, if any, of the findings will be released to the public.
Media reports, particularly in England , forced FIFA to expel — temporarily — two members before the vote.
Secretary of State John Kerry met with European ministers over the weekend to discuss harsher economic sanctions against Russia because of the conflict in Ukraine.
While that meeting took place in London , Vitaly Mutko, Russia’s minister of sports, tourism and youth, gave one of his periodic reassurances that everything is on target for 2018.
Secretary of State John Kerry met with European ministers over the weekend to discuss harsher economic sanctions against Russia because of the conflict in Ukraine.
Secretary of State John Kerry met with European ministers over the weekend to discuss harsher economic sanctions against Russia because of the conflict in Ukraine.
Nevertheless, the Gazprom logo is still worn by Schalke 04 in Germany, and Gazprom remains a prominent sponsor of both FIFA and the UEFA Champions League.
Last year, after a Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down over Ukraine , there were calls for Formula One to pull out of its first Grand Prix race in Russia, in the Winter Olympic city of Sochi.
Bernie Ecclestone, Formula One’s equivalent to Sepp Blatter , rebutted those calls by broadcasting that he had a deal with Vladimir V. Putin and the Sochi circuit and intended to honor it.
Last year, after a Malaysia Airlines jet was shot down over Ukraine, there were calls for Formula One to pull out of its first Grand Prix race in Russia, in the Winter Olympic city of Sochi.
Sochi , of course, hosted the 2014 Winter Games, despite concerns at the time about corruption, spiraling costs, terrorism and Russian legislation that was criticized as anti-gay.
Blatter will soon run, and most likely easily win, another four-year term as FIFA president, taking him through the 2018 event.
Ecclestone actually said this was sport, not politics .
Putin has already stated that the Kremlin will waive visa restrictions for the World Cup.
A trail of blood led to Mr. Piedrahita’s body, and the police also recovered a blood-covered tree branch near his body.
The death of a 23 -year-old man found in a Queens park this week has been ruled a homicide, the police said on Thursday.
Passers-by found the man, Diego Piedrahita, lying face down in Forest Park shortly before 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, the police said, in the area of Park Lane South and Woodhaven Boulevard.
Emergency medical workers pronounced him dead on the scene shortly thereafter.
A trail of blood led to Mr. Piedrahita’s body , and the police also recovered a blood-covered tree branch near his body.
When Mosul , Iraq’s second-largest city, fell to the Islamic State in June, members of the Ruya Foundation, an Iraqi nonprofit that set up the country’s pavilion at the last Venice Biennale, considered scrapping all plans for this year’s exhibition.
VENICE — When Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, fell to the Islamic State in June , members of the Ruya Foundation, an Iraqi nonprofit that set up the country’s pavilion at the last Venice Biennale, considered scrapping all plans for this year’s exhibition.
VENICE — When Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, fell to the Islamic State in June, members of the Ruya Foundation, an Iraqi nonprofit that set up the country’s pavilion at the last Venice Biennale, considered scrapping all plans for this year’s exhibition.
“With all this carnage and death and rape, how could you even think of culture?” said Tamara Chalabi , chairwoman of the foundation.
In the end, the plans went forward because it was “a statement,” she said.
A major focus of the Iraqi pavilion this year (held at Ca’ Dandolo, a palazzo on the Grand Canal ) is a set of drawings by adult Iraqi refugees who fled the Islamic State’s onslaught.
A major focus of the Iraqi pavilion this year (held at Ca’ Dandolo, a palazzo on the Grand Canal) is a set of drawings by adult Iraqi refugees who fled the Islamic State ’s onslaught.
A major focus of the Iraqi pavilion this year (held at Ca’ Dandolo, a palazzo on the Grand Canal) is a set of drawings by adult Iraqi refugees who fled the Islamic State’s onslaught.
All 546 submissions were then flown to Beijing and shown to the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who made a selection for a book published by the foundation.
All 546 submissions were then flown to Beijing and shown to the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, who made a selection for a book published by the foundation.
Ms. Chalabi, a daughter of Ahmad Chalabi, the onetime United States -backed Iraqi opposition leader, said her foundation asked to represent Iraq again after organizing the last pavilion, in 2013.
Ms. Chalabi, a daughter of Ahmad Chalabi, the onetime United States-backed Iraqi opposition leader , said her foundation asked to represent Iraq again after organizing the last pavilion, in 2013.
The government gave approval and curatorial “carte blanche,” she said, but no money.
The foundation chose Philippe Van Cauteren , artistic director of the S.M.A.K. contemporary art museum in Ghent, Belgium, to put together the exhibition, and funded it with 600,000 euros (about $675,000) from private Iraqi companies and individuals.
Ms. Chalabi, a daughter of Ahmad Chalabi, the onetime United States-backed Iraqi opposition leader, said her foundation asked to represent Iraq again after organizing the last pavilion, in 2013 .
The defendant, Omar Shalabi , 45, a father of six from East Jerusalem, was sentenced to nine months in jail for 10 posts to his 5,000 friends and 755 followers that urged them to undertake “violent acts and acts of terrorism,” said the Hebrew-language indictment.
The defendant, Omar Shalabi, 45 , a father of six from East Jerusalem, was sentenced to nine months in jail for 10 posts to his 5,000 friends and 755 followers that urged them to undertake “violent acts and acts of terrorism,” said the Hebrew-language indictment.
The defendant, Omar Shalabi, 45, a father of six from East Jerusalem, was sentenced to nine months in jail for 10 posts to his 5,000 friends and 755 followers that urged them to undertake “violent acts and acts of terrorism,” said the Hebrew-language indictment.
The defendant, Omar Shalabi, 45, a father of six from East Jerusalem, was sentenced to nine months in jail for 10 posts to his 5,000 friends and 755 followers that urged them to undertake “violent acts and acts of terrorism,” said the Hebrew-language indictment.
The defendant, Omar Shalabi, 45, a father of six from East Jerusalem, was sentenced to nine months in jail for 10 posts to his 5,000 friends and 755 followers that urged them to undertake “violent acts and acts of terrorism,” said the Hebrew -language indictment.
Mr. Shalabi’s lawyer, Tariq Bargouth , said the basis for the conviction and punishment never established that Mr. Shalabi’s posts had encouraged any specific militant attack.
There have been a series of so-called lone-wolf attacks in Jerusalem, in which Palestinian men, without any political backing or leadership, attack Israeli civilians or security officers.
Avner Pinchuk, a lawyer with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel , which follows freedom of speech cases, said it was the first time he had heard that “incitement to terror in social media concluded in jail.”
Majd Kayyal, the media coordinator for Adalah, an organization that pursues the legal rights of Palestinians in Israel , accused security services of a double standard, saying they had not cracked down on Israeli Jews for incitement to violence online.
There have been a series of so-called lone-wolf attacks in Jerusalem, in which Palestinian men, without any political backing or leadership, attack Israeli civilians or security officers .
CENTENNIAL, Colo. —  Inside Courtroom 201 , the families of the dead and wounded watched in taut silence on Thursday afternoon as the judge shuffled through a stack of verdict forms containing the fate of James E. Holmes, the gunman who slipped into a Colorado movie theater in 2012 and opened fire on their sons and daughters, friends and loved ones.
CENTENNIAL, Colo. —  Inside Courtroom 201, the families of the dead and wounded watched in taut silence on Thursday afternoon as the judge shuffled through a stack of verdict forms containing the fate of James E. Holmes, the gunman who slipped into a Colorado movie theater in 2012 and opened fire on their sons and daughters, friends and loved ones.
As the judge began reading the verdicts — guilty, guilty, guilty — repeated 165 times over an entire hour, for each count of murder and attempted murder, the families sobbed quietly, clutched one another
Sandy Phillips wrapped herself tightly in the green scarf that her slain daughter, Jessica Ghawi, had loved.
A father whose son was killed patted the arm of Joshua Nowlan , who was wounded and now walks with a cane.
As each name of the 12 people killed and 70 wounded was read, and read again — prosecutors filed two charges per victim — the families looked to the corner of the public gallery and gave one another a quiet nod or an arm squeeze.
After an emotional 10-week trial , one of the longest and most complex in this state’s history, it took a jury of nine women and three men about 12 hours of deliberation over two days to convict Mr. Holmes on all counts.
The jury’s verdict roundly rejected arguments from his defense lawyers that he had had a psychotic break and was legally insane when he carried out the massacre inside the Century 16 theater in suburban Aurora, Colo., on July 20, 2012 .
As each name of the 12 people killed and 70 wounded was read, and read again — prosecutors filed two charges per victim — the families looked to the corner of the public gallery and gave one another a quiet nod or an arm squeeze.
As each name of the 12 people killed and 70 wounded was read, and read again — prosecutors filed two charges per victim — the families looked to the corner of the public gallery and gave one another a quiet nod or an arm squeeze.
As Judge Carlos Samour Jr. read the 165 counts against Mr. Holmes, the defendant stood silently between his lawyers, staring straight ahead, with his hands tucked into the pockets of a pair of khaki-colored pants.
As Judge Carlos Samour Jr. read the 165 counts against Mr. Holmes, the defendant stood silently between his lawyers, staring straight ahead, with his hands tucked into the pockets of a pair of khaki-colored pants.
The sentencing phase is expected to take weeks .
When the hourlong recitation of the verdicts was done, he sat down and lightly swiveled in his chair.
As the district attorney in suburban Arapahoe County argues for the death penalty, the jury will begin weighing the toll and nature of Mr. Holmes’s actions to decide whether to send him to prison for life or to Colorado’s death row.
“Look for the defense to emphasize the fact that James Holmes truly suffers from a serious mental illness, that he is in dire need of ongoing treatment and that while incarcerated he does not pose any real threat or danger to society,” said Steven Pitt, a forensic psychiatrist in Arizona who has followed the case closely.
“Look for the prosecution to try and minimize the extent of Holmes’s mental illness and instead depict him as someone who is depraved and rotten to the core.” The district attorney , George Brauchler, has said that for Mr. Holmes, “justice is death.”
The district attorney, George Brauchler, has said that for Mr. Holmes, “justice is death.”
“Look for the defense to emphasize the fact that James Holmes truly suffers from a serious mental illness, that he is in dire need of ongoing treatment and that while incarcerated he does not pose any real threat or danger to society,” said Steven Pitt, a forensic psychiatrist in Arizona who has followed the case closely.
To that end, prosecutors brought in professors and classmates who described Mr. Holmes’s struggles as a first-year graduate student in the neuroscience program at the Anschutz Medical Campus of the University of Colorado .
To that end, prosecutors brought in professors and classmates who described Mr. Holmes’s struggles as a first-year graduate student in the neuroscience program at the Anschutz Medical Campus of the University of Colorado.
Mr. Holmes quit the program in June 2012 , after he failed important oral exams, and declined the chance to retake them.
Prosecutors showcased pages from a spiral notebook in which Mr. Holmes inscribed murderous fantasies and nonsensical theories about life and death, and where he plotted what kind of attack to carry out, and how and where to do it.
To that end, prosecutors brought in professors and classmates who described Mr. Holmes’s struggles as a first-year graduate student in the neuroscience program at the Anschutz Medical Campus of the University of Colorado.
Like a lot of white people, Ms. Schumer can fumble when latching onto race; unlike a lot of white performers, she takes on race directly .
The looming appearance of LeBron James , who plays himself as well as Aaron’s odd-couple-like best friend, may be a heat-seeking gimmick (he’s the movie’s biggest star), but he’s a surprisingly limber comic presence and he helps set up a sharp scene in which Aaron challenges Amy’s bumblingly false claim about having black friends.
(This is, after all, a woman who, when she cuts back on her drinking, donates her booze to a derelict played by Dave Attell.)
(This is, after all, a woman who, when she cuts back on her drinking, donates her booze to a derelict played by Dave Attell .)
In “Trainwreck,” as in her best work elsewhere, Ms. Schumer is at her strongest when she insists that women aren’t distressed damsels but — as they toddle, walk and race in the highest of heels, the tightest of skirts, the sexiest, mightiest of poses — the absolute agents of their lives and desires.
The attack on a market in Baga Sola killed at least 16 people, said Gen. Banyaman Cossingar, the director general of Chad’s gendarmerie, or armed police force.
The government’s count was 48, while Unicef said at least 53 people were wounded.
The attack on a market in Baga Sola killed at least 16 people, said Gen. Banyaman Cossingar, the director general of Chad ’s gendarmerie, or armed police force.
The attack on a market in Baga Sola killed at least 16 people, said Gen. Banyaman Cossingar, the director general of Chad’s gendarmerie , or armed police force.
A second group of bombers killed at least 22 people at a refugee camp, he said.
For decades, it has been one of the 20 biggest killers worldwide , but the World Health Organization issued its first report dedicated to drowning only in November 2014.
China, which both urbanized and started prevention programs, saw drowning deaths plunge from 190,000 in 1990 to 64,000 in 2013, Global Burden found.
For decades, it has been one of the 20 biggest killers worldwide, but the World Health Organization issued its first report dedicated to drowning only in November 2014. Effective prevention strategies include teaching swimming, providing life jackets, fencing off open water and training emergency medical responders.
In India, drowning deaths barely budged, falling from an estimated 91,000 to 88,000 in the same period.
Drowning deaths also tend to decline as countries urbanize and when income and education increase. China, which both urbanized and started prevention programs, saw drowning deaths plunge from 190,000 in 1990 to 64,000 in 2013, Global Burden found.
The Russian leader was alternately pugnacious and conciliatory during the news conference, which was more than three hours long.
The Russian leader was alternately pugnacious and conciliatory during the news conference, which was more than three hours long .
In years past, he has had sharp words for Washington, but this time he praised the efforts of Secretary of State John Kerry to find a political solution to the war in Syria.
In years past, he has had sharp words for Washington, but this time he praised the efforts of Secretary of State John Kerry to find a political solution to the war in Syria .
Mr. Putin also veered close to an admission that Russian soldiers had fought in the war in eastern Ukraine, saying, “We never said there were no people there solving certain questions, including in the military sphere,” but he denied that they were on active duty with the regular army.
The Russian leader was alternately pugnacious and conciliatory during the news conference, which was more than three hours long.
The Russian leader was alternately pugnacious and conciliatory during the news conference, which was more than three hours long .
In years past, he has had sharp words for Washington, but this time he praised the efforts of Secretary of State John Kerry to find a political solution to the war in Syria.
In years past, he has had sharp words for Washington, but this time he praised the efforts of Secretary of State John Kerry to find a political solution to the war in Syria .
Mr. Putin also veered close to an admission that Russian soldiers had fought in the war in eastern Ukraine, saying, “We never said there were no people there solving certain questions, including in the military sphere,” but he denied that they were on active duty with the regular army.
He even gave a few hints of his closely guarded family life, talking proudly of his two adult daughters , who he said were living in Russia and “taking the first steps of their careers.”
Mr. Putin likes to throw in a few surprises on these occasions, as he did two years ago by announcing the release of an imprisoned oil tycoon , Mikhail B. Khodorkovsky.
This year, he rose to the defense of Sepp Blatter , the embattled president of soccer’s world governing body, FIFA, who is under criminal investigation for corruption, saying Mr. Blatter should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
This year, he rose to the defense of Sepp Blatter, the embattled president of soccer’s world governing body, FIFA, who is under criminal investigation for corruption , saying Mr. Blatter should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
This year, he rose to the defense of Sepp Blatter, the embattled president of soccer’s world governing body, FIFA, who is under criminal investigation for corruption, saying Mr. Blatter should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize .
In Russian, the word for “bright” has several meanings, including outstanding, brilliant and even gaudy .
Beneath the pyrotechnics, Mr. Putin seemed most concerned with driving home the point to his domestic audience that Russia’s battered economy had bottomed out, an indication that Russia’s recession had his full attention.
“There is no doubt that he is a very bright and talented man,” the Russia n leader said.
Beneath the pyrotechnics, Mr. Putin seemed most concerned with driving home the point to his domestic audience that Russia’s battered economy had bottomed out, an indication that Russia’s recession had his full attention.
Peppered with dozens of questions , Mr. Putin lingered, as he did at last year’s session, on those that allowed him to reassure Russians that their living standards were not imperiled.
He argued against intervention by outside powers in Syria as well, adding that Russia was “not concerned with the fate” of President Bashar al-Assad’s government .
“No matter how they explained their position, the state is falling apart,” he said in 2012 .
He argued against intervention by outside powers in Syria as well, adding that Russia was “not concerned with the fate” of President Bashar al-Assad’s government.
He added, “And you want us to constantly repeat these mistakes in other countries?”
“No matter how they explained their position, the state is falling apart,” he said in 2012 .
He argued against intervention by outside powers in Syria as well, adding that Russia was “not concerned with the fate” of President Bashar al-Assad’s government .
He added, “And you want us to constantly repeat these mistakes in other countries?”
He argued against intervention by outside powers in Syria as well, adding that Russia was “not concerned with the fate” of President Bashar al-Assad’s government.
“No matter how they explained their position, the state is falling apart,” he said in 2012 .
He argued against intervention by outside powers in Syria as well, adding that Russia was “not concerned with the fate” of President Bashar al-Assad’s government .
He argued against intervention by outside powers in Syria as well, adding that Russia was “not concerned with the fate” of President Bashar al-Assad’s government.
He added, “And you want us to constantly repeat these mistakes in other countries?”
a better training drill ,” he said of the bombing in Syria.
Since Turkey shot down a Russian warplane that it said had violated its airspace, Mr. Putin has engaged in a war of words with the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan , and ordered a number of retaliatory measures.
Since Turkey shot down a Russian warplane that it said had violated its airspace, Mr. Putin has engaged in a war of words with the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and ordered a number of retaliatory measures.
Since Turkey shot down a Russian warplane that it said had violated its airspace, Mr. Putin has engaged in a war of words with the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and ordered a number of retaliatory measures.
“Let them try and fly there now,” he said, noting that Russia’s most advanced air defense system, the S-400 , can hit any target in Syria.
The skinny strip of the Upper East Side that runs between Central Park and Park Avenue has long been dominated by co-ops and is arguably one of the most staid parts of the city.
Now, in a burst of activity not seen since the 1980s, condominiums are shouldering their way into this upscale district, which runs from about East 59th to East 96th Streets.
Now, in a burst of activity not seen since the 1980s, condominiums are shouldering their way into this upscale district, which runs from about East 59th to East 96th Streets.
Now, in a burst of activity not seen since the 1980s , condominiums are shouldering their way into this upscale district, which runs from about East 59th to East 96th Streets.
Under an approved offering plan, Simon Baron Development will be allowed to create up to 53 units for sale in the building, ranging from one- to five-bedrooms, after combining some of the existing 65 apartments.
Under an approved offering plan, Simon Baron Development will be allowed to create up to 53 units for sale in the building, ranging from one- to five-bedrooms, after combining some of the existing 65 apartments.
But other than upgrading windows , the developer said there were no plans to change the exterior.
These conversions include 12 East 88th Street, a red-brick 13-story building near Fifth Avenue designed by Rosario Candela, the architect responsible for much of the Upper East Side’s elegant look.
These conversions include 12 East 88th Street, a red-brick 13-story building near Fifth Avenue designed by Rosario Candela, the architect responsible for much of the Upper East Side’s elegant look .
“It was a way to get the foreign purchasers ,” including Japanese, Saudi Arabians and especially Italians, said Ms. Miller, an agent who has marketed nearly two dozen condo projects in the neighborhood, including the Leonori.
The mid-1980s condo-mania ended with the housing market collapse of the late 1980s .
The Italian “condominio,” a financial structure in which residents of a multifamily building would split the cost of operations but own their homes outright through deeds , was an early model.
“Italians loved prewar .”
The building, which originally had 17 rentals and has been in the same hands since the 1970s, benefits from proximity to private schools, said Nikki Field, an associate broker with Sotheby’s International Realty, which is marketing the property.
The building, which originally had 17 rentals and has been in the same hands since the 1970s , benefits from proximity to private schools, said Nikki Field, an associate broker with Sotheby’s International Realty, which is marketing the property.
The building, which originally had 17 rentals and has been in the same hands since the 1970s, benefits from proximity to private schools , said Nikki Field, an associate broker with Sotheby’s International Realty, which is marketing the property.
Another appeal is that the area, part of Carnegie Hill and Lenox Hill, could be considered club land .
Not the dance-until-dawn type of facility, she said, but the kind with tall bookshelves and gold-framed paintings, like the members-only Metropolitan Club, founded in 1891 , which is at Fifth Avenue and East 60th Street.
Among the early entries was the Marquand, from HFZ Capital Group, in partnership with Vornado Realty Trust, a prewar rental-turned-condo at 11 East 68th Street, with an average sales price of $4,400 per square foot , according to a spokeswoman for the project.
Closings began in 2014 , and only a $46.5 million penthouse remains to be sold.
Closings began in 2014, and only a $46.5 million penthouse remains to be sold.
Noting that clients in their 60s are moving downtown for the energy and clients in their 40s are moving uptown for the quiet, he said, “The boundaries have just broken down.”
That the area might be starting to resemble other parts of Manhattan does not surprise Mr. Wolf, the architect, who believes neighborhood and status are a lot less important than before.
A Delaware court ruled this year that plans should be evaluated under stricter standards, particularly where directors were deciding on equity compensation.
The Equilar study found that 97.8 percent of S.&P. 500 company directors had some of their pay in cash, 36 percent had some stock and 59.4 percent had restricted stock units.
500 company directors had some of their pay in cash, 36 percent had some stock and 59.4 percent had restricted stock units.
In health care, 70 percent of the companies offered stock units as part of director pay.
In financial services, only 48 percent offered units.
Although this very amusing and bracingly oddball novel by the Swiss writer Christian Kracht does feature several palm-covered islands — not to mention many gallons of coconut oil and copious amounts of undress — calling it a beach read is like calling “Psycho” maternal.
Based on a true story, “Imperium,” which was a best seller in Europe , is the fablelike account of a scrawny, nervous vegetarian and nudist from Nuremberg named August Engelhardt.
Based on a true story, “Imperium,” which was a best seller in Europe, is the fablelike account of a scrawny, nervous vegetarian and nudist from Nuremberg named August Engelhardt.
Germany would take its rightful place of honor and precedence at the table of nations” — and our bony, bearded idealist has set off for the German protectorates in the South Pacific to found a colony devoted to growing and eating only “the vegetal likeness of God.” By which is meant: coconuts.
Oh, and Engelhardt not only contracts leprosy , but his overly targeted diet begets a “furious, paralyzed, inflamed derangement.”
When the Yankees play in their wild-card showdown on Tuesday , many will no doubt recall the team’s most famous one-game do-or-die affair, Game 163 in Boston in 1978, when Bucky Dent hit a three-run homer over the Green Monster to win the division title.
When the Yankees play in their wild-card showdown on Tuesday, many will no doubt recall the team’s most famous one-game do-or-die affair, Game 163 in Boston in 1978, when Bucky Dent hit a three-run homer over the Green Monster to win the division title.
When the Yankees play in their wild-card showdown on Tuesday, many will no doubt recall the team’s most famous one-game do-or-die affair, Game 163 in Boston in 1978, when Bucky Dent hit a three-run homer over the Green Monster to win the division title.
When the Yankees play in their wild-card showdown on Tuesday, many will no doubt recall the team’s most famous one-game do-or-die affair, Game 163 in Boston in 1978, when Bucky Dent hit a three-run homer over the Green Monster to win the division title.
But two years before Dent was born, the Yankees were involved in a similar make-or-break game.
On Sept. 25 the lead was gone, after the Red Sox beat the Yankees, 4-1, at Fenway Park behind Ted Williams’s 43rd home run and a four-hitter by Mel Parnell.
Still hopeful Yankees fans thronged Grand Central Terminal to greet the team as it arrived that night from Boston on Track 17.
On Sept. 25 the lead was gone, after the Red Sox beat the Yankees, 4-1, at Fenway Park behind Ted Williams’s 43rd home run and a four-hitter by Mel Parnell .
“So aggressive were the fans in their efforts to reach the ball players,” The New York Times wrote, “that the police and station guards had to escort several of the team to side exits to avoid accidental injury to the already crippled squad.”
The optimistic fans had their hopes dashed the next night at Yankee Stadium .
Yankees players and Manager Casey Stengel were fined a total of $500 for their intemperance.
The Yankees won two of three against the Philadelphia Athletics, and the Red Sox matched that in Washington.
In an article on reaction in New England to the Soviet Union’s getting an atomic bomb , The Times wrote: “People appeared almost unanimous in their opinion that if the Russians had the atomic bomb and intended to use it, there was nothing that they, individually, could do about it.
A more immediate pressing concern was whether Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox would hit any home runs against the New York Yankees.” Pneumonia had put DiMaggio in the hospital, and he had lost 18 pounds, but he decided it was time to return.
a speedboat .
CAMBRIDGE, England — THE light was fading on the hills above the Arno, and my closest friend in the careworn ranks of foreign correspondents was sitting cross-legged on a canopied Chinese daybed, in a lovely old tree-shaded house in his native village, a brisk walk from the heart of Florence.
CAMBRIDGE, England — THE light was fading on the hills above the Arno, and my closest friend in the careworn ranks of foreign correspondents was sitting cross-legged on a canopied Chinese daybed, in a lovely old tree-shaded house in his native village, a brisk walk from the heart of Florence .
His name was Tiziano Terzani, one of Italy ’s most celebrated writers, and on that weekend, a decade ago, he was host with his wife, Angela, for the marriage of their daughter in a soaring renaissance basilica in Florence.
His name was Tiziano Terzani, one of Italy’s most celebrated writers , and on that weekend, a decade ago, he was host with his wife, Angela, for the marriage of their daughter in a soaring renaissance basilica in Florence.
His name was Tiziano Terzani, one of Italy’s most celebrated writers, and on that weekend, a decade ago, he was host with his wife, Angela , for the marriage of their daughter in a soaring renaissance basilica in Florence.
His name was Tiziano Terzani, one of Italy’s most celebrated writers, and on that weekend, a decade ago, he was host with his wife, Angela , for the marriage of their daughter in a soaring renaissance basilica in Florence.
His name was Tiziano Terzani, one of Italy’s most celebrated writers, and on that weekend, a decade ago , he was host with his wife, Angela, for the marriage of their daughter in a soaring renaissance basilica in Florence.
His name was Tiziano Terzani, one of Italy’s most celebrated writers, and on that weekend, a decade ago, he was host with his wife, Angela, for the marriage of their daughter in a soaring renaissance basilica in Florence .
His name was Tiziano Terzani, one of Italy’s most celebrated writers , and on that weekend, a decade ago, he was host with his wife, Angela, for the marriage of their daughter in a soaring renaissance basilica in Florence.
CAMBRIDGE, England — THE light was fading on the hills above the Arno, and my closest friend in the careworn ranks of foreign correspondents was sitting cross-legged on a canopied Chinese daybed, in a lovely old tree-shaded house in his native village, a brisk walk from the heart of Florence.
Now the wheel has turned, and the time has come to begin meeting the challenge Tiziano issued on that Florentine afternoon , after some familiar chatter among his guests: how far each of us had traveled, the wonders and miseries we’d chronicled, and the most fascinating, or cruel, dictators and rulers through whose realms we’d passed.
Now the wheel has turned, and the time has come to begin meeting the challenge Tiziano issued on that Florentine afternoon, after some familiar chatter among his guests : how far each of us had traveled, the wonders and miseries we’d chronicled, and the most fascinating, or cruel, dictators and rulers through whose realms we’d passed.
We were both imprisoned in China , on charges officials there later acknowledged to have been false, and we both shared, at the same time in the 1990s, the same cancer — non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — and the same oncologist in New York.
We were both imprisoned in China, on charges officials there later acknowledged to have been false, and we both shared, at the same time in the 1990s , the same cancer — non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — and the same oncologist in New York.
We were both imprisoned in China, on charges officials there later acknowledged to have been false , and we both shared, at the same time in the 1990s, the same cancer — non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — and the same oncologist in New York.
Now the wheel has turned, and the time has come to begin meeting the challenge Tiziano issued on that Florentine afternoon , after some familiar chatter among his guests: how far each of us had traveled, the wonders and miseries we’d chronicled, and the most fascinating, or cruel, dictators and rulers through whose realms we’d passed.
We were both imprisoned in China , on charges officials there later acknowledged to have been false, and we both shared, at the same time in the 1990s, the same cancer — non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — and the same oncologist in New York.
Now the wheel has turned, and the time has come to begin meeting the challenge Tiziano issued on that Florentine afternoon, after some familiar chatter among his guests : how far each of us had traveled, the wonders and miseries we’d chronicled, and the most fascinating, or cruel, dictators and rulers through whose realms we’d passed.
We were both imprisoned in China, on charges officials there later acknowledged to have been false, and we both shared, at the same time in the 1990s , the same cancer — non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — and the same oncologist in New York.
We were both imprisoned in China, on charges officials there later acknowledged to have been false , and we both shared, at the same time in the 1990s, the same cancer — non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma — and the same oncologist in New York.
He issued the dictum before my first foreign assignment: apartheid South Africa , a country justly seen as an open-and-shut case of oppression.
He issued the dictum before my first foreign assignment: apartheid South Africa , a country justly seen as an open-and-shut case of oppression.
For me, those were set out by the Times editor who first assigned me abroad in 1976, A. M. Rosenthal, and by his successors over the years.
For me, those were set out by the Times editor who first assigned me abroad in 1976, A. M. Rosenthal , and by his successors over the years.
that of all the other major players in South Africa’s tragedy, including the Afrikaner people who built the fortress of racial prejudice that the country had become.
The commitment to fairness and balance , and to shunning conventional truths when our reporting leads us in unexpected directions, has been our gold standard — and one that I, like other reporters, undoubtedly failed on occasions when my passions, and the passions of those around me, ran at their highest.
At the time, I witnessed and shared the wild public rapture at Saddam Hussein’s fall, which gave way almost overnight to grim forebodings about the murderous sectarian chaos that was to ensue, and which continues, with a redoubled vengeance, in Tikrit, Mosul, Ramadi and dozens of other Iraqi cities and towns where the Islamic State has held sway.
Those moments, I fear, might have to include for me the hours after American troops overran Baghdad in April 2003.
Those moments, I fear, might have to include for me the hours after American troops overran Baghdad in April 2003 .
Under the timeline for all preparatory steps required to put the nuclear agreement into effect, the atomic agency’s director general , Yukiya Amano, now has until Dec. 15 to provide “the final assessment on the resolution of all past and present outstanding issues,” the statement said.
Under the timeline for all preparatory steps required to put the nuclear agreement into effect, the atomic agency’s director general, Yukiya Amano, now has until Dec. 15 to provide “the final assessment on the resolution of all past and present outstanding issues,” the statement said.
Iran always has asserted that its nuclear work is peaceful .
But questions about past Iranian activities, and what atomic agency inspectors had described as Iran’s resistance in resolving them, became an acute obstacle in the negotiations.
Under the timeline for all preparatory steps required to put the nuclear agreement into effect, the atomic agency’s director general, Yukiya Amano, now has until Dec. 15 to provide “the final assessment on the resolution of all past and present outstanding issues,” the statement said.
In a statement, the atomic agency, the nuclear-monitoring arm of the United Nations, said that as of Thursday, its requests for materials clarifying “past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran ’s nuclear program were completed.”
In a statement, the atomic agency , the nuclear-monitoring arm of the United Nations, said that as of Thursday, its requests for materials clarifying “past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program were completed.”
Under the timeline for all preparatory steps required to put the nuclear agreement into effect, the atomic agency’s director general, Yukiya Amano , now has until Dec. 15 to provide “the final assessment on the resolution of all past and present outstanding issues,” the statement said.
In a statement, the atomic agency, the nuclear-monitoring arm of the United Nations , said that as of Thursday, its requests for materials clarifying “past and present outstanding issues regarding Iran’s nuclear program were completed.”
While critics of the agreement in the United States said the compromise gave Iran latitude to cheat, Mr. Amano and his subordinates said it conformed to their standards.
While critics of the agreement in the United States said the compromise gave Iran latitude to cheat , Mr. Amano and his subordinates said it conformed to their standards.
Iran’s Parliament formally endorsed the nuclear agreement this week, and it was then ratified by an oversight panel, the final approval required from the Iranian side.
American officials have said it will take six to nine months for Iran to carry out all the steps required before sanctions are lifted.
American officials have said it will take six to nine months for Iran to carry out all the steps required before sanctions are lifted.
Employers took on all the risk — the stock market dropping, people living longer than expected.
And then along came new vehicles like the 401(k) and the Individual Retirement Account .
They socked money away in a pension plan that paid longtime employees a healthy fraction of their salary from the day they retired to the day they died .
But they also left people exposed to the vicissitudes of markets, the risk of saving too little or investing poorly, not to mention the possibility of outliving their savings .
People were also at risk of getting advice from venal investment advisers guiding them toward investments with high fees or high risk because those products provided the advisers with high, frequently undisclosed commissions .
It has set to work on rules that would assign a “ fiduciary duty ” to investment managers who handle retirement savings accounts.
The Labor Department said on Monday that it would try to do something about that last problem.
That means that they would need to put their clients in suitable investment products, and could be sued if they didn’t.
It has set to work on rules that would assign a “fiduciary duty” to investment managers who handle retirement savings accounts .
A wide range of research, for example, has found that people are far more likely to save through a 401(k) savings plan if their employer automatically enrolls them .
people cannot opt out .
But only in 2009 were I.R.S. rules put into effect to make clear that is an acceptable practice and what employers must do to make auto-enrollment legal.
And the president has proposed more extensive legislation, which hasn’t gone anywhere in Congress, allowing “ Automatic I.R.A.s. ” This idea, floated years ago by the conservative Heritage Foundation, would create retirement plans run through employers in which people cannot opt out.
But take these proposals together, and you can see a possible vision of what retirement savings in the 21st century might look like if President Obama gets his way.
Readers responded on the Times Facebook page and on Twitter to Heather Havrilesky’s review of “Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own,” by Kate Bolick (April 19).
If people only knew what an adventure trying to raise a family is.
While this lifestyle may be fine for a few, I feel bad for all the impressionable people who will lead unsatisfying lives pursuing the narcissistic fantasies laid out here.
You’ll end up going crazy .
I liked this review, although it said a lot about the reviewer’s biases , too.
For one thing, there are many women who are and are not conventionally attractive, and who do and do not have men throwing themselves at them, but who are still very happily single.
For one thing, there are many women who are and are not conventionally attractive, and who do and do not have men throwing themselves at them, but who are still very happily single .
But the reviewer doesn’t seem to have met those women.
Even as great craft brews are available in many ballparks around the country, Yankee Stadium has remained in thrall to the big distributors, squeezing out all but corporate products.
Except that it’s beer , not wine, that goes so naturally with baseball, hot dogs, peanuts and conversation, especially under the ideal conditions of afternoon sunshine.
I am sad to say that I’ve very rarely had a good beer in a ballpark, certainly not in Yankee Stadium , home of the team I’ve rooted for all my life.
I came of drinking age as the craft beer revolution was taking off in this country.
But spring is the season of unrealistic hopes, so I can fantasize how I’d stock my ideal concession.
And we can’t neglect good old American lager , the beer that made Milwaukee, St. Louis and so many other brewing centers famous.
My ballpark concession would absolutely require a couple of good lagers , even if this style has been denatured by big brewers, who have used adjuncts to malted barley, like rice and corn, to create so banal a product it can only be enjoyed icy cold, bottle to forehead in the brutal heat.
My ballpark concession would absolutely require a couple of good lagers, even if this style has been denatured by big brewers, who have used adjuncts to malted barley, like rice and corn , to create so banal a product it can only be enjoyed icy cold, bottle to forehead in the brutal heat.
And we can’t neglect good old American lager, the beer that made Milwaukee, St. Louis and so many other brewing centers famous.
Aside from an initial distaste for diving into the style that epitomized industrial brewing, many early craft brewers had other reasons for avoiding lagers, one of the two major forms of beer, along with ales .
It’s a little like the syndicated-television landscape painter Bob Ross , who would earnestly advise turning an accidental blob of paint on canvas into “another happy tree.”
“It’s just a cool time for lagers ,” Chase said.
Aside from an initial distaste for diving into the style that epitomized industrial brewing , many early craft brewers had other reasons for avoiding lagers, one of the two major forms of beer, along with ales.
Minimalist lagers, in general, are more difficult to produce than fruity , complex ales.
Our solution was to include golden and amber lagers, equivalent to German styles like Helles and Dortmunder, while excluding beers labeled pilsner.
Our solution was to include golden and amber lagers , equivalent to German styles like Helles and Dortmunder, while excluding beers labeled pilsner.
Our solution was to include golden and amber lagers, equivalent to German styles like Helles and Dortmunder, while excluding beers labeled pilsner.
Defining “ American lager” was difficult.
We also tried, not entirely successfully, to exclude lagers that used cereal adjuncts in the industrial style.
The bandwidth of lagers is rather narrow , but they have their refreshing role to play.
Other beers well worth seeking out include the pleasantly bitter District Common from Atlas Brew Works; the golden, malty, hoppy Venn Dortmund-Style Lager from Ninkasi Brewing; the lively, lightly bitter Dortmunder Gold Lager from Great Lakes Brewing; and the fresh, grassy Lawnmower Lager from Caldera Brewing.
Other beers well worth seeking out include the pleasantly bitter District Common from Atlas Brew Works; the golden, malty, hoppy Venn Dortmund-Style Lager from Ninkasi Brewing; the lively, lightly bitter Dortmunder Gold Lager from Great Lakes Brewing; and the fresh, grassy Lawnmower Lager from Caldera Brewing.
The Lawnmower , by the way, was the lowest in alcohol in the tasting at just 3.9 percent.
Other beers well worth seeking out include the pleasantly bitter District Common from Atlas Brew Works; the golden, malty, hoppy Venn Dortmund-Style Lager from Ninkasi Brewing; the lively, lightly bitter Dortmunder Gold Lager from Great Lakes Brewing; and the fresh, grassy Lawnmower Lager from Caldera Brewing .
( $2, 12 oz .)
SAMUEL ADAMS BOSTON LAGER, BOSTON/CINCINNATI ★★1/2
GREAT LAKES BREWING DORTMUNDER GOLD LAGER, CLEVELAND ★★1/2 Pale amber, lightly bitter, with lively flavors of malt and hops.
($1.70, 12 oz.) CALDERA BREWING LAWNMOWER LAGER, ASHLAND, ORE.
( $1.70 , 12 oz.)
As a few producers watched and Mr. Feig adjusted the blocking, the actors filmed a scene in which Mr. Law’s character jokes about running away together and Ms. McCarthy, as his besotted colleague, takes him seriously.
BUDAPEST —  Melissa McCarthy was standing in an ersatz C.I.A. office here, on a soundstage a few miles outside the city.
BUDAPEST —  Melissa McCarthy was standing in an ersatz C.I.A. office here, on a soundstage a few miles outside the city.
With a curly wig and a fake case of pink eye, she was shooting a scene opposite Jude Law for their new movie, “Spy,” as the director and screenwriter, Paul Feig , looked on.
With a curly wig and a fake case of pink eye, she was shooting a scene opposite Jude Law for their new movie, “Spy,” as the director and screenwriter, Paul Feig, looked on.
In Budapest last June, Kent Sublette , a veteran of “Saturday Night Live,” and Katie Dippold, the screenwriter for “The Heat” and now co-writer of the new “Ghostbusters,” watched the action and scribbled jokes on sticky notes, which were handed to Mr. Feig, who also shouted extra one-liners to his cast.
In Budapest last June, Kent Sublette, a veteran of “Saturday Night Live,” and Katie Dippold , the screenwriter for “The Heat” and now co-writer of the new “Ghostbusters,” watched the action and scribbled jokes on sticky notes, which were handed to Mr. Feig, who also shouted extra one-liners to his cast.
“It doesn’t work very well if a movie is supposed to make you feel difficult emotions,” Mr. Apatow said.
Feig , who also shouted extra one-liners to his cast.
“Spy” has had about 10 test screenings, he said, although unlike “ Bridesmaids ,” it scored well with audiences out of the gate.
“Spy,” which is to open on June 5 , is the biggest-budget gamble of Mr. Feig’s career, a high-stakes espionage thriller — a comic espionage thriller — that cost $65 million to make and had the cast and crew on location here for months last year.
“Spy,” which is to open on June 5, is the biggest-budget gamble of Mr. Feig’s career, a high-stakes espionage thriller — a comic espionage thriller — that cost $65 million to make and had the cast and crew on location here for months last year.
Feig cheered.
“Spy,” which is to open on June 5, is the biggest-budget gamble of Mr. Feig’s career, a high-stakes espionage thriller — a comic espionage thriller — that cost $65 million to make and had the cast and crew on location here for months last year.
Over the past 20 years, Connecticut has lost more than 96,000 manufacturing jobs , she said, because of agreements that failed to protect American workers.
Over the past 20 years, Connecticut has lost more than 96,000 manufacturing jobs, she said, because of agreements that failed to protect American workers .
Sanders told the assembled media that while he liked the president’s speech, “he was wrong on one major issue, and that is the Trans-Pacific Partnership .”
“These trade deals make it much easier for corporations to send American jobs overseas .”
Sanders told the assembled media that while he liked the president’s speech, “he was wrong on one major issue, and that is the Trans-Pacific Partnership .”
They were never effectively enforced .
One mistake the Nafta negotiators made more than two decades ago was taking worker rights and environmental protections out of the agreement itself and putting them into a side letter .
They are also aiming to pry open the Japanese auto and agricultural markets to American producers, and include protections for a free and open Internet.
They are also aiming to pry open the Japanese auto and agricultural markets to American producers, and include protections for a free and open Internet .
It has, in other words, a lot more potential to do good than harm .
Once known for grim letters to fellow wealthy Americans warning of socialist apocalypse, Charles G. Koch now promotes research on the link between freedom and everyday happiness.
Turn on “The Big Bang Theory” or “Morning Joe,” and you are likely to see soft-focus television spots introducing some of the many employees of Koch Industries .
Instead of trading insults with Harry Reid , the Democratic Senate leader, Mr. Koch and his brother, David H. Koch, are trading compliments with President Obama, who this month praised the Kochs’ support for criminal justice reform at a meeting of the N.A.A.C.P.
Instead of trading insults with Harry Reid, the Democratic Senate leader, Mr. Koch and his brother, David H. Koch, are trading compliments with President Obama, who this month praised the Kochs’ support for criminal justice reform at a meeting of the N.A.A.C.P .
Instead of trading insults with Harry Reid, the Democratic Senate leader, Mr. Koch and his brother, David H. Koch, are trading compliments with President Obama , who this month praised the Kochs’ support for criminal justice reform at a meeting of the N.A.A.C.P.
In December, David Koch, who lives in New York , sat for an interview with Barbara Walters of ABC and described his liberal beliefs on gay rights and social issues.
In December, David Koch, who lives in New York, sat for an interview with Barbara Walters of ABC and described his liberal beliefs on gay rights and social issues.
In recent months, Freedom Partners , the nonprofit that oversees the Kochs’ political donor network, has also persuaded some of its donors to put their names to op-ed articles in national and local newspapers, helping shift attention away from the two brothers.
He gets death threats all the time, and there’s a lot of misinformation out there,” said Chris Rufer , a self-described libertarian and the founder of Morning Star, the world’s largest tomato processor.
Because nonprofits do not disclose their donors, it is impossible to know how much of the Koch network’s spending is underwitten by the Kochs themselves.
The move to expand the police militias, prompted by the disastrous loss of the northern city of Kunduz to the Taliban almost three weeks ago, is being described by officials speaking privately as an attempt to head off panic in Afghan cities threatened by the insurgents.
On Thursday, President Obama called off that pullout, originally due at year’s end , leaving 9,800 American troops in the country for at least another year.
On Thursday, President Obama called off that pullout, originally due at year’s end, leaving 9,800 American troops in the country for at least another year .
But the expansion also amounts to an open admission that the United States’ main legacy in Afghanistan — the creation of nationalized police and army forces numbering more than 350,000 members — is failing under pressure even before any final American military withdrawal.
The move to expand the police militias, prompted by the disastrous loss of the northern city of Kunduz to the Taliban almost three weeks ago, is being described by officials speaking privately as an attempt to head off panic in Afghan cities threatened by the insurgents .
Afghan officials who described the new plan, however, bluntly called it a matter of survival: Given a choice between ceding territory to the Taliban and reinforcing areas with semiformal militias deemed abusive and predatory, the government is opting for the latter.
The measure is supposed to focus on beefing up defenses at the district level , potentially freeing up the badly overstretched army and the national police to concentrate their forces for more strategic strikes.
The measure is supposed to focus on beefing up defenses at the district level, potentially freeing up the badly overstretched army and the national police to concentrate their forces for more strategic strikes.
While the Americans had long told the Afghan government to respect the 30,000 cap for the force, at least two Afghan officials said that discussions were underway and that the American military had shown interest in finding a way to fund the program’s expansion, which is believed to cost more than the force’s current $120 million annual budget.
The militia expansion plan is a reversal for President Ashraf Ghani , who had long talked about the importance of solidifying “the state monopoly over the use of force” in a country still deeply scarred by its civil war.
We do not think the A.L.P. has worked — especially in the north , where they have become the extension of local interest groups.”
But European members of the NATO coalition have expressed concern about the expansion, officials said.
“The fear is still there that the A.L.P. becomes the arms of local strongmen .
Reached for comment, a United States military official said that Afghan police officials had not formally approached the American military command to discuss expanding the Afghan Local Police forces, which the official described as “important.”
And Franz-Michael Mellbin , the European Union’s special representative to Afghanistan, said that even successful reform of the Afghan Local Police, or A.L.P., would not be enough to justify its expansion.
The Afghan Local Police were established by American commanders as a low-cost auxiliary force trained by the United States Special Forces .
Several assessments, the most comprehensive of them by the International Crisis Group , have concluded that the A.L.P. “has not improved security in many places and even exacerbated the conflict in many districts.”
But even when units have been under direct American supervision , some have committed abuses.
The widespread nature of the problem has prompted Mr. Ghani to order an immediate “ personnel asset inventory ,” official said.
Some officials fear the militia expansion amounts to a political payoff to these strongmen, who have often used A.L.P. units for their personal business.
Thousands of men who had once been disarmed by government campaigns costing hundreds of millions of dollars are now being rearmed.
The design is also being rolled out at a time when factional strongmen and elements of the former government in Kabul have mounted pressure on Mr. Ghani’s government, accusing him of exclusionary politics.
The design is also being rolled out at a time when factional strongmen and elements of the former government in Kabul have mounted pressure on Mr. Ghani ’s government, accusing him of exclusionary politics.
If the elite had come together on Kunduz, the situation could have been managed before it became a national security threat.”
Many of the army and police commanders who were in Kunduz maintain factional loyalties that at times have been at odds with the central government.
“The security challenges cannot be seen in isolation,” said Mr. Mellbin, the European Union representative.
The Kabul government’s political struggles have had a direct affect on the morale of the security forces, some officials say.
Taking a small step to address segregation in New York City schools, the Education Department announced on Friday that it would allow seven schools to reserve slots for children from low-income or non-English speaking families.
Six of the seven schools that will change their policies are unzoned, meaning that they admit students by lottery rather than by drawing from the surrounding neighborhood
Taking a small step to address segregation in New York City schools, the Education Department announced on Friday that it would allow seven schools to reserve slots for children from low-income or non-English speaking families.
The schools would set aside from about 20 percent to 60 percent of their seats for students in those groups, many of them black or Hispanic.
The program grew out of recommendations that the schools’ principals made to the Education Department last year, as Mayor Bill de Blasio has faced growing pressure from principals and community leaders to increase diversity .
Even if China’s stock markets end their dizzying falls — and analysts say there is still room to tumble even after a respite on Thursday — the sense of supreme control that once cloaked the Communist Party leadership may take longer to recover.
Across China, many of the millions of middle-class investors have been asking why the party and the government talked up the market in the months leading up to the recent plunge, and then bumbled in their efforts to prevent the rout .
Across China, many of the millions of middle-class investors have been asking why the party and the government talked up the market in the months leading up to the recent plunge , and then bumbled in their efforts to prevent the rout.
Even if China’s stock markets end their dizzying falls — and analysts say there is still room to tumble even after a respite on Thursday — the sense of supreme control that once cloaked the Communist Party leadership may take longer to recover.
Even if China’s stock markets end their dizzying falls — and analysts say there is still room to tumble even after a respite on Thursday — the sense of supreme control that once cloaked the Communist Party leadership may take longer to recover.
“A middle class that believed deeply that the motherland would become strong has been eviscerated,” said an essay circulating on Chinese websites this week that was credited to an investor who had lost most of his savings.
“This was a stock wipeout that thoroughly damaged middle-class assets from a decade of striving .
The giddiest investors, including those who took on debt to buy stock , are wondering if they can recover their fortunes.
Some have posted notices on property rental and sales websites saying they need to sell their homes quickly to raise cash .
“A middle class that believed deeply that the motherland would become strong has been eviscerated,” said an essay circulating on Chinese websites this week that was credited to an investor who had lost most of his savings.
Credit Suisse estimated in a research note this week that 80 percent of urban Chinese households held stakes in the stock market, either directly or through equity funds that invest in it.
By midway through this year, 8.8 percent of all Chinese households had bought stocks directly, and the vast majority were urban dwellers, according to the China Household Finance Survey, conducted by the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu.
Credit Suisse estimated in a research note this week that 80 percent of urban Chinese households held stakes in the stock market, either directly or through equity funds that invest in it .
By midway through this year, 8.8 percent of all Chinese households had bought stocks directly, and the vast majority were urban dwellers , according to the China Household Finance Survey, conducted by the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu.
By midway through this year, 8.8 percent of all Chinese households had bought stocks directly, and the vast majority were urban dwellers, according to the China Household Finance Survey, conducted by the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu.
Moreover, editorials in China’s state-run news media celebrated the rising indexes as affirmation of Mr. Xi’s recipe for national strength: a measured easing of state controls on the economy while keeping political power firmly in the hands of the party elite.
Market adulation reached its peak in April , when a commentary on the website of People’s Daily, the party’s flagship newspaper, told readers the 4,000 point mark reached by the Shanghai Stock Exchange was “only the start of the bull market.”
He expressed confidence in the long-term prospects of the common stocks known as A Shares traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges.
“What’s a bubble? Tulips and Bitcoins are bubbles,” the author, Wang Ruoyu, wrote, scoffing at warnings that the Chinese stock markets were bound to burst.
He expressed confidence in the long-term prospects of the common stocks known as A Shares traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen exchanges.
the Brookings Institution and a former senior director for Asia on the United States’ National Security Council.
The political implications of the crisis will depend “on how much farther this will go, what measures the government will still deploy to deal with it and how it is explained to those who are losing money,” said Kenneth G. Lieberthal, a scholar of Chinese politics at the Brookings Institution and a former senior director for Asia on the United States’ National Security Council .
The political implications of the crisis will depend “on how much farther this will go, what measures the government will still deploy to deal with it and how it is explained to those who are losing money,” said Kenneth G. Lieberthal, a scholar of Chinese politics at the Brookings Institution and a former senior director for Asia on the United States’ National Security Council.
The political implications of the crisis will depend “ on how much farther this will go, what measures the government will still deploy to deal with it and how it is explained to those who are losing money ,” said Kenneth G. Lieberthal, a scholar of Chinese politics at the Brookings Institution and a former senior director for Asia on the United States’ National Security Council.
Yet there are those who still see the stock market as the best investment, given low interest rates at banks and the huge amount of capital needed to buy property in many cities.
Song Tairan, 25, an employee at an Internet company in Beijing who lost 20 percent of a first-time $16,000 investment he made in March, said he was still in.
Song Tairan, 25, an employee at an Internet company in Beijing who lost 20 percent of a first-time $16,000 investment he made in March, said he was still in.
Song Tairan, 25 , an employee at an Internet company in Beijing who lost 20 percent of a first-time $16,000 investment he made in March, said he was still in.
Song Tairan, 25, an employee at an Internet company in Beijing who lost 20 percent of a first-time $16,000 investment he made in March, said he was still in.
The larger of the vessels, a 140-foot boat known as the Firefighter II, also used its main cannon as a water-powered battering ram.
The larger of the vessels, a 140-foot boat known as the Firefighter II , also used its main cannon as a water-powered battering ram.
The impact of 17,000 gallons of water a minute was used to collapse walls, exposing the flames inside the warehouse.
But as flames engulfed a waterfront warehouse stuffed with old court papers and medical records in Williamsburg, Brooklyn , this weekend, there they were: two fireboats pouring frigid water from the East River onto the inferno.
“Without that force, we wouldn’t have been able to hit any of the fire,” said Rick Ferro , the chief who directed the waterborne response.
This weekend ’s fire, however, marked the second time in two weeks that fireboats rushed toward plumes of smoke from out-of-control fires on the banks of the city’s rivers.
Indeed, the sight of smoke billowing from an industrial zone as water arches in from bobbing watercraft is an increasingly rare one for the Fire Department’s Marine Battalion , which counts about 20 boats in its fleet but more frequently responds to medical emergencies and boats in distress.
Indeed, the sight of smoke billowing from an industrial zone as water arches in from bobbing watercraft is an increasingly rare one for the Fire Department’s Marine Battalion, which counts about 20 boats in its fleet but more frequently responds to medical emergencies and boats in distress .
On Jan. 21, several New York City fireboats helped fight a fire in a New Jersey apartment complex in Edgewater, a community along the Hudson.
On Jan. 21 , several New York City fireboats helped fight a fire in a New Jersey apartment complex in Edgewater, a community along the Hudson.
Fireboats have also responded to smoldering garbage barges, houseboat blazes and, a few years ago, a coal ship fire in Connecticut.
Because the department used federal funding to replace much of its aging fleet, “that makes them regional assets,” said Chief Ferro .
Because the department used federal funding to replace much of its aging fleet, “that makes them regional assets,” said Chief Ferro.
Fireboats have also responded to smoldering garbage barges, houseboat blazes and, a few years ago, a coal ship fire in Connecticut .
During the Brooklyn blaze, Chief Ferro said that in addition to dealing with heavy current, strong winds and shallow water, the pilot of the Firefighter II had to contend with the sheer force of the front cannon, known as a monitor , pushing the unanchored boat backward.
The benefit , which was a touchstone issue even before it was made law in 2013, was envisioned as a way to encourage parents to remain home and raise their children, ages 15 months to 36 months, once maternity leave benefits expire.
The benefit, which was a touchstone issue even before it was made law in 2013 , was envisioned as a way to encourage parents to remain home and raise their children, ages 15 months to 36 months, once maternity leave benefits expire.
About 455,000 parents, mostly mothers, now receive the payments.
But critics, who derisively referred to the program as the “ stove bonus, ” argued that it sent women the wrong signal by rewarding them for staying at home.
Many educators also worried that the monthly payments of 150 euros, or $163, were most attractive to poorer, often immigrant, families whose children benefit most from early childhood education .
A. I loved reading and writing , and I had what I guess you would describe as a “magazine brain” from Day 1.
When I was 8, I decided to publish a literary magazine , and I would solicit contributions from all the kids on my street.
A. I loved reading and writing, and I had what I guess you would describe as a “magazine brain” from Day 1.
When I was 8, I decided to publish a literary magazine, and I would solicit contributions from all the kids on my street .
My mom was a biochemist — she was one of just a few women in leadership roles at the National Institutes of Health — and really loved her work.
Nobody ever really sits you down and says, “Here’s some Management 101 on how to do it.”
It’s very reassuring for employees to understand what is expected of them .
Just because you know how to be a good friend, and even a good co-worker, doesn’t mean that you’re going to know how to be a good boss .
The big challenge for me was learning how to be firm and clear .
Really getting to know your team and being interested in their lives also gives you good will. So when you’re in a situation where you need to deliver a message that maybe isn’t so easy to hear, it will land on this mattress of good karma.
I always ask people why they want the job .
There’s not one right answer, but I want to see that there is a reason.
Years ago, Leonard Lauder [the former C.E.O. of the Estée Lauder Companies ] told me that somebody needs to ask for the job, to say something along the lines of: “I really want this position.
There’s not one right answer, but I want to see that there is a reason .
Years ago, Leonard Lauder [the former C.E.O. of the Estée Lauder Companies] told me that somebody needs to ask for the job, to say something along the lines of: “I really want this position. I think I could do something great with it, and I’d be so excited to join your team. What else can I do to convince you? ” If they haven’t said that, then they haven’t gone far enough.
I also like asking, “What would you be doing if you weren’t in this business at all?” I’m always curious about who people are outside of work, and I think you want to hire people who have something going on in their lives besides work.
I have definitely seen that people who have full lives are not just happier but also tend to be better at their jobs .
who have something going on in their lives besides work.
People who can come up with a great idea and execute it , soup to nuts, are really valuable.
We are never at a shortage for great ideas .
I think everybody does better if they really like some aspect of what they’re doing , but work is work.
We can’t all work in jobs where we feel like our heart is singing every day. There’s that old expression, “If work was that great, the rich would keep it for themselves.”
There’s that old expression, “If work was that great, the rich would keep it for themselves.” The idea that your job is going to make your heart sing on a daily basis is just not true.
But you can aim for a pretty good heart-singing-to-bummed-out ratio .
I think everybody does better if they really like some aspect of what they’re doing, but work is work.
The association has begun working with operators of communities on strategies to mitigate the effect of cliques and will conduct a new study this year to examine the prevalence of cliques in assisted-living residences as well.
DAVID S. SCHLESS .President.American Seniors Housing Association.Washington, Jan. 19, 2015 To the Editor: I ached with memory reading Jennifer Weiner’s account of her grandmother’s entry into retirement living.
Cliques and shunning people are seen just about everywhere there are groups of people , of any age, who share spaces and resources.
DAVID S. SCHLESS.President.American Seniors Housing Association.Washington, Jan. 19, 2015 To the Editor: I ached with memory reading Jennifer Weiner’s account of her grandmother’s entry into retirement living.
The writer, a clinical social worker , is the author of “Witness to Resilience: Stories of Intimate Violence.”
She can create her own “in group, ” where only kind women are welcome.
MAREA WEXLER .Northampton, Mass., Jan. 20, 2015
MAREA WEXLER.Northampton, Mass., Jan. 20, 2015
The state House is again pushing forward with a Republican priority to require photo identification at the polls, after similar measures were stymied by the Senate or courts in recent years.
The state House is again pushing forward with a Republican priority to require photo identification at the polls, after similar measures were stymied by the Senate or courts in recent years.
Both measures need a second House vote and also would have to pass the Senate , where Democrats have previously blocked proposed ID requirements.
Both measures need a second House vote and also would have to pass the Senate, where Democrats have previously blocked proposed ID requirements.
Democrats say it could make it harder for older people, minorities and women to vote, because they might have more difficulty getting the underlying documents such as birth certificates or marriage licenses that are needed to obtain an ID.
But that isn’t the case,” Andrew Papachristos, a Chicago native and an associate professor of sociology at Yale, says.
But that isn’t the case,” Andrew Papachristos, a Chicago native and an associate professor of sociology at Yale , says.
Trey has no violent criminal record and works full time as a security guard .
In areas like Gresham, a lot of young men don’t have the luxury of opting out of affiliation with the local set; banding together in brotherhoods can be a survival strategy in neighborhoods where personal reputation is capital and walking the streets alone makes it more likely that you’ll be seen as weak.
A majority of residents who claim sets in Chicago are more like Trey, my close friend of 17 years and a member of the 81st Street Black P. Stones in Auburn Gresham.
In 2006 I was shot at by a drunken 20-something man on the North Side of Chicago while riding in a car with three female friends.
In 2006 I was shot at by a drunken 20-something man on the North Side of Chicago while riding in a car with three female friends.
And sending in tactical units to “destroy the gangs,” as the former Chicago police superintendent Garry McCarthy recently vowed, distracts from the structural problems that lead to gun violence in inner-city neighborhoods.
A real solution would involve more opportunities for employment and education, stricter policies on gun control and safe spaces for those who have been traumatized, in order to minimize the chance of violence being perpetuated — the same things people have spent half a century calling for in these neighborhoods.
A real solution would involve more opportunities for employment and education, stricter policies on gun control and safe spaces for those who have been traumatized , in order to minimize the chance of violence being perpetuated — the same things people have spent half a century calling for in these neighborhoods.
Moreno came in for his first appearance since throwing five and a third innings of no-hit relief Tuesday against Texas , a stint that kept him from being returned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre for a fresher arm.
Then in the fifth, Mitchell just missed getting his glove on Adam Eaton ’s single up the middle.
Then in the fifth, Mitchell just missed getting his glove on Adam Eaton’s single up the middle.
Then in the fifth , Mitchell just missed getting his glove on Adam Eaton’s single up the middle.
After a wild pitch, Tyler Saladino followed with another grounder up the middle, which gave the White Sox a 3-1 lead and spelled the end for Mitchell, who gave up seven hits and struck out five.
For decades, the Cuban church has been wary of inciting the wrath of a Communist government that all but marginalized it after the 1959 revolution, when priests were cast out, religious schools were closed and the state was declared atheist.
But as he arrives in Havana on Saturday, the first stop of a nine-day papal trip to Cuba and the United States, Francis faces a new challenge altogether: Having helped open up Cuba to the world, the first Latin American pope must now try to fully open up Cuba to the Roman Catholic Church.
“It is an occasion to ask for more openness,” said the Rev. Jorge Cela , who oversaw the Jesuit religious order in Cuba from 2010 to 2012.
But as he arrives in Havana on Saturday, the first stop of a nine-day papal trip to Cuba and the United States, Francis faces a new challenge altogether: Having helped open up Cuba to the world, the first Latin American pope must now try to fully open up Cuba to the Roman Catholic Church .
“It forms part of an established agenda,” he said, noting that dissidents were not invited to celebrations at the new United States Embassy in August and that they were often avoided by visiting delegations.
Meanwhile, he said, the state had started cracking down ahead of the pope’s visit, detaining some dissidents and stationing police officers outside dissidents’ houses.
Meanwhile, he said, the state had started cracking down ahead of the pope’s visit, detaining some dissidents and stationing police officers outside dissidents’ houses.
“It forms part of an established agenda,” he said, noting that dissidents were not invited to celebrations at the new United States Embassy in August and that they were often avoided by visiting delegations.
The most powerful figure in the Cuban church is Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino , the archbishop of Havana, who is set to retire.
The most powerful figure in the Cuban church is Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino , the archbishop of Havana, who is set to retire.
The most powerful figure in the Cuban church is Cardinal Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, the archbishop of Havana, who is set to retire .
Detractors attack him as being too conciliatory to the government of President Raúl Castro .
In June , Cardinal Ortega incensed members of the opposition when he suggested in a radio interview that he had no knowledge of political prisoners in Cuba.
In June, Cardinal Ortega incensed members of the opposition when he suggested in a radio interview that he had no knowledge of political prisoners in Cuba.
A month later, he became the focus of an awkward standoff after he refused to accept a list of political prisoners presented to him by two dissidents during a reception at the United States Interests Section (the building soon reopened this summer as the American embassy when diplomatic relations with Cuba were restored).
A month later, he became the focus of an awkward standoff after he refused to accept a list of political prisoners presented to him by two dissidents during a reception at the United States Interests Section (the building soon reopened this summer as the American embassy when diplomatic relations with Cuba were restored).
In the early 1990s, after the fall of the Soviet Union, Fidel Castro , knowing that he needed new allies and new sources of money, began to soften his stance on the church.
In the early 1990s, after the fall of the Soviet Union, Fidel Castro , knowing that he needed new allies and new sources of money, began to soften his stance on the church.
There have certainly been times when the church has challenged the government.
There have certainly been times when the church has challenged the government.
It should allow him to make a personal evaluation of the next potential leader of the Cuba n church, though analysts do not expect a decision soon.
Replacing the cardinal will be one of Francis’ most complicated and important tasks.
He will travel throughout the island, meeting different bishops and church figures .
It should allow him to make a personal evaluation of the next potential leader of the Cuban church , though analysts do not expect a decision soon.
But Francis has unique advantages in Cuba, given that he is a native Spanish speaker bearing a popular message of social justice and the pitfalls of capitalism.
And those government critics, especially in Miami, who want Francis to publicly rebuke Mr. Castro are likely to be disappointed.
The toughest negotiations will likely happen in private .
But Francis has unique advantages in Cuba, given that he is a native Spanish speaker bearing a popular message of social justice and the pitfalls of capitalism.
He added, “I think that our church in Cuba is still looking too much into itself.”
It’s the chapters about Mr. Hamid’s own life and his meditations on Pakistan ’s tumultuous recent history that command attention — and call out for a volume of their own.
One moment he is lamenting the hazards of life in Pakistan, where death can come in the form of militant terror attacks and American drone strikes, and where one can be killed for “being liberal, for being mystical, for being in politics, the army or the police, or for simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
The sections on art and writing are, for the most part, banal — predictable musings about whether characters ought to be “likable” or not, and the pleasures of rereading favorite short books.
The sections on art and writing are, for the most part, banal — predictable musings about whether characters ought to be “ likable ” or not, and the pleasures of rereading favorite short books.
The sections on art and writing are, for the most part, banal — predictable musings about whether characters ought to be “likable” or not, and the pleasures of rereading favorite short books .
At the same time, Mr. Hamid points out, he’s made “an attempt at optimism,” however forced and possibly misguided — so fervent is his belief that “Pakistan is a test bed for pluralism on a globalizing planet that desperately needs more pluralism.”
At the same time, Mr. Hamid points out, he’s made “an attempt at optimism ,” however forced and possibly misguided — so fervent is his belief that “Pakistan is a test bed for pluralism on a globalizing planet that desperately needs more pluralism.”
Although he writes that Pakistanis have often been their “own worst enemies,” he says that he’s never believed the role the country frequently “plays as a villain on news shows”: “The Pakistan I knew was the out-of-character Pakistan, Pakistan without its makeup and plastic fangs, a working actor with worn-out shoes, a close family and a hearty laugh.”
Although he writes that Pakistanis have often been their “own worst enemies,” he says that he’s never believed the role the country frequently “plays as a villain on news shows”: “The Pakistan I knew was the out-of-character Pakistan, Pakistan without its makeup and plastic fangs, a working actor with worn-out shoes, a close family and a hearty laugh.”
Despite its inclusion on lists of failing states, he goes on, Pakistan is “not a basket case,” arguing in one essay that “it has well-established political parties, noisy private media, and an independent-minded supreme court.”
The merger was backed by 69.53 percent of the shareholders who voted on Friday, narrowly above the amount needed.
Investor activism like the Samsung fight is relatively uncommon in Asia.
Publicly traded companies often remain under the control of close-knit family groups or state-backed shareholders , and legal protections for minority investors can be patchy.
In many cases, activism in Asia plays out over a longer horizon , with players favoring persistent behind-the scenes lobbying over public campaigns.
In many cases, activism in Asia plays out over a longer horizon, with players favoring persistent behind-the scenes lobbying over public campaigns.
Unfortunately, when it arrives, Kay is the only one home.
Sent by Jack’s most recent ex-mistress, it contains dozens of printed pages of filthy emails delineating exactly what the couple wanted to do to each other and how.
A box of incriminating correspondence — a deceptively mild-looking thing — arrives at the Shanleys’ home, poised to spray shrapnel everywhere.
She opens it, thinking it might be an early birthday present .
Sent by Jack’s most recent ex-mistress, it contains dozens of printed pages of filthy emails delineating exactly what the couple wanted to do to each other and how .
A box of incriminating correspondence — a deceptively mild-looking thing — arrives at the Shanleys’ home, poised to spray shrapnel everywhere.
She opens it, thinking it might be an early birthday present.
Unfortunately, when it arrives, Kay is the only one home.
Sent by Jack’s most recent ex-mistress, it contains dozens of printed pages of filthy emails delineating exactly what the couple wanted to do to each other and how .
( Adultery Rule No. 1: Do not use email !
This is the first novel by Ms. Pierpont, a graduate of New York University’s creative writing program , and it shows a remarkably mature understanding of the delicate emotional balances in families — how feelings can flow back and forth like electricity in some kind of zero-sum game — and the subtle, irrational vicissitudes of people’s psyches.
This is the first novel by Ms. Pierpont, a graduate of New York University’s creative writing program, and it shows a remarkably mature understanding of the delicate emotional balances in families — how feelings can flow back and forth like electricity in some kind of zero-sum game — and the subtle, irrational vicissitudes of people’s psyches.
It is an old story, a crumbling marriage , but Ms. Pierpont gives it fresh insights, making the particular unhappiness (and occasional happiness) of the Shanleys by turns poignant, funny and very sad.
This is the first novel by Ms. Pierpont, a graduate of New York University’s creative writing program, and it shows a remarkably mature understanding of the delicate emotional balances in families — how feelings can flow back and forth like electricity in some kind of zero-sum game — and the subtle, irrational vicissitudes of people’s psyches.
It is an old story, a crumbling marriage, but Ms. Pierpont gives it fresh insights, making the particular unhappiness (and occasional happiness) of the Shanleys by turns poignant, funny and very sad.
This is the first novel by Ms. Pierpont, a graduate of New York University’s creative writing program, and it shows a remarkably mature understanding of the delicate emotional balances in families — how feelings can flow back and forth like electricity in some kind of zero-sum game — and the subtle, irrational vicissitudes of people’s psyches.
This is the first novel by Ms. Pierpont, a graduate of New York University’s creative writing program , and it shows a remarkably mature understanding of the delicate emotional balances in families — how feelings can flow back and forth like electricity in some kind of zero-sum game — and the subtle, irrational vicissitudes of people’s psyches.
It is an old story, a crumbling marriage, but Ms. Pierpont gives it fresh insights , making the particular unhappiness (and occasional happiness) of the Shanleys by turns poignant, funny and very sad.
It is an old story, a crumbling marriage , but Ms. Pierpont gives it fresh insights, making the particular unhappiness (and occasional happiness) of the Shanleys by turns poignant, funny and very sad.
This is the first novel by Ms. Pierpont, a graduate of New York University’s creative writing program, and it shows a remarkably mature understanding of the delicate emotional balances in families — how feelings can flow back and forth like electricity in some kind of zero-sum game — and the subtle, irrational vicissitudes of people’s psyches.
(Read Jenny Offill ’s “Dept. of Speculation” for a recent literary example.)
There is no going back .
But in a daring interim chapter called “ That Year and Those That Followed ,” Ms. Pierpont widens her lens, temporarily abandoning her pointillistic moment-by-moment descriptions for a panoramic shot that sweeps years into paragraphs, projecting far out into the Shanleys’ future.
But in a daring interim chapter called “That Year and Those That Followed,” Ms. Pierpont widens her lens, temporarily abandoning her pointillistic moment-by-moment descriptions for a panoramic shot that sweeps years into paragraphs , projecting far out into the Shanleys’ future.
Having gotten to know these people and watched their undoing as if it were a slow-motion car accident , we long for a happy ending.
But in a daring interim chapter called “ That Year and Those That Followed ,” Ms. Pierpont widens her lens, temporarily abandoning her pointillistic moment-by-moment descriptions for a panoramic shot that sweeps years into paragraphs, projecting far out into the Shanleys’ future.
(Read Jenny Offill ’s “Dept. of Speculation” for a recent literary example.)
There is no going back .
Having gotten to know these people and watched their undoing as if it were a slow-motion car accident , we long for a happy ending.
But in a daring interim chapter called “That Year and Those That Followed,” Ms. Pierpont widens her lens, temporarily abandoning her pointillistic moment-by-moment descriptions for a panoramic shot that sweeps years into paragraphs, projecting far out into the Shanleys’ future.
Beside the nearly milelong road that is the spine of the fairgrounds, the British pavilion hunkers behind a massive aluminum-and-steel sculpture inspired by a beehive .
Next to it sits Hungary’s pavilion, a ribbed structure alluding to Noah’s ark, but also reminiscent of Pinocchio’s whale.
To the north, the Palazzo Italia can be seen with its wrapping of spidery threads of white concrete, a patented material that is said to remove impurities from the air.
With more than 80 buildings being constructed for the fair, it was getting a workout.
Beside the nearly milelong road that is the spine of the fairgrounds, the British pavilion hunkers behind a massive aluminum-and-steel sculpture inspired by a beehive.
Kushner said.
The event coordinator planned nostalgic playground games ( ring toss, jumping rope ) in a lighthearted but competitive style.
The notion that Big Brother is watching from the web , along with the eyes of corporate America, is a reality that is also bearing down on millennials and others who are holding down jobs and are expected to perform in them.
As enticing and addictive as Facebook and Instagram have become, there’s also a pushback from those wanting to remain faceless and nameless.
“I really loved the idea of a healthy weekend: high-end, but low-fat cuisine, fitness classes, treatments
“We get a lot of ideas from media,” said Anna Post , a co-author of “Emily Post’s Etiquette” and a spokeswoman for the Emily Post Institute in Burlington, Vt.
“The generation before the Internet watched movies and learned how to behave from them,” she said, pointing to the John Hughes cult film “Sixteen Candles” as one example.
“We get a lot of ideas from media,” said Anna Post , a co-author of “Emily Post’s Etiquette” and a spokeswoman for the Emily Post Institute in Burlington, Vt.
“Everyone is using it now, so smartphones are essentially monitoring our behavior,” she said.
“The problem with Instagram and Facebook is that they’re being used by career-minded people outside the original targeted audience — the college crowd — Ms. Sternheimer said.
“People don’t want to miss that part of the evening, and thus they’re learning to pace themselves,” said Maureen Farley , director of hospitality at the Plaza hotel in New York, which hosts approximately 60 weddings a year.
“People don’t want to miss that part of the evening, and thus they’re learning to pace themselves,” said Maureen Farley, director of hospitality at the Plaza hotel in New York, which hosts approximately 60 weddings a year.
The after-parties often start at 1:30 a.m. and can run til 4 a.m. What is being served is also helping to control the impulse to overindulge.
The after-parties often start at 1:30 a.m. and can run til 4 a.m.
A growing foodie culture in the millennial generation is putting emphasis on the quality of the meal, craft cocktails and other specialties, said Ms. Walton of the Bridal Bar.
Today’s festivities start with the welcome party, which morphs into the ceremony the following evening, which flows effortlessly into the four -hour postnuptial gala, followed by an after-party.
Today, Ms. Post said, “Websites and magazines portray a far more accurate, more realistic reflection of what’s expected from us behaviorally at a wedding , and therefore people are acting better.
The way parties are structured is also changing.
Today’s festivities start with the welcome party, which morphs into the ceremony the following evening, which flows effortlessly into the four-hour postnuptial gala, followed by an after-party.
Today, Ms. Post said, “Websites and magazines portray a far more accurate, more realistic reflection of what’s expected from us behaviorally at a wedding , and therefore people are acting better.
Before 1983, six randomized controlled trials involving 2,467 men were conducted.
N one were explicit studies of the recommended diet (and none involved women), but all explored the relationship between dietary fat, cholesterol and mortality.
None were explicit studies of the recommended diet (and none involved women), but all explored the relationship between dietary fat, cholesterol and mortality .
Five of them were secondary prevention trials — meaning that they involved only men with known problems already.
And in all of them, there was no significant difference among them in the rate of death from coronary heart disease .
The study did show that cholesterol levels went down more in the groups that ate low-fat diets.
Mean cholesterol went down 13 percent in the intervention groups, but it went down 7 percent in the control groups.
Mean cholesterol went down 13 percent in the intervention groups, but it went down 7 percent in the control groups.
Twelve met the researchers’ criteria for inclusion in the analysis, and seven of them controlled for background diet.
About 70 percent of people are thought to be “hyporesponders” to dietary cholesterol.
No, but they got closer to changing on Thursday, when a government committee urged repeal of the guideline that Americans limit their cholesterol intake to 300 milligrams a day , saying, “Cholesterol is not a nutrient of concern for overconsumption.”
I’m sure this will come as a surprise to a vast majority of Americans , who for decades have been watching their cholesterol intake religiously.
(The change won’t be official until it is approved by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture , but they usually closely follow the committee’s recommendations.)
I’m sure this will come as a surprise to a vast majority of Americans, who for decades have been watching their cholesterol intake religiously .
I wrote here at The Upshot not long ago about how a growing body of epidemiologic data was pointing out that low-salt diets might actually be unhealthy.
Those on the low-sodium diet had significantly more hospital admissions .
A 2008 study randomly assigned patients with congestive heart failure to either normal or low-sodium diets.
The “number needed to treat” for a normal-sodium diet above a low-sodium diet to prevent a hospital admission in this population was six — meaning that for every six people who are moved from a low-sodium diet to a normal diet, one hospital admission would be prevented.
Eight trials involving more than 7,200 participants looked at whether advising patients to cut down on salt, or reducing sodium intake, affected outcomes.
None of the trials , including ones involving people with both normal and high blood pressure, showed a reduction in all-cause mortality.
Eight trials involving more than 7,200 participants looked at whether advising patients to cut down on salt, or reducing sodium intake, affected outcomes.
Only one trial even showed an effect on death from cardiovascular causes, like heart attack or stroke.
It was conducted on residents of an assisted-living facility who had high blood pressure — hardly representative of the population as a whole, which is what dietary guidelines are supposed to cover.
So, as the guidelines have recommended cutting down on meat, especially red meat, this meant that many people began to increase their consumption of carbohydrates .
Many now believe that excessive carbohydrate consumption may be contributing to the obesity and diabetes epidemics .
So, as the guidelines have recommended cutting down on meat, especially red meat, this meant that many people began to increase their consumption of carbohydrates .
Interestingly, the new dietary recommendations may acknowledge this as well, dropping the recommendation to limit overall fat consumption in favor of a more refined recommendation to limit only saturated fat .
The committee is also bending a bit on salt, putting less emphasis on the 1,500-milligram daily limit on sodium for special populations, in light of the mounting evidence that too little sodium may be as bad as too much, if not worse.
It is frustrating enough when we over-read the results of epidemiologic studies and make the mistake of believing that correlation is the same as causation.
It’s maddening, however, when we ignore the results of randomized controlled trials , which can prove causation, to continue down the wrong path.
I understand people’s frustration at the continuing shifts in nutrition recommendations .
That’s disappointing not only because it reduces people’s faith in science as a whole, but also because it may have cost some people better health, or potentially even their lives.
The advertiser, Dumbo Moving and Storage, hoped the ad would make riders do a double take .
“Obviously it’s kind of intriguing to the eye,” Mr. Rachmany said, “but it’s not too suggestive, if you ask me.” Dean Crutchfield , a senior vice president at Sterling Brands, a brand consulting firm, said the moving company ad clearly depicted sexual activity and had nothing to do with the business.
The image hints at an intimate encounter without showing it and even promotes a positive message about safe sex, said Lior Rachmany , the company’s chief executive.
Dean Crutchfield, a senior vice president at Sterling Brands, a brand consulting firm, said the moving company ad clearly depicted sexual activity and had nothing to do with the business.
The state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it is trying to maintain a family-friendly environment for passengers young and old.
The state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it is trying to maintain a family-friendly environment for passengers young and old .
The authority’s ad space has long been a battleground for clashes over decency .
The governor’s office complained last year about the breast enhancement ad, citing a report in The Daily News that compared it to a strip club billboard, and asked the agency to review its standards.
The governor’s office complained last year about the breast enhancement ad, citing a report in The Daily News that compared it to a strip club billboard, and asked the agency to review its standards.
An ad on the F train has an image of a movie poster depicting the face of a woman in the throes of ecstasy next to the caption, “The heart wants, the flesh takes.”
An ad on the F train has an image of a movie poster depicting the face of a woman in the throes of ecstasy next to the caption, “The heart wants, the flesh takes.” At least one rider sitting near the ad on a recent morning said it seemed inappropriate for children.
Among the authority’s list of banned items: violent images that could scare children, material that could “incite or provoke violence,” and ads for escort services and tobacco products .
At least one rider sitting near the ad on a recent morning said it seemed inappropriate for children .
“I glanced at it from the side of my eye, but I didn’t really care to read it,” said the passenger, Tara Griffiths , 21, a student at St. John’s University in Queens.
Steward Johnson, 25 , a consultant who lives in Midtown Manhattan, was more concerned with the name appearing alongside the image: “Bill de Blasio, Mayor.”
Steward Johnson, 25, a consultant who lives in Midtown Manhattan , was more concerned with the name appearing alongside the image: “Bill de Blasio, Mayor.”
The ad promoted the city’s “Made in NY” effort supporting local film production .
In another car, there were ads in English and Spanish for free “Kyng” size condoms from the city’s health department, part of a continuing public service campaign to promote safe sex.
In another car, there were ads in English and Spanish for free “Kyng” size condoms from the city’s health department, part of a continuing public service campaign to promote safe sex .
His company submitted three ads as part of its protection-themed campaign: the couple touching amid moving boxes, a father clad in industrial goggles changing a diaper, and a man pleading for help from the Mafia .
The authority reviewed its standards after the request by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s office last year.
The authority reviewed its standards after the request by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s office last year .
While it did not result in a formal policy change, officials have worked with advertisers to “come up with a compelling advertising message in a somewhat less explicit way,” Adam Lisberg, a spokesman for the agency , said, adding a comment over the cleavage controversy The News brought about.
“The irony, of course, is that the newspaper which first raised the alarm about the breast augmentation ads runs far more explicit advertisements in their own pages,” said Mr. Lisberg, a former City Hall bureau chief for The News.
“The irony, of course, is that the newspaper which first raised the alarm about the breast augmentation ads runs far more explicit advertisements in their own pages,” said Mr. Lisberg, a former City Hall bureau chief for The News.
“The irony, of course, is that the newspaper which first raised the alarm about the breast augmentation ads runs far more explicit advertisements in their own pages,” said Mr. Lisberg, a former City Hall bureau chief for The News .
Jason Dorsey , the chief strategy officer at the Center for Generational Kinetics, which studies marketing to young people, said the message was not harmful.
Jason Dorsey, the chief strategy officer at the Center for Generational Kinetics, which studies marketing to young people , said the message was not harmful.
Judge Sidney H. Stein of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York officiated at the Museum of the City of New York.
Judge Sidney H. Stein of the Federal District Court for the Southern District of New York officiated at the Museum of the City of New York .
Mrs. Sooy, 30, is the manager for product support operations at Facebook in Menlo Park, Calif., overseeing teams that work to improve product quality and usability.
She graduated summa cum laude from Princeton and received an M.B.A. degree from Harvard.
Mrs. Sooy, 30 , is the manager for product support operations at Facebook in Menlo Park, Calif., overseeing teams that work to improve product quality and usability.
Tennessee is looking to return to national prominence in its third season under Coach Butch Jones .
Tennessee is looking to return to national prominence in its third season under Coach Butch Jones.
Tennessee running back Alvin Kamara , a transfer from junior college, rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns in his debut last week against Bowling Green.
Tennessee running back Alvin Kamara, a transfer from junior college , rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns in his debut last week against Bowling Green.
Last season, the Sooners ranked eighth in the nation against the run.
Coach Bob Stoops replaced the offensive coordinators Josh Heupel (now at Utah State) and Jay Norvell (now at Texas) with Lincoln Riley, who installed a spread “air raid” offense.
Coach Bob Stoops replaced the offensive coordinators Josh Heupel (now at Utah State )
Coach Bob Stoops replaced the offensive coordinators Josh Heupel (now at Utah State) and Jay Norvell (now at Texas ) with Lincoln Riley, who installed a spread “air raid” offense.
Baker Mayfield, a walk-on transfer from Texas Tech , won the job of starting quarterback over Trevor Knight, who led the Sooners over Alabama in the Sugar Bowl two seasons ago.
Baker Mayfield, a walk-on transfer from Texas Tech, won the job of starting quarterback over Trevor Knight, who led the Sooners over Alabama in the Sugar Bowl two seasons ago.
But then Mr. Youssef took a piece of paper and started writing the names of participants in what would soon become known as the Petrobras scandal.
To those lawyers, Tracy Reinaldet and Adriano Bretas , who recently recounted the conversation, this sounded a tad melodramatic.
But then Mr. Youssef took a piece of paper and started writing the names of participants in what would soon become known as the Petrobras scandal.
“It was kind of like, in Brazil , we know that corruption is a monster.
What Mr. Youssef described to his lawyers, and then to prosecutors after he signed a plea agreement last year, is a fraud that has destabilized the country’s political system, helped tilt the economy into recession and left thousands unemployed.
Ms. Rousseff’s predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had boldly predicted Brazil would rise to greatness in the 21st century, a forecast that seemed entirely plausible when, in 20 10 , the country’s economy expanded at the rate of 7.5 percent, its greatest performance in 24 years.
Ms. Rousseff’s predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had boldly predicted Brazil would rise to greatness in the 21st century, a forecast that seemed entirely plausible when, in 2010, the country’s economy expanded at the rate of 7.5 percent, its greatest performance in 24 years.
Ms. Rousseff’s predecessor, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , had boldly predicted Brazil would rise to greatness in the 21st century, a forecast that seemed entirely plausible when, in 2010, the country’s economy expanded at the rate of 7.5 percent, its greatest performance in 24 years.
Oil was central to Brazil’s strategy, and that gave Petrobras a leading role in the nation’s growing influence — and pride of place.
Brazil, along with China, India and Russia , was regarded as among the world’s most promising emerging markets.
Part of the reason is the work of Judge Sérgio Moro , who is overseeing the investigation, officially known as Operação Lava Jato, or Operation Carwash.
Part of the reason is the work of Judge Sérgio Moro, who is overseeing the investigation, officially known as Operação Lava Jato , or Operation Carwash.
Part of the reason is the work of Judge Sérgio Moro, who is overseeing the investigation, officially known as Operação Lava Jato, or Operation Carwash .
During a recent visit to the courthouse where he presides in Curitiba , ribbons of yellow and green, the national colors, were tied around trees, quiet expressions of solidarity and support.
During a recent visit to the courthouse where he presides in Curitiba, ribbons of yellow and green , the national colors, were tied around trees, quiet expressions of solidarity and support.
An officer on a wiretapped conversation realized that he was listening to Alberto Youssef .
In 2012 , the federal police were conducting a money-laundering investigation, which included surveillance of the owner of the Tower Gas Station.
“Youssef had been a pilot for many years, and the cop was once an air traffic controller,” said Mr. Reinaldet, Mr. Youssef’s lawyer.
“Youssef had been a pilot for many years, and the cop was once an air traffic controller ,” said Mr. Reinaldet, Mr. Youssef’s lawyer.
In 2012, the federal police were conducting a money-laundering investigation, which included surveillance of the owner of the Tower Gas Station .
“For Petrobras to say, ‘We’re the victims,’ when their executives were perpetrating this scheme suggests that they haven’t learned their lesson,” said Jeremy A. Lieberman of the Pomerantz law firm, which has been appointed lead counsel in the case.
Last month, for instance, the police searched the home of Fernando Collor, a former president and current senator, leaving with a Ferrari, a Lamborghini and a Porsche .
“For Petrobras to say, ‘We’re the victims,’ when their executives were perpetrating this scheme suggests that they haven’t learned their lesson,” said Jeremy A. Lieberman of the Pomerantz law firm , which has been appointed lead counsel in the case.
Mr. Dallagnol and another prosecutor flew to Washington a few months ago to visit officials in the Justice Department , hoping to interest the United States in lending a hand.
“For Petrobras to say, ‘We’re the victims,’ when their executives were perpetrating this scheme suggests that they haven’t learned their lesson,” said Jeremy A. Lieberman of the Pomerantz law firm, which has been appointed lead counsel in the case.
Stress and jail have turned his hair gray, slimmed him down by 40 pounds and landed him last year in the hospital with a heart attack.
Stress and jail have turned his hair gray, slimmed him down by 40 pounds and landed him last year in the hospital with a heart attack .
His wife divorced him and he is said to be destitute.
But Judge Moro determined that his assistance had been so helpful that he was given the minimum sentence allowed in his plea agreement.
With the time he has already served, he will be free by the beginning of 2017 .
David Cohen, a self-styled Washington white-hat lobbyist who as the president of Common Cause successfully fought for post-Watergate laws on ethics, campaign financing and public disclosure, died on Nov. 29 in Westport, Conn.
He was 79 .
Over four decades at Common Cause, the Advocacy Institute and other nonprofit groups, Mr. Cohen helped galvanize resistance to the war in Vietnam, defeat financing for the MX multiple warhead missile system and thwart the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Robert H. Bork.
Over four decades at Common Cause, the Advocacy Institute and other nonprofit groups, Mr. Cohen helped galvanize resistance to the war in Vietnam , defeat financing for the MX multiple warhead missile system and thwart the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Robert H. Bork.
Two weeks after President Ronald Reagan nominated Judge Bork to the Supreme Court in 1987, according to Ethan Bronner’s book “Battle for Justice: How the Bork Nomination Shook America” (1989), Mr. Cohen and Mr. Pertschuk, at the Advocacy Institute, issued a game plan to appeal to pivotal Senate centrists on how to cast Judge Bork as a “judicial extremist” and an “ideological activist” whom genuine conservatives who cared about personal rights and feared government intrusion could comfortably oppose.
Two weeks after President Ronald Reagan nominated Judge Bork to the Supreme Court in 1987, according to Ethan Bronner’s book “Battle for Justice: How the Bork Nomination Shook America” (1989), Mr. Cohen and Mr. Pertschuk , at the Advocacy Institute, issued a game plan to appeal to pivotal Senate centrists on how to cast Judge Bork as a “judicial extremist” and an “ideological activist” whom genuine conservatives who cared about personal rights and feared government intrusion could comfortably oppose.
Two weeks after President Ronald Reagan nominated Judge Bork to the Supreme Court in 1987, according to Ethan Bronner’s book “Battle for Justice: How the Bork Nomination Shook America” (1989), Mr. Cohen and Mr. Pertschuk, at the Advocacy Institute, issued a game plan to appeal to pivotal Senate centrists on how to cast Judge Bork as a “ judicial extremist” and an “ideological activist ” whom genuine conservatives who cared about personal rights and feared government intrusion could comfortably oppose.
Judge Bork was rejected by a Senate vote of 58-42 .
The second stop on the tour was East Berlin, where, on March 22, 1965, he and his All Stars played a memorable two-hour concert.
The second stop on the tour was East Berlin, where, on March 22, 1965 , he and his All Stars played a memorable two-hour concert.
March marked the 50th anniversary of Louis Armstrong’s historic tour behind the Iron Curtain, as the Soviet bloc was then called.
The concert hall was packed , and the crowd was ecstatic.
More recently, the Louis Armstrong House Museum got ahold of the entire thing, and on Thursday, it held a screening at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens.
There were two subplots surrounding Armstrong’s East Berlin concert, which I want to dwell on here.
The first was the role jazz played during the Cold War.
The first was the role jazz played during the Cold War .
Part of the rationale was that jazz was a uniquely American art form that could show off the best of American culture, just as the Russians used ballet troupes to show off their culture.
Starting in the mid-1950s, the State Department began sending jazz musicians like Dizzy Gillespie, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, and Armstrong on tours abroad as good-will ambassadors .
The East German reporters, hoping to get a similar reaction, peppered him with questions about race relations upon his arrival.
Although his Iron Curtain tour was not State Department sponsored, one gets the sense that he didn’t want to bad-mouth America while in a communist country, that to do so in the middle of the Cold War would be disloyal somehow.
The East German reporters, hoping to get a similar reaction, peppered him with questions about race relations upon his arrival.
At a news conference a few days before the concert — a clip of which was shown at the screening the other night — he sat grim-faced, smoking a cigarette, testily deflecting questions about how he was treated in the South.
Although his Iron Curtain tour was not State Department sponsored, one gets the sense that he didn’t want to bad-mouth America while in a communist country, that to do so in the middle of the Cold War would be disloyal somehow.
But he did have something to say, and he said it powerfully through his music .
In East Berlin he played a song entitled “(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue?”
But he did have something to say, and he said it powerfully through his music .
According to Ricky Riccardi , one of Armstrong’s biographers, the song had not been in his repertoire for a decade or more.
But he played it on every stop during his Iron Curtain tour .
Dr. Louise Wong and Paul Whitfield Hughes III were married Saturday at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington .
The officiant was Elizabeth Hughes, the groom’s sister , who was authorized by the District of Columbia.
The officiant was Elizabeth Hughes, the groom’s sister, who was authorized by the District of Columbia.
Her mother retired as a senior administrator in trading, processing and settlements for Depfa Bank in Manhattan.
Her father works as a patient care associate in the oncology outpatient department of Bellevue Hospital Center in Manhattan.
1 tablespoon chopped garlic6 tablespoons vegetable oil1 teaspoon chili powder, preferably Thai (or cayenne pepper)4 tablespoons palm sugar4 tablespoons tamarind purée½ cup chopped, roasted peanuts1 block firm tofu or, if possible, smoked tofu , diced into small cubes1.5 ounces preserved turnip, finely chopped1.5 ounces Chinese chives3 tablespoons fish sauce1.5 ounces of pork loin, diced into small pieces10 ounces rice vermicelli noodles (sen lek)3 eggs1 pound of bean sprouts1 lime To turn the dish into a bastard (optional*):Béchamel sauce with cheese (recipe below)Breadcrumbs and butter to topKetchup and mustard to serve 1.
1 tablespoon chopped garlic6 tablespoons vegetable oil1 teaspoon chili powder, preferably Thai (or cayenne pepper)4 tablespoons palm sugar4 tablespoons tamarind purée½ cup chopped, roasted peanuts1 block firm tofu or, if possible, smoked tofu, diced into small cubes1.5 ounces preserved turnip, finely chopped1.5 ounces Chinese chives3 tablespoons fish sauce1.5 ounces of pork loin, diced into small pieces10 ounces rice vermicelli noodles (sen lek)3 eggs 1 pound of bean sprouts1 lime To turn the dish into a bastard (optional*):Béchamel sauce with cheese (recipe below)Breadcrumbs and butter to topKetchup and mustard to serve 1.
1 tablespoon chopped garlic6 tablespoons vegetable oil1 teaspoon chili powder, preferably Thai (or cayenne pepper)4 tablespoons palm sugar4 tablespoons tamarind purée½ cup chopped, roasted peanuts1 block firm tofu or, if possible, smoked tofu, diced into small cubes1.5 ounces preserved turnip, finely chopped 1.5 ounces Chinese chives3 tablespoons fish sauce1.5 ounces of pork loin, diced into small pieces10 ounces rice vermicelli noodles (sen lek)3 eggs1 pound of bean sprouts1 lime To turn the dish into a bastard (optional*):Béchamel sauce with cheese (recipe below)Breadcrumbs and butter to topKetchup and mustard to serve 1.
1 tablespoon chopped garlic6 tablespoons vegetable oil1 teaspoon chili powder, preferably Thai (or cayenne pepper)4 tablespoons palm sugar4 tablespoons tamarind purée½ cup chopped, roasted peanuts1 block firm tofu or, if possible, smoked tofu, diced into small cubes1.5 ounces preserved turnip, finely chopped1.5 ounces Chinese chives3 tablespoons fish sauce1.5 ounces of pork loin, diced into small pieces 10 ounces rice vermicelli noodles (sen lek)3 eggs1 pound of bean sprouts1 lime To turn the dish into a bastard (optional*):Béchamel sauce with cheese (recipe below)Breadcrumbs and butter to topKetchup and mustard to serve 1.
1 tablespoon chopped garlic6 tablespoons vegetable oil1 teaspoon chili powder, preferably Thai (or cayenne pepper)4 tablespoons palm sugar 4 tablespoons tamarind purée½ cup chopped, roasted peanuts1 block firm tofu or, if possible, smoked tofu, diced into small cubes1.5 ounces preserved turnip, finely chopped1.5 ounces Chinese chives3 tablespoons fish sauce1.5 ounces of pork loin, diced into small pieces10 ounces rice vermicelli noodles (sen lek)3 eggs1 pound of bean sprouts1 lime To turn the dish into a bastard (optional*):Béchamel sauce with cheese (recipe below)Breadcrumbs and butter to topKetchup and mustard to serve 1.
Bake at 350 degrees for around 30 minutes.
Bake at 350 degrees for around 30 minutes .
Serve with bean sprouts on top and the lime, ketchup and mustard on the side.
Serve with bean sprouts on top and the lime, ketchup and mustard on the side.
In a separate pan, fry the breadcrumbs with a generous amount of butter until light golden brown and sprinkle over the casserole.
BEIJING — The young Chinese feminists shaved their heads to protest inequality in higher education and stormed men’s restrooms to highlight the indignities women face in their prolonged waits at public toilets.
BEIJING — The young Chinese feminists shaved their heads to protest inequality in higher education and stormed men’s restrooms to highlight the indignities women face in their prolonged waits at public toilets. To publicize domestic violence, two prominent activists, Li Tingting and Wei Tingting, put on white wedding gowns, splashed them with red paint and marched through one of the capital’s most popular tourist districts chanting, “Yes to love, no to violence.”
To publicize domestic violence, two prominent activists, Li Tingting and Wei Tingting, put on white wedding gowns, splashed them with red paint and marched through one of the capital’s most popular tourist districts chanting, “Yes to love, no to violence.”
Media-savvy, fearless and well-connected to feminists outside China, the young activists over the last three years have taken their righteous indignation to the streets, pioneering a brand of guerrilla theater familiar in the West but largely unheard-of in this authoritarian nation.
Media-savvy, fearless and well-connected to feminists outside China, the young activists over the last three years have taken their righteous indignation to the streets, pioneering a brand of guerrilla theater familiar in the West but largely unheard-of in this authoritarian nation.
Now five of them — core members of China’s new feminist movement — sit in jail, accused of provoking social instability.
Now five of them — core members of China’s new feminist movement — sit in jail, accused of provoking social instability .
One of the women, Wu Rongrong, 30, an AIDS activist, is said to be ailing after the police withheld the medication she takes for hepatitis .
Another, Wang Man, 33, a gender researcher, was said to have had a mild heart attack while in custody.
Lawyers for the detainees, who include Zheng Churan, 25, affectionately known as Big Rabbit, say the women have been subjected to near-constant interrogation .
The detentions took place early last month on the eve of International Women’s Day as the women planned a public awareness campaign about sexual harassment on public transportation.
Now, as security agents from Beijing fan out across the country hunting down the volunteers who took part in the women’s theatrical protests, many young feminists have gone into hiding.
“We’re so afraid and confused,” said one of them, Xiao Meili, 26, who recently completed a 1,200-mile trek across China to draw attention to sexual violence .
Despite government efforts to keep reporting of the crackdown out of the domestic news media , the jailing of the five women has not gone unnoticed here.
Word has spread across college campuses, and more than 1,100 people took the risky step last week of adding their names to a petition demanding the women’s release.
“If China is committed to advancing the rights of women, then it should be working to address the issues raised by these women’s rights activists — not silencing them ,” said Samantha Power, the American ambassador to the United Nations.
From Morocco to India to New York, supporters have been posting images of themselves wearing masks that bear the photos of the jailed women. Because two of the detainees are lesbian and another is bisexual, overseas gay rights organizations like All Out have jumped into the fray, collecting more than 85,000 signatures and popularizing the hashtag #freethefive on Twitter.
Because two of the detainees are lesbian and another is bisexual, overseas gay rights organizations like All Out have jumped into the fray, collecting more than 85,000 signatures and popularizing the hashtag #freethefive on Twitter.
Because two of the detainees are lesbian and another is bisexual, overseas gay rights organizations like All Out have jumped into the fray, collecting more than 85,000 signatures and popularizing the hashtag #freethefive on Twitter.
Because two of the detainees are lesbian and another is bisexual, overseas gay rights organizations like All Out have jumped into the fray, collecting more than 85,000 signatures and popularizing the hashtag #freethefive on Twitter.
As international attention to the women’s case mounts, some rights advocates see echoes of the public relations maelstrom surrounding the female Russian dissident group, Pussy Riot , whose members were arrested in 2012 for their protests against President Vladimir V. Putin.
As international attention to the women’s case mounts, some rights advocates see echoes of the public relations maelstrom surrounding the female Russian dissident group, Pussy Riot, whose members were arrested in 2012 for their protests against President Vladimir V. Putin .
Sophie Richardson, the China director at Human Rights Watch, said the five jailed feminists have drawn far more international attention than the scores of Chinese activists who have been detained during the previous two years of an intensified government drive against political dissent.
Sophie Richardson , the China director at Human Rights Watch, said the five jailed feminists have drawn far more international attention than the scores of Chinese activists who have been detained during the previous two years of an intensified government drive against political dissent.
As international attention to the women’s case mounts, some rights advocates see echoes of the public relations maelstrom surrounding the female Russian dissident group, Pussy Riot, whose members were arrested in 2012 for their protests against President Vladimir V. Putin.
In 2012, as she, Li Tingting and another woman prepared for a Valentine’s Day protest against domestic violence in Beijing, she described the childhood trauma of watching men pummel their wives in public — including her own father .
“The worst thing is people tolerate it and accept it as a natural part of life, but no one believes beating a man is O.K.” As a project manager at the Beijing Gender Health Education Institute, Ms. Wei helped stage an annual AIDS Walk on the Great Wall, attended women’s conferences in India and South Korea, and started collecting footage for a documentary about bisexuality in China.
“The worst thing is people tolerate it and accept it as a natural part of life, but no one believes beating a man is O.K.” As a project manager at the Beijing Gender Health Education Institute, Ms. Wei helped stage an annual AIDS Walk on the Great Wall , attended women’s conferences in India and South Korea, and started collecting footage for a documentary about bisexuality in China.
“The worst thing is people tolerate it and accept it as a natural part of life, but no one believes beating a man is O.K.” As a project manager at the Beijing Gender Health Education Institute, Ms. Wei helped stage an annual AIDS Walk on the Great Wall, attended women’s conferences in India and South Korea, and started collecting footage for a documentary about bisexuality in China.
“The worst thing is people tolerate it and accept it as a natural part of life, but no one believes beating a man is O.K.” As a project manager at the Beijing Gender Health Education Institute, Ms. Wei helped stage an annual AIDS Walk on the Great Wall, attended women’s conferences in India and South Korea, and started collecting footage for a documentary about bisexuality in China .
When Hainan Development Bank collapsed in 1998 , China’s central bank made sure no depositors incurred losses, by transferring their accounts at full value to the much larger Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.
The government also plans to remove the caps on interest rates that banks pay on those deposits, which officials have signaled could happen as soon as this year.
During a bank run last year at a rural lender in the eastern province of Jiangsu, the central bank delivered cash by the truckload and local politicians went on television to reassure people their savings were safe.
During a bank run last year at a rural lender in the eastern province of Jiangsu, the central bank delivered cash by the truckload and local politicians went on television to reassure people their savings were safe.
China’s leaders hope that consumers, with extra money in their accounts, will increase their spending ; Beijing sees consumer demand as a main driver of the country’s future economic growth.
China has been considering more liberal interest rates since the mid-1980s , and the introduction of deposit insurance since at least 1993.
China has been considering more liberal interest rates since the mid-1980s, and the introduction of deposit insurance since at least 1993 .
Policy makers have hesitated in part because similar financial reforms have set off crises in other markets.
Officials at China’s central bank have closely studied the situation in the United States in the 1980s, when government deregulation of interest rates contributed to what became known as the savings and loan crisis.
By the mid-1990s, nearly 3,000 United States financial institutions had failed.
To help keep banks in check, China’s deposit insurance plan will require the banks to pay a two-part premium: a fixed minimum rate, plus an adjustable rate based on the riskiness of their lending practices.
Officials at China’s central bank have closely studied the situation in the United States in the 1980s , when government deregulation of interest rates contributed to what became known as the savings and loan crisis.
“Banks are on notice if they raise rates and then engage in what the regulators regard as riskier lending , they will have to pay higher insurance premiums,” said Nicholas Lardy, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics who has studied China’s financial system for decades.
“Banks are on notice if they raise rates and then engage in what the regulators regard as riskier lending, they will have to pay higher insurance premiums,” said Nicholas Lardy, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics who has studied China’s financial system for decades.
China’s central bank governor, Zhou Xiaochuan , said the base premium would be set at only 0.01 percent to 0.02 percent of deposits at the onset, a level he described as “much lower than the initial rates in the majority of countries when they introduced deposit insurance,” according to transcripts of interviews published this week in the Chinese press.
“Households will likely keep some resources in higher-return, higher-risk instruments, but they will properly recognize the risks involved,” said David Dollar, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and a former China-based official at the United States Treasury Department and the World Bank.
G. Bissinger , the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in Odessa, Tex.
“I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. G. Bissinger, the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in Odessa, Tex .
“I don’t know of other incidents like this, which is why it’s so shocking,” said H. G. Bissinger, the author of “Friday Night Lights,” which chronicled the Permian Panthers in Odessa, Tex.
The incident resurrected memories of a 2008 playoff game in which a linebacker for Trinity High School in Euless, in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, ran over a referee on the second-to-last play of the game.
The linebacker, Elikena Fieilo, who is now a Euless police officer , told The Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week that his intentional hit had resulted in disciplinary action and the loss of several Division I scholarship offers.
Inside John Jay, which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base, a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward.
Inside John Jay, which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base, a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward. Educators and students feel the incident has wrested attention from the school’s successes.
Inside John Jay , which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base, a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward.
Inside John Jay, which sits on a busy thoroughfare near Lackland Air Force Base , a statue of a giant white mustang stands near the entrance, rearing up with a front hoof reaching skyward.
John Jay serves as a science and engineering magnet school, and has been recognized by the state for academic distinction in math, science, social studies and English language arts .
John Jay also has one of the largest high school R.O.T.C. programs in the country, and its Silver Eagles armed drill team has won national competitions.
On Friday night , the Mustangs played for the first time since the controversial game.
The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of 3,139 fans at Gustafson Stadium.
The players jogged onto the field holding hands, drawing a roar from the crowd of 3,139 fans at Gustafson Stadium .
Without on-field incidents, John Jay was defeated by Del Rio, 37-14 .
■ The South African sprinter Simon Magakwe will miss the 2016 Olympics after refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test, his national association announced.
■ The South African sprinter Simon Magakwe will miss the 2016 Olympics after refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test, his national association announced.
■ The South African sprinter Simon Magakwe will miss the 2016 Olympics after refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test , his national association announced.
Magakwe was barred from international athletics for two years , ruling him out of the Rio Olympics and the world championships in Beijing this year.
Magakwe was barred from international athletics for two years, ruling him out of the Rio Olympics and the world championships in Beijing this year.
The United States attorney’s office in Newark is investigating whether United reinstated flights to a South Carolina airport close to the weekend home of David Samson, the former Port Authority chairman, in exchange for concessions the airline sought from the agency.
The United States attorney’s office in Newark is investigating whether United reinstated flights to a South Carolina airport close to the weekend home of David Samson , the former Port Authority chairman, in exchange for concessions the airline sought from the agency.
Mr. Christie , a Republican, nominated Mr. Fox to be commissioner a year ago.
He was hired in hopes that he could broker a deal with New Jersey’s Legislature, led by Democrats , to replenish the state’s fund for roads and transportation, which, if current trends continue, would be out of money next year.
He was hired in hopes that he could broker a deal with New Jersey’s Legislature, led by Democrats, to replenish the state’s fund for roads and transportation, which, if current trends continue, would be out of money next year .
The United investigation grew out of the federal inquiry into the 2013 closing of lanes at the George Washington Bridge, and Mr. Fox is the latest high-ranking figure to leave his post amid those investigations.
Last month, the chief executive of United, Jeff Smisek , resigned, as did two other top United executives who also attended the September 2011 dinner.
Last month, the chief executive of United, Jeff Smisek, resigned, as did two other top United executives who also attended the September 2011 dinner.
People close to the investigation, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because it is continuing , told The New York Times that prosecutors had been asking witnesses before a grand jury questions about Mr. Fox.
The United investigation grew out of the federal inquiry into the 2013 closing of lanes at the George Washington Bridge, and Mr. Fox is the latest high-ranking figure to leave his post amid those investigations.
Mr. Samson resigned as chairman of the Port Authority board in March 2014, and recently retired from his law firm, which adopted new leadership and a new name.
Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of Hurricane Joaquin , was notably terse.
Unlike the governor’s statements about the resignations of Mr. Baroni, Mr. Samson and others involved in the federal investigation, it did not include words of praise for Mr. Fox ’s service.
Bill Baroni , the former deputy executive director of the Port Authority, who was also reportedly at the dinner, resigned as the Christie administration came under growing scrutiny over the lane closings.
Mr. Christie’s announcement about Mr. Fox’s departure, which came shortly after 5 p.m. on Friday as state residents hunkered down for a weekend of heavy rain while watching the path of Hurricane Joaquin, was notably terse.
Instead, the statement said that Mr. Fox would “make his anticipated transition back to the private sector by the end of the month .”
Mr. Christie said that Joseph Bertoni , the department’s deputy commissioner, would take over as acting commissioner.
In a statement, Mr. Fox suggested the move was related to his inability to secure funding for the state’s transportation fund.
In a statement, Mr. Fox suggested the move was related to his inability to secure funding for the state’s transportation fund .
He did not mention the federal investigation .
Mr. Fox said he had hoped to find a long-term solution for the transportation fund within a year .“I deeply regret we were unable to do so, and with a year behind me, it is time for me to return to the private sector and pursue new opportunities,” he said.
“I deeply regret we were unable to do so, and with a year behind me, it is time for me to return to the private sector and pursue new opportunities ,” he said.
Calls to his lawyer, Robert Fettweis , were not returned on Friday night.
On Thursday, Mr. Fox expressed support for a proposal to build a new rail tunnel under the Hudson River, saying that New Jersey Transit, an agency for which he serves as board chairman, looked forward to working with Amtrak on the project.
Veronica Vanterpool, executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, an advocacy organization , said Mr. Fox had been a “strong advocate” for the state’s transportation system, but had been unable to motivate the state to act with any urgency.
Mr. Cuomo’s education plan also includes a financial carrot: an increase of $1.1 billion in state aid if his proposals become law.
That position was criticized by teachers’ unions but praised by supporters of the charter school movement.
The Democrats’ stance, articulated in several proposals released by Speaker Carl E. Heastie of the Bronx, keeps a tight focus in Albany on the issue of education, which Mr. Cuomo has promised to make a focus of his nascent second term.
In January, Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, introduced a series of education proposals, including making a teacher evaluation system rely more heavily on state tests, raising the number of charter schools in the state and allowing failing schools to be taken over by outside groups.
ALBANY —  In an emerging sign of possible budget-battle lines, Democrats in the New York Assembly rejected proposals on Monday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo linking an increase in statewide school aid to an array of his proposed changes.
According to the newspaper, which added English subtitles to video of the rescue, the 18-month-old baby, Mohammad Hasan, was discovered in the water along with 14 other migrants who floated for hours after their boat capsized.
Dramatic video, posted online on Friday by a Turkish newspaper, Hurriyet Daily News, showed a Turkish fishing boat saving a baby from drowning on Wednesday in the Aegean Sea off the resort town of Kusadasi , not far from the beach in Bodrum where the Syrian boy, Aylan Kurdi, was discovered, face down in the sand.
According to the newspaper, which added English subtitles to video of the rescue, the 18-month-old baby, Mohammad Hasan , was discovered in the water along with 14 other migrants who floated for hours after their boat capsized.
Fifteen other passengers reportedly drowned before the fishing boat happened on the party.
According to the newspaper, which added English subtitles to video of the rescue, the 18-month-old baby, Mohammad Hasan, was discovered in the water along with 14 other migrants who floated for hours after their boat capsized .
And so pretty much everything in “Burnt,” which was directed by John Wells from a screenplay by Steven Knight and a story by Michael Kalesniko, is something we’ve seen before, though perhaps not so slickly rendered.
That’s when “Big Night,” a much-admired foodie movie , was released.
As the story begins in earnest, he has turned up in London, determined to make a new start and reclaim his culinary stature.
In recent years, though, mercurial chefs, photogenic plates of grub and kitchen dramatics have been everywhere, especially reality television, both lowbrow and high-end.
Mr. Cooper plays Adam Jones , a hot chef in Paris until he flamed out, thanks to a self-destructive personality abetted by substance abuse.
Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes.
“Burnt” has other flaws, like not giving Ms. Miller enough to do, but its main one is simply that at this point it’s hard to care about people who mistake a third Michelin star for the most important thing in life. “Burnt” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian), because when things heat up in the kitchen, curse words fly.
“Burnt” is rated R (Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian), because when things heat up in the kitchen, curse words fly. Running time: 1 hour 40 minutes.
“Burnt” has other flaws, like not giving Ms. Miller enough to do, but its main one is simply that at this point it’s hard to care about people who mistake a third Michelin star for the most important thing in life.
“Burnt” has other flaws, like not giving Ms. Miller enough to do , but its main one is simply that at this point it’s hard to care about people who mistake a third Michelin star for the most important thing in life.
Then along came a surprising impediment: Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the minority leader, along with other Senate Democrats , objected to abortion restrictions in the bill and limits to an extension of a health insurance program for children.
Then along came a surprising impediment: Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the minority leader, along with other Senate Democrats, objected to abortion restrictions in the bill and limits to an extension of a health insurance program for children.
Then along came a surprising impediment: Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the minority leader , along with other Senate Democrats, objected to abortion restrictions in the bill and limits to an extension of a health insurance program for children.
Then along came a surprising impediment: Senator Harry Reid of Nevada, the minority leader, along with other Senate Democrats, objected to abortion restrictions in the bill and limits to an extension of a health insurance program for children. They have begun to undermine what was poised to be a sweeping bipartisan solution to several policy problems that have long vexed Congress.
WASHINGTON —  The deal is as politically remarkable as it is substantive: a long-term plan to finance health care for older Americans, pay doctors who accept Medicare and extend popular health care programs for children and the poor. It was cobbled together by none other than House Speaker John A. Boehner and Representative Nancy Pelosi, the leader of House Democrats, who rarely agree on anything, with the apparent blessing of a majority of their respective members.
Mr. Reid is using his power to filibuster bills and toss up chaff — a role Senate Republicans enjoyed for several years — to push back on anything Mr. McConnell may wish to accomplish .
The House measure would permanently remove the threat of such cuts, and would require some higher-income Medicare beneficiaries to pay higher premiums, a change Republicans hail as a major reform.
The House measure would permanently remove the threat of such cuts, and would require some higher-income Medicare beneficiaries to pay higher premiums, a change Republicans hail as a major reform.
For years, Congress has had to settle for temporary patches to prevent deep cuts in Medicare payments to doctors, like a 21 percent cut scheduled to take effect April 1 if Congress does not intervene .
It also would renew the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program and provide $7.2 billion for community health centers — crucial to both rural and urban areas where doctors are scarce — over two years.
He said he believes the connection to the street — along with a cafe and screens beaming out images from the center’s programming — will telegraph the institution’s intention to become a hub for conversations about the increasingly complex way pictures circulate and function in the digital age .
such nimbleness .
Mark Lubell, the center’s executive director, said architects would soon begin remaking the space, which has more than 5,000 square feet for exhibitions on two floors, into raw, airy galleries with a continuous glass front along the Bowery.
Mark Lubell , the center’s executive director, said architects would soon begin remaking the space, which has more than 5,000 square feet for exhibitions on two floors, into raw, airy galleries with a continuous glass front along the Bowery.
He said he believes the connection to the street — along with a cafe and screens beaming out images from the center’s programming — will telegraph the institution’s intention to become a hub for conversations about the increasingly complex way pictures circulate and function in the digital age.
As Marc Glimcher , Pace’s president, has said, “We are serial renters.”
Over the next two years, along with the landlord of its flagship location at 534 West 25th Street , the gallery will oversee the construction of an eight-story building, at 540 West 25th Street, that will give it 30,000 more square feet for shows, for staff now working at offices on East 57th Street and for visible storage of art in transit through the gallery, an idea that has been growing in the museum world but that will be a novelty in a commercial gallery.
Over the next two years, along with the landlord of its flagship location at 534 West 25th Street, the gallery will oversee the construction of an eight-story building, at 540 West 25th Street, that will give it 30,000 more square feet for shows , for staff now working at offices on East 57th Street and for visible storage of art in transit through the gallery, an idea that has been growing in the museum world but that will be a novelty in a commercial gallery.
The space will let Pace put its 10,000-volume art-scholars’ library front and center and also house the operations of Pace Editions and Pace/MacGill .
The Pace Gallery, which turns 55 this year , making it one of the country’s oldest contemporary art galleries, has never been in the real-estate business.
Would it be absolutely cynical to say the Senate responded to what appears to be a terrorist mass shooting by declining to ban the sale of guns to people on the terrorist watch list?
Would it be absolutely cynical to say the Senate responded to what appears to be a terrorist mass shooting by declining to ban the sale of guns to people on the terrorist watch list?
Would it be absolutely cynical to say the Senate responded to what appears to be a terrorist mass shooting by declining to ban the sale of guns to people on the terrorist watch list?
Would it be absolutely cynical to say the Senate responded to what appears to be a terrorist mass shooting by declining to ban the sale of guns to people on the terrorist watch list?
The San Bernardino murderers were wielding assault rifles, with which they were able to fire an estimated 65-75 bullets in rapid succession.
Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is an excellent example of the politicians who totally disagree.
Assault weapons, which seem to be the armament of choice for mass shootings, used to be illegal under a law that expired in 2004.
The San Bernardino murderers were wielding assault rifles, with which they were able to fire an estimated 65-75 bullets in rapid succession.
Assault weapons, which seem to be the armament of choice for mass shootings, used to be illegal under a law that expired in 2004 .
A young man gave me this account of his first encounter with the Holy Spirit at a retreat to which his girlfriend had dragged him.
I felt like there was somebody else in me, like, dwelling, trying to get out to this extreme degree, and I was just overwhelmed in it.”
As one says in Christian circles, it convicted him and made him realize that God was real .
A young man gave me this account of his first encounter with the Holy Spirit at a retreat to which his girlfriend had dragged him.
It doesn’t feel necessarily like electricity, but it feels like your body would be, like, touched by some kind of extreme power and you’re just shaking , like you just can’t handle all this stuff that’s being poured into you, and all they’re saying is, ‘Come on, Holy Spirit, and fill him up to overflowing.’ ...
As he tells it in his book “ Roads of Excess, Palaces of Wisdom ,” something happened one evening: “Although my body was asleep, resting almost anesthetized on its back, not unlike a corpse, consciousness was lucid and clear, fully awake.
Suddenly, without warning, a powerful electric-like energy flooded the body with wave after wave.”
Suddenly, without warning, a powerful electric-like energy flooded the body with wave after wave.” Mr. Kripal does not take the imagination to be an electrical byproduct of some naturalist process.
He takes it to be capable of more, to be real in a more complicated way.
As he tells it in his book “Roads of Excess, Palaces of Wisdom,” something happened one evening: “Although my body was asleep, resting almost anesthetized on its back, not unlike a corpse, consciousness was lucid and clear, fully awake. Suddenly, without warning, a powerful electric-like energy flooded the body with wave after wave.”
A government report released at midmorning showed that the number of available jobs jumped 8 percent in July to the highest level in 15 years.
A government report released at midmorning showed that the number of available jobs jumped 8 percent in July to the highest level in 15 years.
A government report released at midmorning showed that the number of available jobs jumped 8 percent in July to the highest level in 15 years.
By the close, the Dow Jones industrial average had swung more than 400 points from its peak of the day.
A government report released at midmorning showed that the number of available jobs jumped 8 percent in July to the highest level in 15 years .
“The Fed has been one of the main supports of the stock market and the economy,” said Kate Warne, an investment strategist at Edward Jones.
Brent crude , a benchmark for international oils used by many refineries in the United States, fell $1.94 to close at $47.58 in London.
“The Fed has been one of the main supports of the stock market and the economy,” said Kate Warne, an investment strategist at Edward Jones .
Brent crude , a benchmark for international oils used by many refineries in the United States, fell $1.94 to close at $47.58 in London.
United States crude fell $1.79 to close at $44.15 a barrel in New York.
Premier Li Keqiang said the nation’s growth was in the “proper range” and Beijing had no plans to allow its currency to decline further after a surprise devaluation on Aug. 11.
The book retailer ’s stock sank $4.50, or 28 percent, to $11.80 after the troubled bookseller reported a wider first-quarter loss as sales of its Nook e-reader and digital books fell sharply.
Investors were also comforted by comments from China ’s No. 2 leader, who tried to ease concerns about its economic slowdown.
The video streaming company snapped a seven-day losing streak, gaining $4.23, or 4.5 percent, to $99.18 after the company said it would bring its service to four more Asian countries next year.
Netflix was the biggest gainer in the S.&P. 500 index.
Mr. Seymour told me that he and Mr. Connell first drank together at the Glad Hand, now closed, whose bartender fou nded the No Name.
Mr. Seymour told me that he and Mr. Connell first drank together at the Glad Hand, now closed, whose bartender founded the No Name .
Mr. Seymour told me that he and Mr. Connell first drank together at the Glad Hand, now closed, whose bartender founded the No Name.
He always wore a leather flight jacket, had a little mustache, looked like the Smilin’ Jack character in the comics” — a macho aviator in a strip that ran from 1933 to 1973 .
Mr. Seymour told me that he and Mr. Connell first drank together at the Glad Hand, now closed, whose bartender founded the No Name.
The building is st ill there, on a pier cantilevered over the bay. After the Glad Hand closed around 1959, the building became a coffee shop. Since 196 5 it has been Scoma’s, a popular seafood house.
After the Glad Hand closed around 1959, the building became a coffee shop.
After the Glad Hand closed around 1959, the building became a coffee shop .
Since 1965 it has been Scoma’s, a popular seafood house .
Mr. Connell’s drinking buddies included the novelist Calvin Kentfield, who like Mr. Connell was an early editor of Contact , an old Bay Area literary magazine that had been restarted in 1958.
Back when it was the Glad Hand, a guy named John Hamilton tended the bar.
So I continued up the Bridgeway to Poggio, the Italian restaurant where I had planned to meet Jack Shoemaker , Mr. Connell’s longtime editor.
So I continued up the Bridgeway to Poggio, the Italian restaurant where I had planned to meet Jack Shoemaker , Mr. Connell’s longtime editor.
So I continued up the Bridgeway to Poggio, the Italian restaurant where I had planned to meet Jack Shoemaker, Mr. Connell ’s longtime editor.
Back when it was the Glad Hand , a guy named John Hamilton tended the bar.
Over lunch, Mr. Shoemaker said that he first heard of Mr. Connell while listening to the KPFA radio show hosted by the poet Kenneth Rexroth.
Over lunch, Mr. Shoemaker said that he first heard of Mr. Connell while listening to the KPFA radio show hosted by the poet Kenneth Rexroth .
“Notes From a Beach Found at Carmel” — whatever you do, get a copy, read it, get it, this is one of the great books ever.’
So Mr. Shoemaker read that book, in 1962 .
Mr. Welch was dating a local woman named Magda Cregg.
Over lunch, Mr. Shoemaker said that he first heard of Mr. Connell while listening to the KPFA radio show hosted by the poet Kenneth Rexroth.
Over lunch, Mr. Shoemaker said that he first heard of Mr. Connell while listening to the KPFA radio show hosted by the poet Kenneth Rexroth .
“Notes From a Beach Found at Carmel” — whatever you do, get a copy, read it, get it, this is one of the great books ever.’
So Mr. Shoemaker read that book, in 1962 .
Mr. Welch was dating a local woman named Magda Cregg.
After lunch, Mr. Shoemaker walked with me down the sidewalk to the No Name.
He mentioned Calvin Kentfield , who drank at No Name and in 1975 fell — or jumped — off a cliff in nearby Bolinas; Richard Brautigan, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1984; and Don Carpenter, another No Name drinker, also dead by gunshot, in 1995.
He mentioned Calvin Kentfield, who drank at No Name and in 1975 fell — or jumped — off a cliff in nearby Bolinas; Richard Brautigan, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1984 ; and Don Carpenter, another No Name drinker, also dead by gunshot, in 1995.
He mentioned Calvin Kentfield, who drank at No Name and in 1975 fell — or jumped — off a cliff in nearby Bolinas; Richard Brautigan, who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in 1984; and Don Carpenter , another No Name drinker, also dead by gunshot, in 1995.
After lunch, Mr. Shoemaker walked with me down the sidewalk to the No Name.
Across Europe , there was relief that a deeper crisis had been averted, but continued debate about whether Germany and its allies in taking a hard line with Greece had pushed Mr. Tsipras into an untenable and volatile political situation that could lead to further trouble down the line.
“The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages,” Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany said at a news conference Monday morning, explaining her decision to accept the deal and recommend that the German Parliament also grant its approval.
“The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages,” Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany said at a news conference Monday morning, explaining her decision to accept the deal and recommend that the German Parliament also grant its approval.
“ The advantages far outweigh the disadvantages ,” Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany said at a news conference Monday morning, explaining her decision to accept the deal and recommend that the German Parliament also grant its approval.
“At a certain point he realized that he had been given very bad advice,” said Aristos Doxiadis, an economist and venture capitalist who writes about politics and has been critical of Mr. Tsipras in the past.
“But most Greeks will say this man tried very hard and if he was convinced there is no better way, then there is no better way.” Ippolitos Papantoniou , 55, a businessman, said he was depressed by the prospect of more austerity, after having gone through five years of tough measures with rising unemployment and poverty.
“At a certain point he realized that he had been given very bad advice,” said Aristos Doxiadis, an economist and venture capitalist who writes about politics and has been critical of Mr. Tsipras in the past.
“At a certain point he realized that he had been given very bad advice,” said Aristos Doxiadis, an economist and venture capitalist who writes about politics and has been critical of Mr. Tsipras in the past.
In Athens , Mr. Tsipras spent most of the day behind closed doors meeting with party officials.
“I feel very bad, because fundamentally we’ve been humiliated, and we are going somewhere that is not sustainable ,” Mr. Papantoniou said.
his right-wing coalition partners said the deal was “unacceptable.”
The far-left faction of his party announced that it would vote no on the new proposals, while his right-wing coalition partners said the deal was “unacceptable.”
Among the elements that must be dealt with this week are increases in the value added tax, including the end of a special tax status for the Greek islands; a makeover of the pension system ; and the imposition of automatic spending cuts if the government misses budget targets.
Among the elements that must be dealt with this week are increases in the value added tax, including the end of a special tax status for the Greek islands ; a makeover of the pension system; and the imposition of automatic spending cuts if the government misses budget targets.
Some analysts said that Ms. Konstantopoulou, a stickler for rules, could prevent him from using the fast-track procedures that would be necessary to get the job done in time to satisfy European leaders .
Ms. Konstantopoulou issued a statement saying she had no intention of resigning, even as Mr. Tsipras’s allies talked of impeaching her.
It aims to force Greece once again to tackle many issues it has kicked aside for years, from simple ones like getting reliable economic statistics to more complex ones like opening up product and service markets , further streamlining the pension system, improving tax collection and moving ahead on privatization.
It aims to force Greece once again to tackle many issues it has kicked aside for years, from simple ones like getting reliable economic statistics to more complex ones like opening up product and service markets, further streamlining the pension system, improving tax collection and moving ahead on privatization.
It aims to force Greece once again to tackle many issues it has kicked aside for years, from simple ones like getting reliable economic statistics to more complex ones like opening up product and service markets, further streamlining the pension system, improving tax collection and moving ahead on privatization.
As a result, Mr. Tsipras has now agreed to have the International Monetary Fund survey every move he and his government make.
“It will be extremely difficult for the Greek people to accept such an adjustment off the back of five years of economic depression,” Megan Greene, a managing director at the financial firm Manulife who has been monitoring the Greek situation, said in a report.
Mr. Tsipras and most Greeks say that austerity is what killed the economy, especially after previous governments slashed state spending 20 percent since 2010 under previous bailouts, mainly by cutting pensions, wages, health care and social services , impoverishing many Greeks One of the more contentious new demands from creditors — one that is likely to prompt an outcry among Greeks — is that Greece transfer €50 billion worth of state assets to a fund that would have international monitors.
Many claim that austerity is harder than it would have otherwise been had Athens moved swiftly to promote change.
“It will be extremely difficult for the Greek people to accept such an adjustment off the back of five years of economic depression,” Megan Greene, a managing director at the financial firm Manulife who has been monitoring the Greek situation, said in a report.
Mr. Tsipras and most Greeks say that austerity is what killed the economy, especially after previous governments slashed state spending 20 percent since 2010 under previous bailouts, mainly by cutting pensions, wages, health care and social services, impoverishing many Greeks One of the more contentious new demands from creditors — one that is likely to prompt an outcry among Greeks — is that Greece transfer €50 billion worth of state assets to a fund that would have international monitors.
“He wants to keep the society consolidated and to present himself continuously as a high-profile leader who lives somewhere above everything in the country,” Mr. Trudolyubov said, “so you cannot connect anything that he is doing to what is happening with the ruble, or the hospitals or the schools or the roads.
Second, it gives Mr. Putin the opportunity to play the statesman, too busy reasserting Russia’s rightful position in the world to get caught up in problems like recession, 16 percent inflation and a weak ruble.
“He wants to keep the society consolidated and to present himself continuously as a high-profile leader who lives somewhere above everything in the country,” Mr. Trudolyubov said, “so you cannot connect anything that he is doing to what is happening with the ruble , or the hospitals or the schools or the roads.
Second, it gives Mr. Putin the opportunity to play the statesman, too busy reasserting Russia’s rightful position in the world to get caught up in problems like recession, 16 percent inflation and a weak ruble.
In keeping with the paternalistic traditions of czarist Russia
Even Russian casualties fighting next door in Ukraine — a war the public accepted as necessary for its own protection — were hidden by the state.
About 2,400 Russians have joined the extremist movement, a senior security official announced recently, and an additional 3,000 men from Central Asian states are believed to be fighting in Syria.
It is considered unlikely that Mr. Putin will propose sending Russian troops to join the fighting.
The memories of the Russian debacle in Afghanistan in the 1980s remain too fresh.
About 2,400 Russians have joined the extremist movement, a senior security official announced recently, and an additional 3,000 men from Central Asian states are believed to be fighting in Syria.
Traditionally, Brazil opens the General Assembly, followed by a speech by the president of the United States.
“All these preparations are aimed at attracting more attention to Putin,” said Nicolai Petrov , a political science professor at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.
By proposing a grand coalition against the Islamic State and providing the weapons to back it up, Mr. Putin has already leveraged himself into a meeting expected Monday with a reluctant President Obama .
the United States is the solitary power.
After that, the audience scatters .
The applause, of course, is the short-term reason Mr. Putin is coming to the United Nations for the first time in a decade .
Because of the Ukraine crisis , he was thrown out of the G-8 countries of leading economic powers, and felt so snubbed at the last G-20 meeting in Australia that he flew home early.
The applause , of course, is the short-term reason Mr. Putin is coming to the United Nations for the first time in a decade.
Because of the Ukraine crisis, he was thrown out of the G-8 countries of leading economic powers, and felt so snubbed at the last G-20 meeting in Australia that he flew home early.
Because of the Ukraine crisis, he was thrown out of the G-8 countries of leading economic powers, and felt so snubbed at the last G-20 meeting in Australia that he flew home early.
In a graduation speech at the Imam Hussein Military University in Tehran, the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , widely believed to have the final say on whether Iran accepts a deal if one is reached next month, denounced what he said were escalating demands by the United States and five other world powers as they accelerate the pace of the negotiations with Iran.
TEHRAN —  Iran’s supreme leader on Wednesday ruled out allowing international inspectors to interview Iranian nuclear scientists as part of any potential deal on its nuclear program, and reiterated that the country would not allow the inspection of military sites.
In a graduation speech at the Imam Hussein Military University in Tehran, the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, widely believed to have the final say on whether Iran accepts a deal if one is reached next month, denounced what he said were escalating demands by the United States and five other world powers as they accelerate the pace of the negotiations with Iran.
In a graduation speech at the Imam Hussein Military University in Tehran, the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, widely believed to have the final say on whether Iran accepts a deal if one is reached next month, denounced what he said were escalating demands by the United States and five other world powers as they accelerate the pace of the negotiations with Iran.
Like last summer, when he vowed that Iran would ultimately build an industrial-scale uranium enrichment capability — with 190,000 centrifuges, or 10 times the number now installed — the ayatollah’s comments are bound to cause deep complications for Iran’s negotiators, led by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
Like last summer, when he vowed that Iran would ultimately build an industrial-scale uranium enrichment capability — with 190,000 centrifuges, or 10 times the number now installed — the ayatollah’s comments are bound to cause deep complications for Iran’s negotiators, led by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
“Regarding inspections, we have said that we will not let foreigners inspect any military center .”
“ They say new things in the negotiations,” Ayatollah Khamenei told the military graduates.
“They say the right to interview nuclear scientists must be given,” Ayatollah Khamenei said, according to his website.
I will not let foreigners come and talk to scientists and dear children of the nation who have developed this science up to this level.”
“This means interrogation .
I will not let foreigners come and talk to scientists and dear children of the nation who have developed this science up to this level .
State Representative Eric Burlison , who sponsored the legislation and says it would draw new businesses to Missouri, said he was “optimistic” about getting the veto overturned but stopped far short of forecasting a victory.
The right-to-work policy has become law in Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan — states with Republican governors and Republican-controlled legislatures — in recent years despite vocal objections from organized labor.
State Representative Eric Burlison, who sponsored the legislation and says it would draw new businesses to Missouri , said he was “optimistic” about getting the veto overturned but stopped far short of forecasting a victory.
“I would say this is completely up in the air,” said Mr. Burlison, a Republican from Springfield.
Union leaders said they were hopeful that the veto would hold up.
“Without these unions in the state, you’re not going to make what you should,” said Josh Weeks , a union carpenter from Meta, Mo., who was in the audience for Mr. Nixon’s speech.
“Without these unions in the state, you’re not going to make what you should,” said Josh Weeks, a union carpenter from Meta, Mo., who was in the audience for Mr. Nixon’s speech .
Two-thirds majorities are needed in both chambers to overturn Mr. Nixon’s veto.
The House vote in May fell 17 votes short of that mark.
The House vote in May fell 17 votes short of that mark.
“The large group of Republicans who have supported working families in the state of Missouri are the reason we’re not right to work today,” said Albert L. Bond, assistant executive secretary-treasurer of the Carpenters’ District Council of Greater St. Louis and Vicinity.
“The large group of Republicans who have supported working families in the state of Missouri are the reason we’re not right to work today,” said Albert L. Bond, assistant executive secretary-treasurer of the Carpenters’ District Council of Greater St. Louis and Vicinity.
“The large group of Republicans who have supported working families in the state of Missouri are the reason we’re not right to work today,” said Albert L. Bond , assistant executive secretary-treasurer of the Carpenters’ District Council of Greater St. Louis and Vicinity.
“The large group of Republicans who have supported working families in the state of Missouri are the reason we’re not right to work today,” said Albert L. Bond, assistant executive secretary-treasurer of the Carpenters’ District Council of Greater St. Louis and Vicinity.
But it remains unclear what effect months of lobbying have had.
“I know we’ve flipped some,” said Greg Mourad , a vice president at the National Right to Work Committee, which supports the legislation.
“I know we’ve flipped some,” said Greg Mourad, a vice president at the National Right to Work Committee, which supports the legislation .
“Whether we’ve flipped enough or not, I guess we’ll just have to wait and find out.” Missouri , whose union footprint has decreased in recent decades as manufacturing jobs have moved abroad, is increasingly rare as a Midwestern state without a right-to-work law.
Missouri, whose union footprint has decreased in recent decades as manufacturing jobs have moved abroad , is increasingly rare as a Midwestern state without a right-to-work law.
WOLFSBURG, Germany —  Volkswagen said on Wednesday that it would be able to bring its diesel cars into line with European clean-air standards by updating engine software and installing a small, tube-shaped part roughly the same diameter as the cardboard tube in a roll of paper towels.
WOLFSBURG, Germany —  Volkswagen said on Wednesday that it would be able to bring its diesel cars into line with Europe an clean-air standards by updating engine software and installing a small, tube-shaped part roughly the same diameter as the cardboard tube in a roll of paper towels.
WOLFSBURG, Germany —  Volkswagen said on Wednesday that it would be able to bring its diesel cars into line with European clean-air standards by updating engine software and installing a small, tube-shaped part roughly the same diameter as the cardboard tube in a roll of paper towels.
Modifying Volkswagen diesel cars sold in the United States will be more complicated because of stricter rules on emissions of nitrogen oxides, pollutants harmful to the environment and human health.
WOLFSBURG, Germany —  Volkswagen said on Wednesday that it would be able to bring its diesel cars into line with European clean-air standards by updating engine software and installing a small, tube-shaped part roughly the same diameter as the cardboard tube in a roll of paper towels .
WOLFSBURG, Germany —  Volkswagen said on Wednesday that it would be able to bring its diesel cars into line with European clean-air standards by updating engine software and installing a small, tube-shaped part roughly the same diameter as the cardboard tube in a roll of paper towels.
The technical patch that Volkswagen presented at company headquarters here is valid only for Europe , where it will be installed beginning next year.
WOLFSBURG, Germany —  Volkswagen said on Wednesday that it would be able to bring its diesel cars into line with European clean-air standards by updating engine software and installing a small, tube-shaped part roughly the same diameter as the cardboard tube in a roll of paper towels. The technical patch that Volkswagen presented at company headquarters here is valid only for Europe, where it will be installed beginning next year.
Modifying Volkswagen diesel cars sold in the United States will be more complicated because of stricter rules on emissions of nitrogen oxides, pollutants harmful to the environment and human health.
The technical patch that Volkswagen presented at company headquarters here is valid only for Europe, where it will be installed beginning next year .
WOLFSBURG, Germany —  Volkswagen said on Wednesday that it would be able to bring its diesel cars into line with European clean-air standards by updating engine software and installing a small, tube-shaped part roughly the same diameter as the cardboard tube in a roll of paper towels.
WOLFSBURG, Germany —  Volkswagen said on Wednesday that it would be able to bring its diesel cars into line with Europe an clean-air standards by updating engine software and installing a small, tube-shaped part roughly the same diameter as the cardboard tube in a roll of paper towels.
Modifying Volkswagen diesel cars sold in the United States will be more complicated because of stricter rules on emissions of nitrogen oxides , pollutants harmful to the environment and human health.
Modifying Volkswagen diesel cars sold in the United States will be more complicated because of stricter rules on emissions of nitrogen oxides, pollutants harmful to the environment and human health.
The technical fixes proposed by Volkswagen appeared to be surprisingly simple , deepening the mystery over why the decision had been made to evade pollution testing with illicit software.
The technical fixes proposed by Volkswagen appeared to be surprisingly simple, deepening the mystery over why the decision had been made to evade pollution testing with illicit software. Volkswagen said German regulators had approved the changes.
Volkswagen said German regulators had approved the changes.
Cars with 2-liter diesel motors can be repaired by simply updating the engine-control software , the company said.
The technical fixes proposed by Volkswagen appeared to be surprisingly simple, deepening the mystery over why the decision had been made to evade pollution testing with illicit software.
Volkswagen said German regulators had approved the changes.
Cars with 2-liter diesel motors can be repaired by simply updating the engine-control software , the company said.
The technical fixes proposed by Volkswagen appeared to be surprisingly simple , deepening the mystery over why the decision had been made to evade pollution testing with illicit software.
Volkswagen did not sell any engines smaller than 2 liters in the United States, though a small number of cars with 1.6-liter motors may have been imported from Mexico or other countries.
Beginning with the 2013 model year, cars like the Passat were equipped with a system that uses the chemical urea to neutralize nitrogen oxide emissions and is considered effective when properly configured.
Beginning with the 2013 model year, cars like the Passat were equipped with a system that uses the chemical urea to neutralize nitrogen oxide emissions and is considered effective when properly configured.
Volkswagen did not sell any engines smaller than 2 liters in the United States, though a small number of cars with 1.6-liter motors may have been imported from Mexico or other countries.
The Wall Street lawyer H. Rodgin Cohen hit a sour regulatory note this week.
That may resonate with many in Congress, where a bill to blunt the work of bank examiners is making the rounds.
But the 2008 financial crisis exposed the necessity of more robust oversight. Although firms overstate the pain, room remains to ensure that regulators are constructive, rather than overzealous.
Although firms overstate the pain, room remains to ensure that regulators are constructive , rather than overzealous.
And after all, it’s their duty to be skeptical .
On Thursday, a bipartisan group of senators dropped a new bill into the hopper to regulate the regulators, forcing quicker verdicts on exams and reviews when financial institutions complain .
Even some of the biggest bank critics, like Daniel K. Tarullo, the Federal Reserve governor , have shown a willingness to consider rolling back rules for smaller lenders.
Much of that, though, stems from regulators, like attorneys general, who are also in the business of cultivating voters .
The blurring of lines between sports and ready-to-wear via that hybrid known as athleisure wear has only exacerbated the situation.
Indeed, brands increasingly unveil their “ collections ” weeks in advance so consumers can Get the Look.
Though this has become true to a certain extent for every tournament (save, perhaps, Wimbledon , where the insistence on traditional white limits the fashion options to a meaningful degree), it reaches its apogee with the United States Open, in part because of a certain boundary-pushing ethos associated with New York and in part because, according to Mr. Eisenbud, it is the Grand Slam event with the most nontennis news-media coverage attached, and hence the greatest potential reach.
Though this has become true to a certain extent for every tournament (save, perhaps, Wimbledon, where the insistence on traditional white limits the fashion options to a meaningful degree), it reaches its apogee with the United States Open , in part because of a certain boundary-pushing ethos associated with New York and in part because, according to Mr. Eisenbud, it is the Grand Slam event with the most nontennis news-media coverage attached, and hence the greatest potential reach.
Though this has become true to a certain extent for every tournament (save, perhaps, Wimbledon, where the insistence on traditional white limits the fashion options to a meaningful degree), it reaches its apogee with the United States Open, in part because of a certain boundary-pushing ethos associated with New York and in part because, according to Mr. Eisenbud, it is the Grand Slam event with the most non tennis news-media coverage attached, and hence the greatest potential reach.
“We always pull out all the stops for the Open,” said Serena Williams , discussing her Open outfits the week before it started.
“We always pull out all the stops for the Open,” said Serena Williams, discussing her Open outfits the week before it started.
“We always pull out all the stops for the Open,” said Serena Williams, discussing her Open outfits the week before it started.
“We always pull out all the stops for the Open
“I’m always asking my friends in fashion about what’s the new color, or the latest trend , so I can translate that in our collections.”
In 1994, within the space of a few weeks, Ms. Smith lost her husband, the musician Fred Sonic Smith , to heart failure, and her brother, Todd Smith, who was also her road manager, to a stroke.
Those losses, and newer, fresher sorrows, pierce her elegiac new book, “M Train,” which in its own elliptical way is as much a love story about her late husband as “Just Kids,” her stunning 2010 memoir of youth and bohemia, was about Robert Mapplethorpe.
In 1994 , within the space of a few weeks, Ms. Smith lost her husband, the musician Fred Sonic Smith, to heart failure, and her brother, Todd Smith, who was also her road manager, to a stroke.
In 1994, within the space of a few weeks, Ms. Smith lost her husband, the musician Fred Sonic Smith, to heart failure, and her brother, Todd Smith, who was also her road manager, to a stroke.
Ms. Smith, who spent her summer on a 45-city concert tour of Europe, is about to embark on an 18-city book tour , after which follows another grueling performance schedule that has her working, quite happily, into January.
I’d like to write a book that everybody loves .
“I just do my work, and I work every day, and my ambition is just to do something better than I last did ,” she said.
“I’d like to write something as great as ‘P inocchio’ or ‘Little Women.’
I won’t say ‘ Moby-Dick ’ because that’s impossible.
“I’d like to write something as great as ‘ Pinocchio’ or ‘Little Women .’
Mr. Foley (left), 48, is a senior vice president and the director of business development for Rubenstein Communications, the public relations firm in New York, where he oversees the introduction of new clients into the firm.
Mr. Foley (left), 48, is a senior vice president and the director of business development for Rubenstein Communications, the public relations firm in New York , where he oversees the introduction of new clients into the firm.
Mr. Foley is a son of George D. Foley of College Station, Tex., and the late Maryursula W. Foley.
Mr. Gaden, 53 , works in New York as the chief executive of the music publisher Imagem Music USA and the chief executive of the Rodgers and Hammerstein division of the company.
The couple met through mutual friends over cocktails in 1995 in New York.
On a recent Sunday afternoon, the journalist and editor Aaron Hicklin was standing among some still-empty shelves in his newly completed bookstore, One Grand , in a former mercantile building in the town of Narrowsburg, New York.
On a recent Sunday afternoon, the journalist and editor Aaron Hicklin was standing among some still-empty shelves in his newly completed bookstore, One Grand, in a former mercantile building in the town of Narrowsburg, New York.
On a recent Sunday afternoon, the journalist and editor Aaron Hicklin was standing among some still-empty shelves in his newly completed bookstore, One Grand, in a former mercantile building in the town of Narrowsburg, New York .
“I have about a thousand in here, but you’d never know it.
In less than one week , he would open the doors to the shop, but at the moment he was still fretfully awaiting the final shipments of his stock.
Hicklin plans to man the store himself on weekends, offering up mince pies and cups of tea (including a rooibos blend called “Little Dickens” from the Brooklyn-based purveyor Bellocq, as well as Yorkshire Gold from his native England ).
The artist Ryan McGinley , for his part, included a beautiful 1960 illustrated children’s book called “About Caves,” and the director John Waters named out-of-print treasures such as Philip Hoare’s “Serious Pleasures: The Life of Stephen Tennant.”
Hicklin plans to man the store himself on weekends, offering up mince pies and cups of tea (including a rooibos blend called “Little Dickens” from the Brooklyn-based purveyor Bellocq , as well as Yorkshire Gold from his native England).
He admitted that the project has required him to play “literary investigator,” doggedly tracking down a few quirky or elusive volumes. “ Raymond Pettibon , for example, his list is crazy,” Hicklin noted with admiration.
Hicklin plans to man the store himself on weekends, offering up mince pies and cups of tea (including a rooibos blend called “Little Dickens” from the Brooklyn-based purveyor Bellocq, as well as Yorkshire Gold from his native England).
“I’m running this store out of completely selfish motivation ,” he said.
“Tess of the D’Urbervilles,” by Thomas Hardy; “Another Country,” by James Baldwin; “If This Is a Man,” by Primo Levi; “Watership Down,” by Richard Adams; “A Collection of Essays,” by George Orwell; “The Long-Winded Lady: Notes from The New Yorker,” by Maeve Brennan; “ A Handful of Dust ,” by Evelyn Waugh; “Eastern Approaches,” by Fitzroy Maclean; “The Line of Beauty,” by Alan Hollinghurst; “The Secret History,” by Donna Tartt.
Hicklin said he will eventually launch projects such as in-room book selections at hotels, or perhaps book-concierge services on flights.
“Tess of the D’Urbervilles,” by Thomas Hardy; “Another Country,” by James Baldwin; “If This Is a Man,” by Primo Levi; “Watership Down,” by Richard Adams; “A Collection of Essays,” by George Orwell; “The Long-Winded Lady: Notes from The New Yorker,” by Maeve Brennan; “ A Handful of Dust ,” by Evelyn Waugh; “Eastern Approaches,” by Fitzroy Maclean; “The Line of Beauty,” by Alan Hollinghurst; “The Secret History,” by Donna Tartt.
Hicklin said he will eventually launch projects such as in-room book selections at hotels, or perhaps book-concierge services on flights.
Propelled by these robust asset flows, the company earned $822 million , or $4.84 a share, up 9 percent from the quarter a year ago.
Propelled by these robust asset flows, the company earned $822 million, or $4.84 a share, up 9 percent from the quarter a year ago.
Propelled by these robust asset flows, the company earned $822 million, or $4.84 a share, up 9 percent from the quarter a year ago.
E.T.F.s are investment funds that trade like stocks and are linked to a wide variety of stock and bond indexes.
Unlike other fund companies, BlackRock does not have any leveraged loan E.T.F.s.
Of the $70 billion in net inflows that BlackRock took in this quarter, $35 billion came from its iShares E.T.F. unit — with $18 billion of that flowing into fast-growing funds like high yield debt and corporate bonds.
Of the $70 billion in net inflows that BlackRock took in this quarter, $35 billion came from its iShares E.T.F. unit — with $18 billion of that flowing into fast-growing funds like high yield debt and corporate bonds.
BlackRock now has close to $1.1 trillion in E.T.F.s under management, by far the most in the industry.
On Wednesday, the International Monetary Fund’s financial stability division released a report highlighting how fast funds have grown in areas of the market where it has become harder to buy and sell securities.
The Institute of International Finance , a trade group that represents global banks, also released a letter on Wednesday that warned of the huge buildup of assets in the bond market.
The institute’s views on the topic tend to reflect its main constituency, investment banks, which have complained that excessive regulation has hindered their ability to provide liquidity in the market.
BlackRock has argued that bond E.T.F.s, and its increasing size, are healthful for the markets in general and that in a low interest rate environment it is to be expected that long-term investors like insurance companies and pension funds invest in higher yielding securities to lock in better returns.
Moreover, the industry has said that firms like BlackRock do not invest their own capital in these types of securities — as investment banks did before the crisis — and do not rely on leverage to bolster returns.
Moreover, the industry has said that firms like BlackRock do not invest their own capital in these types of securities — as investment banks did before the crisis — and do not rely on leverage to bolster returns.
“We live in a low rate environment in which insurance companies and pension funds have to invest their money,” said Laurence D. Fink , the chief executive of BlackRock, who noted that three-quarters of the firm’s clients were these types of buy-and-hold investors.
“We live in a low rate environment in which insurance companies and pension funds have to invest their money,” said Laurence D. Fink, the chief executive of BlackRock, who noted that three-quarters of the firm’s clients were these types of buy-and-hold investors.
Still, Hyun Song Shin , a top economist at the Bank for International Settlements, a banking and research center for central banks worldwide, argued on Wednesday that this relentless reach for yield by such investors might just as well signal a good old-fashioned investment bubble.
Still, Hyun Song Shin, a top economist at the Bank for International Settlements , a banking and research center for central banks worldwide, argued on Wednesday that this relentless reach for yield by such investors might just as well signal a good old-fashioned investment bubble.
“We live in a low rate environment in which insurance companies and pension funds have to invest their money
Super Bowl 50 will be played in five months.
A long list of events needs to unfold at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. , before it hosts the big game on Feb. 7: like an entire N.F.L. season, for instance.
The game is so far in the future that The San Jose Mercury News has nothing better to do than speculate about whether Taylor Swift might sing at the halftime show.
A long list of events needs to unfold at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif., before it hosts the big game on Feb. 7 : like an entire N.F.L. season, for instance.
Including which teams will participate ( the Green Bay Packers and the Indianapolis Colts ).
Walter Fairbanks, fire chief in Cisco, about 100 miles west of Fort Worth, confirmed that there was one fatality when the tornado hit Saturday afternoon near the town.
Authorities were going house to house to assess the damage, but that proved difficult amid the heavy rainfall , Judge Rex Fields of Eastland County said.
The extent of injuries or fatalities was not immediately clear there or in the town of Burkburnett, Tex ., about 15 miles north of Wichita Falls, where a second tornado struck.
Walter Fairbanks , fire chief in Cisco, about 100 miles west of Fort Worth, confirmed that there was one fatality when the tornado hit Saturday afternoon near the town.
Authorities were going house to house to assess the damage, but that proved difficult amid the heavy rainfall, Judge Rex Fields of Eastland County said.
The fate of Mr. Rasputin ’s
But Khrushchev ’s agricultural and industrial policies were also a death knell for traditional village life.
The fate of Mr. Rasputin’s childhood villages became fodder for one of his most famous works, the 1976 novel “ Farewell to Matyora .”
After a vivid description of the beginning of spring in the opening chapter, Mr. Rasputin — an ardent environmentalist who fought to protect Lake Baikal , the world’s largest freshwater lake — continues, “Everything was in place, but everything was wrong.”
The novel is about an island village on the Angara River that is about to be subsumed in the 1960s by construction of the Bratsk hydroelectric plant, and the elderly residents who try to resist resettlement and cannot adapt to city life.
Kathleen Parthé , the director of Russian studies at the University of Rochester and the author of two books that address village prose, said of Mr. Rasputin in an email, “Like many of Russia’s best-known writers, he was always slightly out of step with the times — too bold in the 1960s and 1970s with his nostalgia for the radiant village past, too critical of the Soviet destruction of the environment around his beloved Lake Baikal, too disdainful of Western-style democracy, too bitter about those he said had brought a millennium-old civilization to an end in 1917.”
Kathleen Parthé, the director of Russian studies at the University of Rochester and the author of two books that address village prose, said of Mr. Rasputin in an email, “Like many of Russia’s best-known writers, he was always slightly out of step with the times — too bold in the 1960s and 1970s with his nostalgia for the radiant village past , too critical of the Soviet destruction of the environment around his beloved Lake Baikal, too disdainful of Western-style democracy, too bitter about those he said had brought a millennium-old civilization to an end in 1917.”
Kathleen Parthé, the director of Russian studies at the University of Rochester and the author of two books that address village prose, said of Mr. Rasputin in an email, “Like many of Russia’s best-known writers, he was always slightly out of step with the times — too bold in the 1960s and 1970s with his nostalgia for the radiant village past, too critical of the Soviet destruction of the environment around his beloved Lake Baikal, too disdainful of Western-style democracy, too bitter about those he said had brought a millennium-old civilization to an end in 1917 .”
Kathleen Parthé, the director of Russian studies at the University of Rochester and the author of two books that address village prose, said of Mr. Rasputin in an email , “Like many of Russia’s best-known writers, he was always slightly out of step with the times — too bold in the 1960s and 1970s with his nostalgia for the radiant village past, too critical of the Soviet destruction of the environment around his beloved Lake Baikal, too disdainful of Western-style democracy, too bitter about those he said had brought a millennium-old civilization to an end in 1917.”
Kathleen Parthé, the director of Russian studies at the University of Rochester and the author of two books that address village prose, said of Mr. Rasputin in an email, “Like many of Russia’s best-known writers, he was always slightly out of step with the times — too bold in the 1960s and 1970s with his nostalgia for the radiant village past, too critical of the Soviet destruction of the environment around his beloved Lake Baikal, too disdainful of Western-style democracy, too bitter about those he said had brought a millennium-old civilization to an end in 1917.”
Both were members of Miles Davis groups , both have widely recorded on electric keyboards as well as piano, and both are among jazz’s greatest pianists.
Both were members of Miles Davis groups, both have widely recorded on electric keyboards as well as piano, and both are among jazz ’s greatest pianists.
But the last time Mr. Hancock and Mr. Corea toured as a duo was in the late 1970s before resuming celebrated solo careers.
Basking in the applause that greeted them, they reminisced about when they lived in New York City in the 1960s ; they hinted at the concert to come.
Basking in the applause that greeted them, they reminisced about when they lived in New York City in the 1960s; they hinted at the concert to come.
Ms. Slaughter has turned The Atlantic article into a book: “Unfinished Business: Women Men Work Family” ( Random House ).
Ms. Slaughter has turned The Atlantic article into a book: “ Unfinished Business : Women Men Work Family” (Random House).
An entire chapter, for instance, is devoted to the way we talk, which includes a discussion of whether the terms “juggling” and “balance” are offensive and concludes with Ms. Slaughter’s preference for the awkward phrase “ work/life fit .”
“Unfinished Business” retains the form and tone of the shorter original but adds extensive excerpts from the “thousands of readers ” who Ms. Slaughter says either wrote her directly or otherwise commented on the article.
In addition, Ms. Slaughter went on a “listening tour,” giving hundreds of speeches she describes as a form of “call and response research.”
Toward the end of “ Lean In ,” Ms. Sandberg reviewed the social psychology literature around the tendency of women themselves in certain environments to perpetuate gender bias and recommended some ways to avoid falling into this trap.
“ We should resolve our differences quickly, and when we disagree, stay focused on our shared goals .
This is not a plea for less debate, but for more constructive debate ,” Ms. Sandberg wrote.
The institutional tendency to use minor disagreements among women as an excuse to do nothing, she argues, requires women to choose their battles carefully.
Refresco Gerber expects its shares to begin trading on Euronext in Amsterdam on March 27.
Refresco Gerber expects its shares to begin trading on Euronext in Amsterdam on March 27 .
The I.P.O. will consist of new shares issued by Refresco Gerber and a sale of about 30.9 million shares held by Refresco Gerber’s private equity owners, which include 3i Group .
The company expects to receive gross proceeds of €100 million from the offering, which will be used to repay debt and give it additional financial flexibility.
The company expects to receive gross proceeds of €100 million from the offering, which will be used to repay debt and give it additional financial flexibility .
Thousands of older wood and concrete apartment buildings vulnerable to collapse in a major earthquake would get costly upgrades under rules passed Friday by the Los Angeles City Council.
Thousands of older wood and concrete apartment buildings vulnerable to collapse in a major earthquake would get costly upgrades under rules passed Friday by the Los Angeles City Council.
City leaders will have to agree on how the estimated $5,000 -per-unit retrofitting would be split between tenants and landlords.
The law currently allows owners to increase rents up to $75 per month for a required earthquake retrofit, but both sides say such an increase is too steep.
Thousands of older wood and concrete apartment buildings vulnerable to collapse in a major earthquake would get costly upgrades under rules passed Friday by the Los Angeles City Council.
Visa recently pegged Visa Europe’s value to be “in excess of $10 billion.” Assume Visa Europe’s bottom line grows this year at the same rate as last year, on Visa’s 24 times multiple, the company would be worth $6.9 billion.
The ancillary benefits for Visa, however, suggest that just as Visa’ chief executive, Charles W. Scharf , said in April: “Sooner is better.”
The ancillary benefits for Visa, however, suggest that just as Visa’ chief executive, Charles W. Scharf, said in April : “Sooner is better.”
That figure doesn’t take into account any savings, of course, as well as any premium that Visa would have to pay to bypass the existing agreement .
That figure doesn’t take into account any savings , of course, as well as any premium that Visa would have to pay to bypass the existing agreement.
“I would be utterly shocked and dismayed and aghast if the Assembly Democrats were to offer Mr. Silver any leadership role whatsoever,” said Assemblyman Brian M. Kolb , a Republican from the Finger Lakes region who serves as minority leader.
One issue that both parties agree on is that the corruption trials of Mr. Silver and Dean G. Skelos, a Republican who was the leader of the State Senate and whose trial entered its second week on Monday, have cast much of Albany in an unsavory light, as have suggestions by defense lawyers that allegedly criminal behavior is merely part of “business as usual” in the state capital.
“I would be utterly shocked and dismayed and aghast if the Assembly Democrats were to offer Mr. Silver any leadership role whatsoever,” said Assemblyman Brian M. Kolb, a Republican from the Finger Lakes region who serves as minority leader.
One issue that both parties agree on is that the corruption trials of Mr. Silver and Dean G. Skelos , a Republican who was the leader of the State Senate and whose trial entered its second week on Monday, have cast much of Albany in an unsavory light, as have suggestions by defense lawyers that allegedly criminal behavior is merely part of “business as usual” in the state capital.
“I would be utterly shocked and dismayed and aghast if the Assembly Democrats were to offer Mr. Silver any leadership role whatsoever,” said Assemblyman Brian M. Kolb, a Republican from the Finger Lakes region who serves as minority leader.
Despite Mr. Silver ’s legal troubles, several Democrats said the former speaker continued to be well liked by his colleagues, noting that some old-guard members had privately complained that the prosecution and news media coverage of the trial seemed overzealous.
Despite Mr. Silver’s legal troubles, several Democrats said the former speaker continued to be well liked by his colleagues, noting that some old-guard members had privately complained that the prosecution and news media coverage of the trial seemed overzealous.
But even with such complaints, few expect Mr. Silver to challenge Speaker Heastie , in part because of Mr. Heastie’s success in navigating the transition of power.
But even with such complaints, few expect Mr. Silver to challenge Speaker Heastie, in part because of Mr. Heastie’s success in navigating the transition of power .
“There is certainly a large reservoir of affection and respect for Shelly ,” one Democratic lawmaker said.
Another longtime member of the Assembly said a vindicated Mr. Silver — who remained active in the Assembly after his arrest and indictment — would be a force in the chamber because of his knowledge of the intricacies of state government.
“No one knew more about the ins and outs than Shelly — no one’s even close
Others predicted a less visible role, and a potential retirement in 2016 when Mr. Silver is up for re-election.
Another longtime member of the Assembly said a vindicated Mr. Silver — who remained active in the Assembly after his arrest and indictment — would be a force in the chamber because of his knowledge of the intricacies of state government .
Others predicted a less visible role, and a potential retirement in 2016 when Mr. Silver is up for re-election.
In comments to reporters last week, however, he said he was “just not sure” what new ethics laws could be passed to stop the series of scandals that have shaken Albany, noting that several new laws passed last spring have yet to take effect.
Mr. Kolb , for instance, suggested a cap on outside income, an issue that has percolated through the Silver and Skelos trials.
“What do you think legislatively we could do that would respond to what either Sheldon Silver or Dean Skelos is on trial for?”
New bills to make the Legislature full time, and to increase lawmakers’ pay , may be pursued, a cause taken up by editorial boards whose outrage continues to boil at scandals in the capital.
New bills to make the Legislature full time , and to increase lawmakers’ pay, may be pursued, a cause taken up by editorial boards whose outrage continues to boil at scandals in the capital.
“ Black Rage,” published by Basic Books in 1968, laid out in unsparing terms the psychic tightrope that black Americans walked, their self-image, family structures and worldview distorted by the weight of white oppression.
“Black Rage,” published by Basic Books in 1968, laid out in unsparing terms the psychic tightrope that black Americans walked, their self-image, family structures and worldview distorted by the weight of white oppression.
Dr. Grier and his co-author, who together ran a psychiatric clinic in San Francisco, opened the eyes of a broad audience to the psychological rather than the economic consequences of racism , drawing on case studies to illustrate their points.
The cause was complications of prostate cancer , said his son Geoffrey.
Dr. Grier and his co-author, who together ran a psychiatric clinic in San Francisco , opened the eyes of a broad audience to the psychological rather than the economic consequences of racism, drawing on case studies to illustrate their points.
“It has been an attempt to evoke a certain quality of depression and hopelessness in the reader and to stir these feelings.
These are the most common feelings tasted by black people in America. ”
“ As a sapling bent low stores energy for a violent backswing ,” they wrote, “blacks bent double by oppression have stored energy which will be released in the form of rage — black rage, apocalyptic and final.”
Since the days of slavery , they argued, blacks had adopted an outward style of ingratiating deference that masked a seething anger.
“As a sapling bent low stores energy for a violent backswing,” they wrote, “blacks bent double by oppression have stored energy which will be released in the form of rage — black rage, apocalyptic and final .”
He added, “The thesis is understated, deliberately dismal, and intensely eloquent; its impact is overwhelming.” William Henry Grier , known as Bill, was born on Feb. 7, 1926, in Birmingham, Ala.
“Black Rage” was hailed as a timely analysis of a people in crisis .
When he was 12, his father, Henry, lost his job at the post office and the family moved in with relatives in Detroit.
When he was 12, his father, Henry, lost his job at the post office and the family moved in with relatives in Detroit .
William Henry Grier, known as Bill, was born on Feb. 7, 1926, in Birmingham, Ala .
But most critics found the book readable, persuasive and sobering .
ABC broadcast a special on the book called “To Be Black.”
The authors followed up with “The Jesus Bag” (1971), a critical analysis of the role of religion in black life.
After serving as chairman of the department of psychiatry at Meharry Medical College in Nashville in the early 1970s, Dr. Grier started a psychiatric practice in San Diego, from which he retired in the 1990s.
After serving as chairman of the department of psychiatry at Meharry Medical College in Nashville in the early 1970s, Dr. Grier started a psychiatric practice in San Diego, from which he retired in the 1990s .
This house is on a narrow, wooded road in New Hope , a borough in Bucks County about 40 miles from Philadelphia and 70 miles from New York City.
According to the listing agent, it was among the first modern houses in the area, which is known for its 18th- and 19th-century farmhouses, many within districts on the National Register of Historic Places .
The area has a healthy history in the arts, anchored by the Bucks County Playhouse , long known as a testing ground for Broadway, and the James A. Michener Art Museum in nearby Doylestown, which houses a large collection of Pennsylvania Impressionism made by artists in and around New Hope.
The area has a healthy history in the arts, anchored by the Bucks County Playhouse, long known as a testing ground for Broadway, and the James A. Michener Art Museum in nearby Doylestown, which houses a large collection of Pennsylvania Impressionism made by artists in and around New Hope.
Commuter trains stop 12 miles away in Doylestown and 16 miles away in Trenton, N.J., which is also an Amtrak stop.
This house is in Marble Cliff, a village of about 580 people just northwest of downtown Columbus , and one of the city’s first suburbs.
The village has large late 19th- and early 20th-century single-family houses on neat tree-lined streets, with some newer construction and business along the Scioto River .
Columbus airport is about 15 minutes away; downtown is 10 minutes, as is Short North, a shopping, gallery and dining district near the Ohio State University campus.
Columbus airport is about 15 minutes away; downtown is 10 minutes, as is Short North , a shopping, gallery and dining district near the Ohio State University campus.
This house is in Marble Cliff, a village of about 580 people just northwest of downtown Columbus, and one of the city’s first suburbs.
The house was built in 1928 and renovated within the last 10 years, at which point a wing was added.
The exterior is limestone, likely quarried in the region, and the style is a subset of Tudor revival called Cotswold , known for steeply pitched gables and prominent front chimneys.
Through the front door, there’s a foyer that leads to a living room with a high pitched ceiling and a fireplace flanked by large windows.
On one side of the foyer are a breakfast room and a kitchen, with appliances updated over the last 10 years .
The exterior is limestone , likely quarried in the region, and the style is a subset of Tudor revival called Cotswold, known for steeply pitched gables and prominent front chimneys.
The family room here has a pitched ceiling and walls of glass on three sides.
The master suite is also part of the addition, and connected to the rest of the house by a hallway lined with floor-to-ceiling chestnut cabinetry.
The master suite has a pitched ceiling and a grand hand-carved fireplace mantel, as well as a sitting alcove with a large arched window .
The basement is finished and has a fireplace, one of seven in the house.
The house is on about an acre and a half , with a pool and a screened gazebo.
The father is behaving unethically, given that his support is accompanied by the demand that the letter writer change something that is not susceptible to change.
Not only is this young man entitled to conceal the truth from his father, but he doesn’t owe him a repayment later when he can afford it.
The fact that he would fail to discharge his obligation to pay his fair share if the son told the truth is a reason not to tell him the truth.
The father is behaving unethically, given that his support is accompanied by the demand that the letter writer change something that is not susceptible to change .
Leaders in the small Iowa town of Van Meter, needing m one y for a new police car, decided to sell $5 raffle tickets, with the winner to be chosen at this summer’s street dance.
But the raffle prize — a chance to have a Taser stun gun used on a city official — raised eyebrows far beyond Van Meter, home to about 1,300 people and one full-time police officer.
Leaders in the small Iowa town of Van Meter, needing money for a new police car , decided to sell $5 raffle tickets, with the winner to be chosen at this summer’s street dance.
On Monday, after a bout of criticism and national attention, the town’s police chief said that corporate donors had agreed to help buy a cruiser, and that no one would be stunned with a Taser at Saturday’s street dance.
Leaders in the small Iowa town of Van Meter, needing money for a new police car, decided to sell $5 raffle tickets, with the winner to be chosen at this summer’s street dance.
Shifts in the diamond business are unlikely to be perceived by the engaged couples who drive demand in the United States, which accounts for 40 percent of global diamond sales.
Retail prices are likely to remain stable or even fall a little, although slight changes in diamond quality may be made to avoid increases, analysts and industry representatives say.
And buyers may have to pay more as diamond production peaks toward the end of the decade.
Retail prices are likely to remain stable or even fall a little , although slight changes in diamond quality may be made to avoid increases, analysts and industry representatives say.
There are thousands of gradations of diamonds, and it is extremely difficult to value the gems used as collateral.)
The Basel Committee, a panel of central bankers and regulators from around the world that meets in the Swiss city of Basel, probably did not give much thought to the diamond industry when it was formulating new guidelines.
Sales in China , a large market, have slowed, in part because an anticorruption campaign has made government officials and their families wary of displays of wealth.
The Basel Committee, a panel of central bankers and regulators from around the world that meets in the Swiss city of Basel , probably did not give much thought to the diamond industry when it was formulating new guidelines.
Most of the world’s diamonds come from a relative handful of mines in Africa , Canada, Russia and a few other places.
Alrosa , a Russian diamond producer, has become the largest by volume, though De Beers remains the leader in dollar terms.
New mines may be found, he said, and man-made diamonds — which are becoming increasingly difficult to distinguish from diamonds dug from the earth — could satisfy some market demand.
the end of the decade , pushing prices higher, have their supporters and their critics.
Now that the market is more competitive, De Beers focuses more on marketing its own brands, such as Forevermark , a symbol etched on diamonds that have passed quality assurance tests.
that a diamond is not man-made .
(De Beers also produces synthetic diamonds but only for industrial applications, such as lasers.)
Now that the market is more competitive, De Beers focuses more on marketing its own brands, such as Forevermark, a symbol etched on diamonds that have passed quality assurance tests.
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said Sunday that the recent arrest of a black woman in Texas and her death while in police custody were bringing renewed attention to the fear and anger that characterize the relationship of blacks with the police.
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch said Sunday that the recent arrest of a black woman in Texas and her death while in police custody were bringing renewed attention to the fear and anger that characterize the relationship of blacks with the police.
“I think that it highlights the concern of many in the black community that a routine stop for many of the members of the black community is not handled with the same professionalism and courtesy that other people may get from the police,” she said in an interview on the ABC News program “This Week.”
WASHINGTON —  Lawmakers from both parties lashed out at the newly appointed director of the Secret Service at a hearing Tuesday , accusing him of doing little to restore the public’s faith in an agency jolted by embarrassing scandals and security breaches.
 Lawmakers from both parties lashed out at the newly appointed director of the Secret Service at a hearing Tuesday, accusing him of doing little to restore the public’s faith in an agency jolted by embarrassing scandals and security breaches.
Representative Harold Rogers, Republican of Kentucky and the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, called the incident “unacceptable” and said it represented a “breakdown, to put it mildly, of the discipline within the ranks of your agency.”
Republican lawmakers seized on accusations that two drunken Secret Service agents crashed a government car into a White House barricade after a party this month.
Republican lawmakers seized on accusations that two drunken Secret Service agents crashed a government car into a White House barricade after a party this month.
Representative Nita M. Lowey of New York , the ranking Democrat on the committee, urged the agency’s director, Joseph P. Clancy, who took over last month, to demand discipline.
Democrat ic members were no less critical.
Representative Nita M. Lowey of New York, the ranking Democrat on the committee, urged the agency’s director, Joseph P. Clancy, who took over last month , to demand discipline.
Representative Nita M. Lowey of New York, the ranking Democrat on the committee, urged the agency’s director, Joseph P. Clancy, who took over last month, to demand discipline.
Contrary to initial reports of a dramatic crash into a White House barricade, Mr. Clancy said, a surveillance video showed the agents’ car slowly nudging an orange construction barrel out of the way so it could move forward.
Mr. Rogers pledged to keep the Secret Service on a “short string” after the recent scandals and security lapses.
In his testimony, Mr. Clancy urged lawmakers to approve a 16.4 percent increase in the Secret Service budget to confront staffing, training, facility and infrastructure shortcomings that he says helped lead to the problems.
Mr. Obama’s budget for 2016 asks for $1.94 billion , an increase of $273.3 million over the current year.
Mr. Obama’s budget for 2016 asks for $1.94 billion, an increase of $273.3 million over the current year.
Mr. Obama ’s budget for 2016 asks for $1.94 billion, an increase of $273.3 million over the current year.
But whatever was left of it was interred by the 2014-15 Blue Devils , who won a national title on the backs of four freshmen, three of whom — Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow and Tyus Jones — promptly declared for the N.B.A. draft and were selected in its first round.
Even before last season, the notion that Krzyzewski eschewed one-and-dones for upperclassmen was obviously untrue.
But whatever was left of it was interred by the 2014-15 Blue Devils, who won a national title on the backs of four freshmen , three of whom — Jahlil Okafor, Justise Winslow and Tyus Jones — promptly declared for the N.B.A. draft and were selected in its first round.
In the title game, they and Grayson Allen, then a freshman, scored 60 of Duke’s 68 points, including all 37 in the second half.
its first round.
SPIELFELD, Austria —  The small, alpine state of Slovenia became the latest focus of Europe’s continuing migration crisis, when hundreds of migrants were diverted there on Saturday, after Hungary blocked a main transit route by closing its frontier with Croatia.
SPIELFELD, Austria —  The small, alpine state of Slovenia became the latest focus of Europe’s continuing migration crisis, when hundreds of migrants were diverted there on Saturday, after Hungary blocked a main transit route by closing its frontier with Croatia.
The Slovenian prime minister, Miro Cerar , said that the army would be used to help deal with the flow of refugees from Croatia, who began arriving at the Slovenian border town of Petisovci and were being transferred to, and then across, the Austrian border.
The Slovenian prime minister, Miro Cerar, said that the army would be used to help deal with the flow of refugees from Croatia, who began arriving at the Slovenian border town of Petisovci and were being transferred to, and then across, the Austrian border.
The Slovenian prime minister, Miro Cerar, said that the army would be used to help deal with the flow of refugees from Croatia, who began arriving at the Slovenian border town of Petisovci and were being transferred to, and then across, the Austrian border.
“From all we heard on the news, this was our last chance to reach Europe, so we left in a hurry,” she said, as she got off the first bus that pulled into Sentlij border crossing between Slovenia and Austria about midday Saturday.
But it’s not possible,” said Latifa Shaab, a 21-year-old student from the Syrian city of Homs, who had traveled through Turkey, boarded a dinghy that landed in Greece, and made her way through Macedonia, Serbia and Croatia, hoping to reach Sweden .
“ From all we heard on the news, this was our last chance to reach Europe , so we left in a hurry,” she said, as she got off the first bus that pulled into Sentlij border crossing between Slovenia and Austria about midday Saturday.
After a half-hour’s rest , and a meal of apples, bread, butter, jam, and chocolate milk for the children, the Slovenian police lined up a group of about 150 people and walked them into Austria, about 700 yards away.
Hungary decided to shut its border with Croatia after it said it was disappointed at the outcome of a meeting of European Union leaders to discuss the migrant crisis.
The German chancellor, Angela Merkel , is expected to hold further talks on Sunday to try to reach a deal with Turkey’s leaders, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, is expected to hold further talks on Sunday to try to reach a deal with Turkey’s leaders, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The German chancellor, Angela Merkel, is expected to hold further talks on Sunday to try to reach a deal with Turkey’s leaders, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The Princeton boys came down to lead us, but we were Sweet Briar women and we had learned to be leaders.
I spent my junior year in Paris , and came back to a campus that was up in arms about the invasion of Cambodia.
In the fall of 1967 , Dr. Fah’s classmate Michela English arrived in Lynchburg wearing the uniform of young women everywhere: Pappagallo shoes, a Villager dress and a circle pin.
In the fall of 1967, Dr. Fah’s classmate Michela English arrived in Lynchburg wearing the uniform of young women everywhere: Pappagallo shoes, a Villager dress and a circle pin.
The Sweet Briar finishing-school moniker hit her only once, when she was at graduate school back in Michigan , where she earned a doctorate in health management and policy.
“So on the one hand,” said Ms. English, 65 , “you felt welcomed into a family.
Which meant quickly developing critical-thinking skills and debate techniques, and taking leadership roles in student government.
Ms. English first thought she might go to law school, but ended up at the Yale School of Management , after which she went to work for the consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
Now, she is president and chief executive of Fight for Children , a nonprofit in Washington.
“It was a big thing for my parents, who had not gone to college, that I was going to college .
So did Sweet Briar’s president at the time, Anne Gary Pannell, who Ms. English said was so worn out dealing with the strife on campus that she retired when the class of 1971 graduated.
So did Sweet Briar’s president at the time, Anne Gary Pannell , who Ms. English said was so worn out dealing with the strife on campus that she retired when the class of 1971 graduated.
who Ms. English said was so worn out dealing with the strife on campus that she retired when the class of 1971 graduated.
Mary Morris Gamble Booth, class of ’50, traveled to Paris with Sweet Briar’s first junior-year program, which drew students of both sexes from across the country, including, that year, 15 Yale men.
“He was wearing white bucks and the British crew did not approve of white buck shoes, so he gave himself away,” she recalled.
It was 1948 when they set sail, and Ms. Booth recounted how one of the Yale men kept trying to sneak up to the first-class deck from third class.
It was 1948 when they set sail, and Ms. Booth recounted how one of the Yale men kept trying to sneak up to the first-class deck from third class.
“This year, I’m chairman of our 65th reunion,” Ms. Booth, 87 , said sadly.
At first blush, Dr. Pai’s profile and career seem at odds with the stereotype that has long been affixed to midcentury graduates of Sweet Briar : as Southern belles (perhaps accompanied by their horses) polished to a high sheen for careers as wives, mothers and volunteers.
Yet the Pink Bubble , as Sweet Briar women have long called their alma mater, has also nurtured generations of feisty professionals, many of them working in the sciences, who attended the school before the era of widespread coeducation at the college level.
The campaign #Save Sweet Briar has raised $1 million , and another $10 million has been pledged.
Against this backdrop, the experiences of Sweet Briar’s postwar graduates, who have been galvanized by the campaign and are reconnecting on Facebook, email and by phone , paint a vivid picture of an era marked by conflicting cultures: one that was still defined by hostess houses, white gloves and the “ring before spring” doctrine that cast women’s colleges as mere finishing schools, and one with a commitment to educating women for roles far from the home.
Since March, when the school’s board suddenly said it would close the college because of dwindling enrollment and strapped finances, a campaign to save it has pursued legal and other actions with increasing gusto and success; last month, the Commonwealth of Virginia sued to keep the college open.
It reported on “the problem,” as the president of Barnard College put it, of the educated housewife: her anxiety, frustration and claustrophobia .
Phyllis Levin , its author, likened her subjects to “a two-headed schizophrenic” who “used to talk about whether music was frozen architecture, now she talks over frozen food plans.”
Noting that the right to vote had been won in 1920, Ms. Levin pointed out that “the modern woman” was only 40 years old , and lamented her descent from the ivory tower of academia to “push-button kitchens, supermarkets and finished basements.”
Phyllis Levin, its author, likened her subjects to “ a two-headed schizophrenic ” who “used to talk about whether music was frozen architecture, now she talks over frozen food plans.”
Noting that the right to vote had been won in 1920 , Ms. Levin pointed out that “the modern woman” was only 40 years old, and lamented her descent from the ivory tower of academia to “push-button kitchens, supermarkets and finished basements.”
Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer, class of ’64 , said that when she arrived for her freshman year, she and her roommate each unpacked identical framed 8-by-10 photographs of their high school sweethearts and set them carefully on their bureaus.
Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer, class of ’64, said that when she arrived for her freshman year, she and her roommate each unpacked identical framed 8-by-10 photographs of their high school sweethearts and set them carefully on their bureaus.
Jo Ann Soderquist Kramer, class of ’64, said that when she arrived for her freshman year, she and her roommate each unpacked identical framed 8-by-10 photographs of their high school sweethearts and set them carefully on their bureaus .
She also recalled being driven all the way to Massachusetts one football weekend (the sweethearts were Amherst and Williams men) in a white Cadillac with a hired driver named Coffee Jackson .
She also recalled being driven all the way to Massachusetts one football weekend (the sweethearts were Amherst and Williams men) in a white Cadillac with a hired driver named Coffee Jackson.
How would you like to transfer to Princeton ?”
Being stubborn, I refused .”
In the next three years, she worked hard, was elected president of the student government as well as the Glamour magazine representative for the school.
She accepted that honor, she said, “wearing my usual uniform, the bluejeans, army jacket and boots.”
(The Ivy League school started accepting women in 1969 .)
As a high school student in Battle Creek, Mich ., Mimi Fahs dreamed of Wellesley, but it was freezing cold the day she visited.
She saw Sweet Briar in the spring , “and, oh my God, what a contrast,” she said.
Dr. Fahs, now 65 and a professor at the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College, was in Sweet Briar’s class of ’71.
Dr. Fahs, now 65 and a professor at the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College , was in Sweet Briar’s class of ’71.
Her first day, she plastered her freshman dorm room with anti-Vietnam War posters .
On the evening of April 21 in Building 21 at the Fishkill Correctional Facility, Samuel Harrell, an inmate with a history of erratic behavior linked to bipolar disorder, packed his bags and announced he was going home, though he still had several years left to serve on his drug sentence.
On the evening of April 21 in Building 21 at the Fishkill Correctional Facility, Samuel Harrell, an inmate with a history of erratic behavior linked to bipolar disorder, packed his bags and announced he was going home, though he still had several years left to serve on his drug sentence.
On the evening of April 21 in Building 21 at the Fishkill Correctional Facility , Samuel Harrell, an inmate with a history of erratic behavior linked to bipolar disorder, packed his bags and announced he was going home, though he still had several years left to serve on his drug sentence.
On the evening of April 21 in Building 21 at the Fishkill Correctional Facility, Samuel Harrell, an inmate with a history of erratic behavior linked to bipolar disorder , packed his bags and announced he was going home, though he still had several years left to serve on his drug sentence.
On the evening of April 21 in Building 21 at the Fishkill Correctional Facility, Samuel Harrell, an inmate with a history of erratic behavior linked to bipolar disorder, packed his bags and announced he was going home, though he still had several years left to serve on his drug sentence.
There were no surveillance cameras in that area, according to inmates, and corrections officials acknowledged that there are only a few for the entire prison.
James Miller , a spokesman for the corrections officers’ union, the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association, said in an email last month that Mr. Harrell was “acting violently and appeared delusional as a result of apparently ingesting drugs.”
James Miller, a spokesman for the corrections officers’ union, the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association, said in an email last month that Mr. Harrell was “acting violently and appeared delusional as a result of apparently ingesting drugs.”
While trying to subdue him, one guard had several ribs broken , Mr. Miller said.
James Miller, a spokesman for the corrections officers’ union, the New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association , said in an email last month that Mr. Harrell was “acting violently and appeared delusional as a result of apparently ingesting drugs.”
Mr. Harrell had served several stints in prison for drug crimes starting in 2002.
Inmates and family members say that any erratic behavior more likely stemmed from his mental illness .
He had five disciplinary infractions while incarcerated, including one days before his death for possessing contraband, according to prison records.
In 2010 he learned he had bipolar disorder and was hospitalized, according to medical records.
Mr. Harrell had served several stints in prison for drug crimes starting in 2002 .
Mr. Harrell also had a history of heart disease and drug abuse, which the autopsy report said contributed to his death.
Ibrahim Camara said he found Mr. Harrell sitting alone, watching television and asked what was wrong.
“He shook his head yes.” Mr. Harrell’s mother had died in November.
His earliest release date from prison was September 2020 .
Around 8:30 that night, Mr. Harrell — whose nickname was JRock — told two officers that his wife and sister were coming to pick him up and take him home, according to one inmate’s affidavit.
Mr. Camara said he was in the day room, watching a playoff game between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers , when he heard a commotion in the hallway.
The inmates in their affidavits and letters identified nine officers by name as being involved.
Camara said he was in the day room, watching a playoff game between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers, when he heard a commotion in the hallway.
“Somebody opened up the door and looked outside, and said, ‘Yo, that’s JRock they got out there.’ ”
Mr. Camara said he was in the day room, watching a playoff game between the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers, when he heard a commotion in the hallway.
“I saw the officers kicking him, jumping on his head multiple times and screaming, ‘Stop resisting,’ even though I didn’t see him moving,” wrote Mr. Pearson , who has since been released after serving two years on a weapons charge.
Indeed, Mr. Camara said inmates were surprised that Mr. Harrell, who was over six feet tall and weighed 235 pounds, did not try to defend himself.
“I saw the officers kicking him, jumping on his head multiple times and screaming, ‘Stop resisting,’ even though I didn’t see him moving,” wrote Mr. Pearson, who has since been released after serving two years on a weapons charge .
Indeed, Mr. Camara said inmates were surprised that Mr. Harrell, who was over six feet tall and weighed 235 pounds , did not try to defend himself.
The inmates said that during the encounter, an officer they identified as Robert Michels appeared to have a medical emergency.
According to records from the ambulance service, a call came reporting a possible overdose at the Fishkill prison at 9:16 p.m.; the ambulance team arrived there at 9:30 p.m. and reached Mr. Harrell by 9:34 p.m.
According to records from the ambulance service, a call came reporting a possible overdose at the Fishkill prison at 9:16 p.m .; the ambulance team arrived there at 9:30 p.m. and reached Mr. Harrell by 9:34 p.m.
According to records from the ambulance service, a call came reporting a possible overdose at the Fishkill prison at 9:16 p.m.; the ambulance team arrived there at 9:30 p.m .
According to records from the ambulance service, a call came reporting a possible overdose at the Fishkill prison at 9:16 p.m.; the ambulance team arrived there at 9:30 p.m. and reached Mr. Harrell by 9:34 p.m .
“Staff reports that pt. was possibly smoking K2 and became very aggressive, shortly after he went unresponsive and into cardiac arrest,” the records said.
The two places may share pristine beaches and balmy weather.
The two places may share pristine beaches and balmy weather .
But they have less in common when it comes to how their fiscal problems are likely to play out.
That has left the island facing a chaotic debt restructuring with no legal referee.
Puerto Rico’s lone representative in Congress has no vote , which has hampered the bills’ progress.
A. Puerto Rico is a commonwealth of the United States.
Most notably, Puerto Rico receives federal assistance , but most of its residents do not pay federal personal income taxes.
Most notably, Puerto Rico receives federal assistance, but most of its residents do not pay federal personal income taxes.
For years, the commonwealth borrowed too much money , trying to paper over declining government revenue and prevent deep cuts in services and layoffs of public workers.
The bonds made for hot investments across the mainland United States because the interest is often “ triple tax exempt ,” meaning the holder does not pay state, federal or city income taxes.
But all that debt, now totaling $72 billion , couldn’t solve the structural problems in Puerto Rico’s economy: high labor costs and shipping costs, an exodus of educated people to the mainland United States and the expiration of a special federal tax credit meant to attract big corporations to the island and keep them there.
The bonds made for hot investments across the mainland United States because the interest is often “triple tax exempt,” meaning the holder does not pay state, federal or city income taxes.
But all that debt, now totaling $72 billion, couldn’t solve the structural problems in Puerto Rico’s economy: high labor costs and shipping costs, an exodus of educated people to the mainland United States and the expiration of a special federal tax credit meant to attract big corporations to the island and keep them there.
A. Puerto Rico bonds had been held widely by mutual funds on the mainland United States .
Another vulnerable group consists of Puerto Rico residents who have sunk much of their wealth into local bonds and decimated their retirement savings .
But that concentration has shifted, as hedge funds have bought up as much as a quarter of the debt.
Another vulnerable group consists of Puerto Rico residents who have sunk much of their wealth into local bonds and decimated their retirement savings.
This is all a mistake.” Pam MacKinnon , the play’s director and a Tony winner for “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?,” disagreed.
Though conscious of her considerable gifts as an actor — she’s so able to project emotion that her face can seem almost see-through — Ms. Moss still confesses to “major moments” where she thinks: “I can’t believe they asked me to do this, they’re crazy.
Speaking backstage as she prepared to return to rehearsal, she said that Ms. Moss had both the vulnerability and the sharpness that the role demands.
Pam MacKinnon, the play’s director and a Tony winner for “ Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?,” disagreed.
Though conscious of her considerable gifts as an actor — she’s so able to project emotion that her face can seem almost see-through — Ms. Moss still confesses to “major moments” where she thinks: “I can’t believe they asked me to do this, they’re crazy.
Scoop Rosenbaum , Heidi’s on-again, off-again boyfriend (played here by Jason Biggs), tells her, pompously and accurately, that she belongs to “a generation of disappointed women.
Scoop Rosenbaum, Heidi’s on-again, off-again boyfriend (played here by Jason Biggs ), tells her, pompously and accurately, that she belongs to “a generation of disappointed women.
Or from Peggy , who Ms. Moss said that she sometimes imagined as Heidi’s older cousin.
Ms. Moss, who began acting at the age of 6 , was an eager theatergoer even as a child, but it was a performance of “The Heiress,” starring Cherry Jones, which she saw in her early teens, that sold her on the stage — its power, its risk, its immediacy.
Ms. Moss, who began acting at the age of 6, was an eager theatergoer even as a child, but it was a performance of “ The Heiress ,” starring Cherry Jones, which she saw in her early teens, that sold her on the stage — its power, its risk, its immediacy.
She starred in a revival of Lillian Hellman’s “The Children’s Hour” in London , opposite Keira Knightley, and as the scheming secretary in a Broadway revival of David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow,” perhaps best remembered for Jeremy Piven’s abrupt departure, which he blamed on mercury poisoning from a sushi-heavy diet.
She starred in a revival of Lillian Hellman’s “The Children’s Hour” in London, opposite Keira Knightley, and as the scheming secretary in a Broadway revival of David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow,” perhaps best remembered for Jeremy Piven’s abrupt departure, which he blamed on mercury poisoning from a sushi-heavy diet.
A federal judge on Wednesday denied Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis a stay of his order requiring her office to issue marriage licenses to all eligible couples.
A federal judge on Wednesday denied Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis a stay of his order requiring her office to issue marriage licenses to all eligible couples.
Ms. Davis spent five days in jail earlier in September.
Her release was conditioned in part on her not interfering with the issuance of marriage licenses by her office.
Ms. Davis has repeatedly asked Judge David L. Bunning of Federal District Court to put a hold on his orders requiring the issuance of marriage licenses while she appeals.
News of Mr. Bashir’s plan to participate in the United Nations development meeting , which takes place after the annual General Assembly, first emerged Aug. 3 when his name appeared on the provisional itinerary of speakers for Sept. 26.
The United States , as the United Nations’ host country, is obliged by treaty to issue visas to visiting heads of state, even those it finds distasteful.
A State Department spokesman, Mark C. Toner , said then that he was unaware a visa had been requested, but that “we’ve been very clear how we feel about the president of Sudan and that he’s wanted for crimes, and we want to see him held accountable.”
A State Department spokesman, Mark C. Toner, said then that he was unaware a visa had been requested, but that “we’ve been very clear how we feel about the president of Sudan and that he’s wanted for crimes, and we want to see him held accountable.”
News of Mr. Bashir ’s plan to participate in the United Nations development meeting, which takes place after the annual General Assembly, first emerged Aug. 3 when his name appeared on the provisional itinerary of speakers for Sept. 26.
It is a drone, and its pilot is a farmer named Jean Hediger , one of a growing number of American agrarians who have taken to using unmanned aircraft — better known for their use in war-torn lands far from the wheat fields of eastern Colorado — to gather information about the health of their crops.
It is a drone, and its pilot is a farmer named Jean Hediger , one of a growing number of American agrarians who have taken to using unmanned aircraft — better known for their use in war-torn lands far from the wheat fields of eastern Colorado — to gather information about the health of their crops.
It is a drone, and its pilot is a farmer named Jean Hediger, one of a growing number of American agrarians who have taken to using unmanned aircraft — better known for their use in war-torn lands far from the wheat fields of eastern Colorado — to gather information about the health of their crops.
It is illegal to fly drones for commercial purposes without permission from federal authorities, and those who do so risk penalties in the thousands of dollars.
“This has really become a big deal in ag,” said Ms. Hediger , who is in her early 60s.
a drone’s data and turning it into something useful for the grower.
The company has sold about 100 devices to farmers and crop consultants — people who travel from farm to farm, deploying drones for growers.
Currently, the F.A.A. permits farmers and others to apply for exemptions to the rule prohibiting commercial drone flight.
Ms. Hediger and Mr. Jacobs , the farmers, both said they planned to apply — once their busy growing seasons were over.
About 300 exemptions have been granted to people in many industries.
In early May, there were nearly 1,000 people on the wait list.
Penalties for drone-flying farmers range from a stiff email urging compliance all the way to a fine of $27,500 .
To Zachary Hammond’s supporters, the shooting death of the 19-year-old man was yet another example of questionable police behavior that has shaken communities around the country.
In their view, the police in Seneca, S.C., falsely claimed Mr. Hammond was shot last month as he tried to drive his car over the officer who fired on him, when his wounds show he was actually shot from the side and back.
To Zachary Hammond’s supporters, the shooting death of the 19-year-old man was yet another example of questionable police behavior that has shaken communities around the country.
In their view, the police in Seneca, S.C., falsely claimed Mr. Hammond was shot last month as he tried to drive his car over the officer who fired on him, when his wounds show he was actually shot from the side and back .
They also say the deadly confrontation, in which officers approached with their guns drawn and screaming profanities , evolved from an absurd sting effort to trap his date into selling a tiny amount of marijuana, a drug now decriminalized in much of the country.
Still, black Americans suffer disproportionate police violence.
“And there is no doubt that police violence has racial dimensions, because communities of color are so much more heavily patrolled than white communities,” and because many officers — and many people generally — believe there is a greater presumption of danger with African-Americans, Mr. Cohen said.
“And there is no doubt that police violence has racial dimensions, because communities of color are so much more heavily patrolled than white communities,” and because many officers — and many people generally — believe there is a greater presumption of danger with African-Americans
“And there is no doubt that police violence has racial dimensions, because communities of color are so much more heavily patrolled than white communities,” and because many officers — and many people generally — believe there is a greater presumption of danger with African-Americans, Mr. Cohen said.
David J. Leonard, an associate professor and chairman of the department of critical culture, gender and race studies at Washington State University, said that despite highly publicized cases like the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Freddie Gray in Baltimore, many questionable deaths of minorities still received little attention.
David J. Leonard, an associate professor and chairman of the department of critical culture, gender and race studies at Washington State University, said that despite highly publicized cases like the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Freddie Gray in Baltimore, many questionable deaths of minorities still received little attention.
“There are countless other cases involving African-Americans in the past year that have not received coverage anywhere near the level of Zachary Hammond,” Professor Leonard said.
David J. Leonard, an associate professor and chairman of the department of critical culture, gender and race studies at Washington State University , said that despite highly publicized cases like the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and Freddie Gray in Baltimore, many questionable deaths of minorities still received little attention.
Yet he said much of the attention the Hammond case received on Twitter was spurred by Black Lives Matter activists.
A Palestinian gunman drove up to an Israeli military checkpoint in the West Bank and opened fire on the soldiers there, according to the military.
Palestinian news outlets identified the gunman as an officer in the Palestinian Authority’s intelligence service .
The assailant was shot and killed , and one soldier and one bystander were wounded.
Hours later, in Jerusalem, an Israeli police officer was stabbed by a Palestinian resident of the West Bank , the authorities said.
A Palestinian doctor from a nearby clinic gave first aid. Police officers at the scene fatally shot the assailant.
Soon after the Duma attack, three Israeli Jews were detained on suspicion of involvement in such a network and in previous arson attacks.
The three are being held under administrative detention orders, without formal charges .
One of them, Meir Ettinger, is the grandson of Meir Kahane , the American-Israeli rabbi regarded as the father of far-right Jewish militancy.
One of them, Meir Ettinger, is the grandson of Meir Kahane, the American-Israeli rabbi regarded as the father of far-right Jewish militancy .
Shin Bet did not indicate in its statement on Thursday whether the recent arrests were connected to those earlier detentions, or whether the terrorist organization it referred to was the network responsible for the manifesto and arson manual .
Hussein Dawabsheh , a grandfather of the children who were burned in Duma, expressed hope that the perpetrators would be severely punished.
Hussein Dawabsheh, a grandfather of the children who were burned in Duma, expressed hope that the perpetrators would be severely punished .
A prominent Israeli lawyer, Zion Amir , said Thursday that he was representing one of the youths arrested this week.
that he had not had any access to his client .
that his client was a minor and had been in custody for two or three days, and that he had not had any access to his client.
One of Indonesia ’s most prominent contemporary artists, Entang Wiharso represented his country in the Venice Biennale of 2013.
One of Indonesia’s most prominent contemporary artists, Entang Wiharso represented his country in the Venice Biennale of 2013.
One of Indonesia’s most prominent contemporary artists, Entang Wiharso represented his country in the Venice Biennale of 2013 .
This gaudy, overstuffed exhibition reveals an artist of extraordinary industry and canny versatility.
Painted with a dry, Expressionist touch, “ Double Protection: Invisible Threat ” has a shirtless man with four eyes and a wide, clownish grin dominating the right half of the almost 10-foot-wide canvas.
For 60 percent of American households with children age 6 and under, every adult in the household is working.
Perhaps surprisingly, the parts of the country that most desperately need great child care are the red states .
Meanwhile, experts tell us that most child care is mediocre to poor , including care by relatives — who are often too busy trying to get work done themselves.
The Republican states are poorer and have a higher rate of single motherhood and divorce , so mothers face more need to work, often in low-end jobs that don’t allow payment for quality care.
Endorsing the Strong Start for America’s Children Act is an organization called Fight Crime: Invest in Kids, a national bipartisan nonprofit made up of nearly 5,000 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors and others who see investment in child care as crime prevention.
One answer is that last year’s pornography can be this year’s literature.
One of the most glorious moments in D.H. Lawrence’s “Lady Chatterley’s Lover,” once a banned book, occurs when Connie and Mellors adorn their genitalia with flowers.
One of the most glorious moments in D.H. Lawrence’s “ Lady Chatterley’s Lover ,” once a banned book, occurs when Connie and Mellors adorn their genitalia with flowers.
They name them Sir John and Lady Jane, raising anatomy to the level of aristocracy.
a middle-class sport in recent years, to the oil fields of both the Middle East and Middle America, to the hallways of power in the Federal Reserve in Washington.
The immediate cause of the outburst of global volatility was China , where the sharp drop in stocks on Monday continued a rout that has been underway — with periodic pauses because of government interventions — all summer.
The immediate cause of the outburst of global volatility was China, where the sharp drop in stocks on Monday continued a rout that has been underway — with periodic pauses because of government interventions — all summer .
Here’s how to make sense of what is a truly global story, stretching from the streets of Shanghai, where stock investing has become a middle-class sport in recent years, to the oil fields of both the Middle East and Middle America, to the hallways of power in the Federal Reserve in Washington.
Here’s how to make sense of what is a truly global story, stretching from the streets of Shanghai, where stock investing has become a middle-class sport in recent years, to the oil fields of both the Middle East and Middle America, to the hallways of power in the Federal Reserve in Washington .
It is a cute name for what occurred when global financial markets collectively went berserk over the realization that the Fed was serious about tapering its program of quantitative easing — or put more plainly, that the Fed would wind down its injections of money into the financial system over time.
The original taper tantrum happened in June 2013 .
In effect, the Fed’s easy money policies had led global investors to search for higher-yielding securities, which they found in many faster-growing emerging markets .
Money gushed into these countries in search of better returns from 2010 until 2013, driving up asset prices.
There was a second, similar explosion of volatility in October 2014, as the Fed’s intentions to raise interest rates in 2015 became clearer.
The nameless, shape-shifting horror that stalks the blond, 19-year-old Jay ( Maika Monroe ) in David Robert Mitchell’s cool, controlled horror film, “It Follows,” might be described as the very incarnation of paranoia.
The nameless, shape-shifting horror that stalks the blond, 19-year-old Jay (Maika Monroe) in David Robert Mitchell’s cool, controlled horror film, “It Follows,” might be described as the very incarnation of paranoia.
The nameless, shape-shifting horror that stalks the blond, 19 -year-old Jay (Maika Monroe) in David Robert Mitchell’s cool, controlled horror film, “It Follows,” might be described as the very incarnation of paranoia.
The nameless, shape-shifting horror that stalks the blond, 19-year-old Jay (Maika Monroe) in David Robert Mitchell’s cool, controlled horror film, “It Follows,” might be described as the very incarnation of paranoia .
The menace, which only she can see, takes any number of forms, from a naked man standing on the roof of a house to an unsmiling old lady heading purposefully in her direction.
Jay’s troubles begin after she sleeps with her new boyfriend, Hugh (Jake Weary), who, after their lovemaking in his car, ties her to a chair under a bridge, and explains her predicament.
Jay’s troubles begin after she sleeps with her new boyfriend, Hugh ( Jake Weary ), who, after their lovemaking in his car, ties her to a chair under a bridge, and explains her predicament.
who, after their lovemaking in his car, ties her to a chair under a bridge , and explains her predicament.
Having sex with someone else is the only cure, if cure is the right word.
In the most elaborate set piece, Jay dives into an indoor swimming pool, which her friends encircle with electrical appliances .
The cabinet’s resignation also illustrated a political dilemma facing Mr. Sisi , the former armed forces chief who took power during a wave of nationalist fervor following the military’s removal of Mr. Morsi.
The cabinet’s resignation also illustrated a political dilemma facing Mr. Sisi, the former armed forces chief who took power during a wave of nationalist fervor following the military’s removal of Mr. Morsi .
In spite of the significant cult of personality around Mr. Sisi, his government has failed to resolve a number of problems facing Egypt .
The government has been unable to end a violent insurgency in the Sinai Peninsula in which militants have been carrying out ever more brazen attacks.
The stock market has swooned since the conference, which had been billed as a move to restart the economy after years of instability in the wake of the 2011 uprising that ejected President Mubarak from power.
In television, sitcoms have traditionally relied on thin narratives stretched over seasons (Will Sam and Diane get together on “Cheers”?
Plot has always mattered in comedy, of course, but not as much as jokes.
In his influential screenwriting guide “Story,” Robert McKee argues that comedy, unlike drama, “allows the writer to halt narrative drive” with scenes that serve no purpose other than getting laughs.
In his influential screenwriting guide “Story,” Robert McKee argues that comedy, unlike drama, “allows the writer to halt narrative drive” with scenes that serve no purpose other than getting laughs .
With the rise of DVDs and streaming sources , audiences are consuming shows differently.
HBO series like “The Comeback” and “Girls” have fleshed-out character arcs, and the fourth season of “ Arrested Development ,” released online all at once by Netflix, featured complex plotting with shifts of perspective that would have been hard to imagine a decade ago.
They binge-watch and read recaps.
And television conventions have loosened.
By the end of the fourth episode, two brothers (along with Mr. Gooding) break into a suburban house, hold a family hostage while being trailed by a detective hired by their mother and by a team of drug traffickers with machine guns.
By the end of the fourth episode, two brothers (along with Mr. Gooding) break into a suburban house, hold a family hostage while being trailed by a detective hired by their mother and by a team of drug traffickers with machine guns .
At its best, “Big Time” works like a parody and love letter to shows like “ Breaking Bad ,” whose ingenious last-second escapes were always a little absurd and ripe for ridicule.
There aren’t many jokes , but it’s a nicely staged sequence in which barreling action becomes joyfully preposterous farce.
Until a decade or so ago, Amin Shoul would come here every year to help his father harvest pistachios , the nuts that are as much a symbol of Iran as caviar.
Mr. Shoul, 32, a journalist, said he and his family had moved away years ago, leaving the house to squatters , unemployed laborers living off meager government stipends — and even they had started to leave.
Mr. Shoul, 32, a journalist, said he and his family had moved away years ago, leaving the house to squatters, unemployed laborers living off meager government stipends — and even they had started to leave.
POUZE KHOON, Iran —  The early-morning sun meagerly brightened the gloom of this sad township, a collection of empty, crumbling houses along a highway through the dusty desert landscape in southeastern Iran.
According to the United Nations, Iran is home to four of the 10 most polluted cities in the world, with dust and desertification among the leading causes.
Even a return to past rainfall levels might not be enough to head off a nationwide water crisis, since the country has already consumed 70 percent of its groundwater supplies over the past 50 years.
According to the United Nations, Iran is home to four of the 10 most polluted cities in the world, with dust and desertification among the leading causes.
Iran is in the grip of a seven -year drought that shows no sign of breaking and that, many experts believe, may be the new normal.
In Isfahan, the once-iconic Zayanderud River is now a dusty scar the size of the Seine snaking through the city, because officials were forced to divert its water to the desert city of Yazd .
A nationwide network of dams , often heralded by state television as a sign of progress and water management, is adding to water shortages in many places while helping deplete groundwater.
More than 15 percent of the approximately 150,000 acres of pistachio trees in the main producing area in Kerman Province have died in the last decade or so.
A nationwide network of dams, often heralded by state television as a sign of progress and water management, is adding to water shortages in many places while helping deplete groundwater .
More than 15 percent of the approximately 150,000 acres of pistachio trees in the main producing area in Kerman Province have died in the last decade or so .
Subsidies for water and electricity encourage overconsumption in urban areas .
Isa Kalantari, a former minister of agriculture, warns that more than half of Iran’s provinces could become uninhabitable within 15 years , displacing millions of people.
Isa Kalantari, a former minister of agriculture, warns that more than half of Iran’s provinces could become uninhabitable within 15 years, displacing millions of people.
And here, matters are not helped by the prevalence of crude, centuries-old irrigation methods and other wasteful practices.
Subsidies for water and electricity encourage overconsumption in urban areas.
Where there are no longer rivers and lakes to be tapped, desperate farmers and municipalities are turning to dwindling groundwater supplies.
Where there are no longer rivers and lakes to be tapped, desperate farmers and municipalities are turning to dwindling groundwater supplies.
When they do find water, they say, it is often polluted with heavy metals and arsenic, released as the drill bits break through sediment .
When they do find water, they say, it is often polluted with heavy metals and arsenic , released as the drill bits break through sediment.
During storms , the dead trees lose their branches, turning them into stumps, while the dust swirls about in ever-growing quantities.
Under a deal with the local water management company, up to 400 of these trucks a day draw water from the city’s main well and head to the Golgohar iron mine , the largest such mine in the Middle East.
Under a deal with the local water management company, up to 400 of these trucks a day draw water from the city’s main well and head to the Golgohar iron mine, the largest such mine in the Middle East.
“It is internationally unprecedented to carry water with tankers , but we have no other way,” Naser Taghizadeh, chief executive of the Golgohar Iron Ore Company, told the local Negarestan news outlet.
“ If water is not taken to the complex, projects are stopped, and many people will lose their jobs. ”
Residents have objected and even staged a sit-in, but the tankers keep coming for the water, kicking up clouds of fine dust as they drive off.
The drivers, often from the city, say they are scorned by their neighbors .
The semiofficial Mehr news agency reported in July, citing local statistics, that 541 villages were dependent on tanker deliveries for their water.
In surrounding Kerman Province, 1,455 of 2,064 village reservoirs have dropped below levels needed to sustain the population, according to the local water management agency.
Residents have objected and even staged a sit-in, but the tankers keep coming for the water, kicking up clouds of fine dust as they drive off .
He blamed the government for keeping energy and water prices low , saying that he paid only $270 a month for his electricity bill, covering his huge pump and 20 employees.
He blamed the government for keeping energy and water prices low, saying that he paid only $270 a month for his electricity bill, covering his huge pump and 20 employees .
He blamed the government for keeping energy and water prices low, saying that he paid only $270 a month for his electricity bill, covering his huge pump and 20 employees.
“I have bought myself another 15 years ,” he said as he walked among freshly picked pistachio trees.
Judge Walls rejected each of those arguments.
He said there was no indication that the grand jury had been handled improperly, and concluded that political contributions can be considered “things of value to influence official acts.” “The Constitution does not protect an attempt to influence a public official’s acts through improper means, such as the bribery scheme that has been alleged in this case,” he wrote in his decision.
A wealthy Florida eye surgeon, Dr. Melgen was a major contributor to Mr. Menendez’s political campaigns, and to a “super PAC” supporting his last re-election bid in 2012 .
Mr. Menendez, a Democrat, was indicted in April on charges that he accepted personal gifts, including private plane trips and luxury accommodations in the Dominican Republic, from Dr. Melgen , and lobbied in return for Dr. Melgen’s interests in Washington.
“The Constitution does not protect an attempt to influence a public official’s acts through improper means, such as the bribery scheme that has been alleged in this case,” he wrote in his decision.
“Many of the motions raise important and novel legal questions that often require review by trial and appellate courts ,” Mr. Lowell said.
“The government, we, and even the court in this case acknowledged that additional review would occur here no matter how the motions were decided.”
A Justice Department spokesman declined to comment on Monday ’s decision.
Mr. Menendez has vowed to stay in office while fighting the case against him in court, though he gave up his position as the senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after being indicted.
Mr. Menendez has vowed to stay in office while fighting the case against him in court, though he gave up his position as the senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after being indicted.
In the middle of September, New York magazine’s website ran an article claiming that Bruno’s $18 plate of bread and fermented mozzarella “might just be the city’s most impressive new bread course.”
These enablers have given the unusual, original pizzas and visually arresting appetizers at Bruno more media attention than you may expect for a fledgling East Village pizzeria whose chefs have never run a full restaurant kitchen.
In the middle of September , New York magazine’s website ran an article claiming that Bruno’s $18 plate of bread and fermented mozzarella “might just be the city’s most impressive new bread course.”
In the middle of September, New York magazine’s website ran an article claiming that Bruno’s $18 plate of bread and fermented mozzarella “might just be the city’s most impressive new bread course.”
As soon as the doors open, waves of impressions from bloggers, Yelpers, Instagrammers and others begin to pound the shoreline.
Bruno’s chefs, Justin Slojkowski and Dave Gulino , mill the flour in the basement from whole New York State wheat berries, and ferment it slowly with a sourdough starter.
But the crust has been slightly different each time I’ve tried it.
Their nearest approach to a classic pie is their margherita , with a sauce that incorporates sweet, juicy garlic and some fermented tomatoes.
The appetizers were more perplexing.
Seared scallops got almost no assistance from a bright orange raw-carrot sauce.
Inexplicably, the chefs also spurted a gray dribble of soaked basil seeds on the plate.
This seemed to be the case with a salad of pink watermelon with green needles of okra .
Hannah Shinehee Cho, the daughter of Song S. Cho and the Rev. Philip S. Cho of Flushing, Queens, was married Saturday to Paul K. Kim , a son of Boo Young and Young In Kim of Ridgewood, N.J.
He graduated from Baruch College .
The Rev. Jang Ki Lim, a minister with the Christian and Missionary Alliance, at the West Side Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood.
Hannah Shinehee Cho, the daughter of Song S. Cho and the Rev. Philip S. Cho of Flushing, Queens , was married Saturday to Paul K. Kim, a son of Boo Young and Young In Kim of Ridgewood, N.J.
She graduated from Binghamton University and from the Fashion Institute of Technology in Manhattan.
KILLING AND DYING, by Adrian Tomine .
The half-dozen vignettes in this graphic collection are pocket epics of romantic, creative and social frustration, set in drably picturesque American landscapes.
M TRAIN, by Patti Smith .
(Drawn & Quarterly, $22.95 .)
(Knopf, $25 .)
Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe) is an obnoxiously honest New Jersey detective.
“You can almost feel Mr. Scott trying to coax the material away from its generic trappings toward something rarefied, something like Francis Ford Coppola ’s 1972 definitive American story, ‘The Godfather,’ ”
He calls the heroin Blue Magic and takes over the market.
Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) leads S.H.I.E.L.D. , the agency that oversees the Avengers, the superhero team made up of Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Captain America (Chris Evans), the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner).
When Loki does as villains do and begins wreaking havoc on New York City , the Avengers must put aside their differences and save the world.
Based on the DC Comics character formerly portrayed by John Wesley Shipp , who plays Allen’s father in this update.
This puts her in a position to glimpse flashes of dead people’s memories when she eats their brains.
9 P.M. (BBC America) FROZEN PLANET David Attenborough narrates this nature series about the polar regions.
8 P.M. (CW) THE FLASH The Flash, Barry Allen (Grant Gustin), discovers that the temperature villains Captain Cold and Heat Wave are back in Central City.
8 P.M. (CW) THE FLASH The Flash, Barry Allen (Grant Gustin), discovers that the temperature villains Captain Cold and Heat Wave are back in Central City .
10 P.M. (FX) JUSTIFIED Timothy Olyphant plays Raylan Givens, the fictional United States marshal created by Elmore Leonard in his novel “Pronto.”
In this episode a couple with a $240,000 budget looks for places in the Turks and Caicos.
The first half of Season 7 is available for streaming now on Netflix .
Streaming Now MAD MEN This AMC series’s final episodes will be broadcast starting on April 5.
10 P.M. (FX) JUSTIFIED Timothy Olyphant plays Raylan Givens, the fictional United States marshal created by Elmore Leonard in his novel “Pronto.”
The new species, named Zhenyuanlong suni, is a close cousin of the dinosaur predator Velociraptor .
The skeleton was discovered in Liaoning Province .
Scientists said the new addition, which lived about 125 million years ago , had layers of dense feathers covering its wings and tail, but experts believe that the feathers were more for display than for flight.
Scientists said the new addition, which lived about 125 million years ago, had layers of dense feathers covering its wings and tail, but experts believe that the feathers were more for display than for flight.
Scientists said the new addition, which lived about 125 million years ago, had layers of dense feathers covering its wings and tail, but experts believe that the feathers were more for display than for flight.
Kaplan said the institute was hoping for a September 2017 completion date.
One hope for N.J.I.T. could come from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference , a league of historically black colleges and universities.
Commissioners for the Northeast Conference , the America East Conference and the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference each congratulated N.J.I.T. on the announcement of the new arena.
“We can attract some conferences now with a new facility .”
“We can attract some conferences now with a new facility.” Kaplan said the institute was hoping for a September 2017 completion date.
“ New Jersey Institute of Technology is a top-flight academic institution,” said the league’s commissioner, Dennis Thomas.
“New Jersey Institute of Technology is a top-flight academic institution,” said the league’s commissioner, Dennis Thomas.
“Adding this type of facility sure doesn’t hurt with conference affiliation .
“New Jersey Institute of Technology is a top-flight academic institution ,” said the league’s commissioner, Dennis Thomas.
“New Jersey Institute of Technology is a top-flight academic institution,” said the league’s commissioner, Dennis Thomas .
After making the move to Division I from Division II in 2006, it found a temporary spot in the Great West Conference — a mishmash of colleges mostly from the Midwest and the West.
After making the move to Division I from Division II in 2006, it found a temporary spot in the Great West Conference — a mishmash of colleges mostly from the Midwest and the West.
“When I would meet with recruits , I would tell them, ‘We plan on building a new $100 million facility,’ but it was just pictures.
“When I would meet with recruits, I would tell them, ‘We plan on building a new $100 million facility,’
But the conference was never granted an automatic bid to the men’s N.C.A.A. tournament, and in 2013 it disbanded after five of its six remaining members left for other conferences.
President François Hollande, speaking from outside the magazine’s office a couple of hours after the murder of 12 people , was crystal clear: This was an assault, he said, on “the expression of freedom” that is the “spirit of the republic.”
President François Hollande, speaking from outside the magazine’s office a couple of hours after the murder of 12 people, was crystal clear: This was an assault, he said, on “the expression of freedom” that is the “spirit of the republic.”
One of the three later surrendered to police, but the other two, who are brothers, remain at large.
At least 11 other victims were wounded.
President François Hollande, speaking from outside the magazine’s office a couple of hours after the murder of 12 people, was crystal clear: This was an assault, he said, on “the expression of freedom” that is the “spirit of the republic.” Two heavily armed attackers, who apparently knew the magazine’s staff would be gathered around a table late on Wednesday morning for a weekly editorial meeting, forced themselves into Charlie Hebdo’s office and shot 10 people dead, including the top editor and prominent cartoonists.
The magazine’s editorial director, Stéphane Charbonnier , who was killed in the attack, had scoffed at any suggestion that the magazine should tone down its trademark satire to appease anyone.
The magazine’s editorial director, Stéphane Charbonnier, who was killed in the attack, had scoffed at any suggestion that the magazine should tone down its trademark satire to appease anyone.
For him, free expression was nothing without the right to offend. And Charlie Hebdo has been an equal-opportunity offender: Muslims, Jews and Christians — not to mention politicians of all stripes — have been targets of buffoonish, vulgar caricatures and cartoons that push every hot button with glee.
And Charlie Hebdo has been an equal-opportunity offender: Muslims, Jews and Christians — not to mention politicians of all stripes — have been targets of buffoonish, vulgar caricatures and cartoons that push every hot button with glee.
And Charlie Hebdo has been an equal-opportunity offender: Muslims, Jews and Christians — not to mention politicians of all stripes — have been targets of buffoonish, vulgar caricatures and cartoons that push every hot button with glee.
As an artist in residence with the Philharmonic this season, Ms. Batiashvili has become a familiar and welcome presence.
Luminous cluster-like chords unfold in steady rhythmic patterns during the slow movement, though the soloists and groups of orchestra instruments keep injecting squirrelly, creepy things into the tranquillity.
She, along with Mr. Leleux, Mr. Gilbert and the composer, received enthusiastic ovations .
The last movement begins with a whiplash sound and becomes a stew of crackling Bachian vitality.
I could devote a whole report to the wrenching, blazing and vehement account of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 in E minor that Mr. Gilbert conducted after intermission .
I could devote a whole report to the wrenching, blazing and vehement account of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 in E minor that Mr. Gilbert conducted after intermission.
I could devote a whole report to the wrenching, blazing and vehement account of Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 10 in E minor that Mr. Gilbert conducted after intermission.
Whatever one’s take, Mr. Gilbert led a commanding performance, especially the spacious gravity he summoned during the expansive opening movement and the intensity bordering on sheer terror of the short Allegro .
Fourteen years after four men were convicted in a trial stemming from the deadly 1998 bombings of two United States Embassies in East Africa, a third trial in that attack began in Manhattan on Thursday.
In an opening statement at the trial, a federal prosecutor, Nicholas J. Lewin, depicted Mr. Fawwaz as a loyal and trusted operative who had worked for Osama bin Laden in the 1990s when Al Qaeda was a small, tight-knit group.
The defendant, Khaled al-Fawwaz , is one of the earliest and most senior alleged members of Al Qaeda to be tried in the United States.
In an opening statement at the trial, a federal prosecutor, Nicholas J. Lewin, depicted Mr. Fawwaz as a loyal and trusted operative who had worked for Osama bin Laden in the 1990s when Al Qaeda was a small, tight-knit group.
Fourteen years after four men were convicted in a trial stemming from the deadly 1998 bombings of two United States Embassies in East Africa, a third trial in that attack began in Manhattan on Thursday.
He had run a Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan, and then helped to lead a terror cell in Nairobi, Kenya
He had run a Qaeda training camp in Afghanistan, and then helped to lead a terror cell in Nairobi, Kenya, Mr. Lewin said.
He said that, Mr. Fawwaz helped to publicize Bin Laden’s 1998 fatwa stating that Muslims should kill Americans anywhere in the world, and he vetted journalists who wanted to interview Bin Laden, who was living in the mountains of Afghanistan .
Mr. Fawwaz’s lawyer, Bobbi C. Sternheim , did not deny that her client knew Bin Laden and had often met with him, depicting them as fellow Saudi exiles seeking to end corruption in their country.
Mr. Fawwaz’s trial is expected to last about five weeks, the judge, Lewis A. Kaplan of Federal District Court, has said.
In Germany, which expects 800,000 migrants this year alone, Chancellor Angela Merkel and big business are mounting a vocal campaign to get the new arrivals into jobs quickly.
In Germany, which expects 800,000 migrants this year alone, Chancellor Angela Merkel and big business are mounting a vocal campaign to get the new arrivals into jobs quickly .
In Spain, a Syrian who was tripped last week by a Hungarian journalist was offered a job by a soccer school in Madrid.
In Spain, a Syrian who was tripped last week by a Hungarian journalist was offered a job by a soccer school in Madrid .
Harry Reid, the Senate Democratic leader, and Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader , visit in the afternoon.
U.S. prosecutors unveiled today a $900 million settlement with General Motors over its failure to disclose a defect in ignition switches tied to at least 124 deaths.
U.S. prosecutors unveiled today a $900 million settlement with General Motors over its failure to disclose a defect in ignition switches tied to at least 124 deaths.
G.M. admitted that it did not disclose the flaw to federal regulators and falsely represented to consumers that the vehicles posed no safety concern .
The defect led to the recall of 2.6 million small cars last year.
Air pollution is killing 3.3 million people a year worldwide, according to a study published in the journal Nature.
The playoffs begin in two and a half weeks .
New research concludes that the antidepressant Paxil is not safe for teenagers, contradicting a drugmaker’s findings 14 years ago.
The Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates , two of the top baseball teams in the National League, play today (12:35 p.m. Eastern, MLB Network), and the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros, two of the best in the American League, take the field tonight (8:05 p.m.
Some of the women who accused Bill Cosby of sexual assault and other misconduct discuss why they came forward and what comes next on “Cosby: The Women Speak” at 9 p.m. Eastern on A&E.
About 4,800 people live in Needles, on the western bank of the Colorado River where it cuts a swath in the mud between California and Arizona.
Mr. Matuska, a hydrologist , is one of about a dozen accountants for the federal Bureau of Reclamation, which controls water distribution along the lower half of the Colorado River.
PAUL MATUSKA is the closest thing the American West has to a water cop, and his beat includes Needles, Calif., a beleaguered desert town midway between Flagstaff, Ariz., and Los Angeles.
PAUL MATUSKA is the closest thing the American West has to a water cop, and his beat includes Needles, Calif., a beleaguered desert town midway between Flagstaff, Ariz., and Los Angeles .
Mr. Matuska, a hydrologist, is one of about a dozen accountants for the federal Bureau of Reclamation , which controls water distribution along the lower half of the Colorado River.
As it happens, Needles gets most of its water from underground — pumping an average of about 700 million gallons a year from four wells it has drilled into the local aquifer.
About 60 percent of California’s water now comes from underground, according to estimates by NASA researchers.
As it happens, Needles gets most of its water from underground — pumping an average of about 700 million gallons a year from four wells it has drilled into the local aquifer.
There are lots of ways water in the West is being mismanaged : farming subsidies for water-intensive crops; arcane laws encouraging waste; leaky infrastructure.
There are lots of ways water in the West is being mismanaged: farming subsidies for water-intensive crops; arcane laws encouraging waste ; leaky infrastructure.
Needles sits above one of those shallow bowls , a subterranean valley packed with porous gravel that is easily filled with water.
Needles sits above one of those shallow bowls, a subterranean valley packed with porous gravel that is easily filled with water.
There are lots of ways water in the West is being mismanaged: farming subsidies for water-intensive crops; arcane laws encouraging waste; leaky infrastructure.
In much of California and Arizona — two of the states with arguably the most severe water crises and water management challenges in the nation — state and local authorities continue to count the sources of water as if they were entirely separate, two distinct bank accounts.
Or they choose to not address it at all,” said Stanley A. Leake, a hydrologist with the United States Geological Survey who is a leading expert on properly accounting for the connection between ground and surface waters in the West.
Willingly overlooking that fact amounts to a fundamental failure of water management that has left states more vulnerable to drought and less prepared to adapt to the effects of climate change.
In much of California and Arizona — two of the states with arguably the most severe water crises and water management challenges in the nation — state and local authorities continue to count the sources of water as if they were entirely separate, two distinct bank accounts.
But deep in a 685-page document that is part of Arizona’s water plan, the state lists 42 groundwater basins that it says are connected to surface water, indicating a potential conflict over rights to those supplies.
Thomas Buschatzke , the director of Arizona’s Department of Water Resources, acknowledged that pumping from wells could dry up streams, but said the current law kept the two resources separate, and “it would be a huge upset to the economy to do away with that.”
Thomas Buschatzke, the director of Arizona’s Department of Water Resources, acknowledged that pumping from wells could dry up streams , but said the current law kept the two resources separate, and “it would be a huge upset to the economy to do away with that.”
Arizona’s top water official told ProPublica that it was both politically difficult and costly to properly account for the interconnection.
If the connection between groundwater and surface water is considered, that time frame for running out of water altogether will almost certainly be even shorter .
But deep in a 685-page document that is part of Arizona’s water plan, the state lists 42 groundwater basins that it says are connected to surface water, indicating a potential conflict over rights to those supplies.
Thomas Buschatzke , the director of Arizona’s Department of Water Resources, acknowledged that pumping from wells could dry up streams, but said the current law kept the two resources separate, and “it would be a huge upset to the economy to do away with that.”
Thomas Buschatzke, the director of Arizona’s Department of Water Resources, acknowledged that pumping from wells could dry up streams , but said the current law kept the two resources separate, and “it would be a huge upset to the economy to do away with that.”
Arizona’s top water official told ProPublica that it was both politically difficult and costly to properly account for the interconnection.
If the connection between groundwater and surface water is considered, that time frame for running out of water altogether will almost certainly be even shorter .
After a newborn was abandoned by his mother and discovered in the crèche of a Roman Catholic church in Queens last month, calls and emails offering help poured into the parish and to New York City’s child welfare agency.
Officials from the agency, the Administration for Children’s Services , visited the church on Sunday to thank its parishioners for their part in rescuing the boy and to let them know he was healthy and being cared for in a foster home.
After a newborn was abandoned by his mother and discovered in the crèche of a Roman Catholic church in Queens last month, calls and emails offering help poured into the parish and to New York City’s child welfare agency.
After a newborn was abandoned by his mother and discovered in the crèche of a Roman Catholic church in Queens last month, calls and emails offering help poured into the parish and to New York City ’s child welfare agency.
The city’s population of children in foster care hit its peak in the early 1990s, amid a crack epidemic, topping 49,000 in December 1991 .
The Rev. Christopher R. Heanue, a parochial vicar at the church, has nicknamed him John the Baptist .
On Sunday, officials from the children’s services agency addressed the Holy Child Jesus congregation at a Spanish -language morning Mass and at an English-language midday Mass.
During one of the Sunday services, the church’s pastor, Bishop Octavio Cisneros, referred to the baby as “our little one.”
On Sunday, officials from the children’s services agency addressed the Holy Child Jesus congregation at a Spanish-language morning Mass and at an English-language midday Mass.
Every Tuesday , The New York Times will look at the week ahead in the N.H.L., highlighting hot — or not so hot — teams and players.
Sidney Crosby in 2010 was the last player to record a point in 20 straight games.
Every Tuesday, The New York Times will look at the week ahead in the N.H.L., highlighting hot — or not so hot — teams and players.
It is 51 games, set by Wayne Gretzky in 1983-84.
He will go for his 20th in a row as Chicago returns home from a six-game Western trip. Sidney Crosby in 2010 was the last player to record a point in 20 straight games.
Worse, center Derek Stepan is out four to six weeks with broken ribs, and Kevin Klein, their most consistent defenseman this season, will miss two to three weeks after sustaining a strained oblique Monday against Carolina.
The Rangers head to Brooklyn for their first game at Barclays Center, playing the rival Islanders for the first time this season.
The Islanders (13-8-4) , who have won three of four, are expected to have their first sellout since opening night in October.
The Islanders (13-8-4), who have won three of four, are expected to have their first sellout since opening night in October.
Worse, center Derek Stepan is out four to six weeks with broken ribs, and Kevin Klein, their most consistent defenseman this season, will miss two to three weeks after sustaining a strained oblique Monday against Carolina. The Rangers head to Brooklyn for their first game at Barclays Center, playing the rival Islanders for the first time this season.
Entering Tuesday’s games, Montreal led the N.H.L. with 39 points, but faced a second long stretch without goaltender Carey Price, who will miss at least six weeks with a lower-body injury (more on that later).
With a five-game winning streak , Washington (17-5-1) has caught up to the Rangers in the Metropolitan Division.
Entering Tuesday’s games, Montreal led the N.H.L. with 39 points, but faced a second long stretch without goaltender Carey Price, who will miss at least six weeks with a lower-body injury (more on that later).
With a five-game winning streak, Washington (17-5-1) has caught up to the Rangers in the Metropolitan Division .
Goalie Braden Holtby has won his last seven starts and leads the N.H.L. with a 1.95 goals-against average .
He is expected to miss six weeks , putting the spotlight back on Mike Condon.
Cam Talbot, the Rangers’ late-blooming backup who held down the fort last season when Henrik Lundqvist missed almost two months .
He is expected to miss six weeks, putting the spotlight back on Mike Condon .
A native of Needham, Mass. , who played college hockey at Princeton, Condon started his journey to the Canadiens by trying out for an E.C.H.L. team during his spring break in 2013.
Carey Price missed nine games earlier this season, but during his third game back, Wednesday against the Rangers, he aggravated the injury.
LONDON — Where now for Pep Guardiola and Bayern Munich?
LONDON — Where now for Pep Guardiola and Bayern Munich ?
The coach and the club have been dodging the wrong questions this week as the club was blasted out of the Champions League by a Spanish opponent for the second straight year.
Tuesday ’s victory was rendered Pyrrhic from the moment that the Barcelona front three sliced open Bayern’s defense twice in the first half, allowing the Catalan club to rest its important players for other contests to come.
Tuesday’s victory was rendered Pyrrhic from the moment that the Barcelona front three sliced open Bayern’s defense twice in the first half, allowing the Catalan club to rest its important players for other contests to come.
But it was also without the key defenders David Alaba and Holger Badstuber, and aches and fatigue also affected some who did play, like Xabi Alonso, Philipp Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger.
But it was also without the key defenders David Alaba and Holger Badstuber, and aches and fatigue also affected some who did play, like Xabi Alonso, Philipp Lahm and Bastian Schweinsteiger.
Ribéry is 32 now and Robben is 31 .
Alonso is 33 , Lahm 31, and dear old Schweinsteiger, though only just 30, looks what he is — a ferocious competitor who has pushed himself through countless knocks and strains while playing for both club and country.
The team against Barcelona was gutted by injuries, most importantly to its flying wingers, Arjen Robben and Franck Ribéry .
They say they trust in Guardiola , even if his mission to change the style of play employed under Heynckes is, at best, an unfinished project.
They say they trust in Guardiola, even if his mission to change the style of play employed under Heynckes is, at best, an unfinished project.
With Borussia Dortmund having stumbled — brought down by Munich ’s ability to lure or, if necessary, buy Dortmund’s finest players — the next-closest team has routinely been 15 points off the pace in challenging Bayern in the Bundesliga this season.
With Borussia Dortmund having stumbled — brought down by Munich’s ability to lure or, if necessary, buy Dortmund’s finest players — the next-closest team has routinely been 15 points off the pace in challenging Bayern in the Bundesliga this season.
In part, the problem is that Bayern does not have to be the best in Europe to win the German league .
The Warriors made just two shots, both by Draymond Green from inside two feet.
Stephen Curry was 0 for 4, had two turnovers and put up an air ball with a chance to retake the lead with seven seconds left.
Over all in the game, Curry was 5 for 23 from the floor and 2 for 15 from 3-point range, bringing up memories of John Starks’s 2-for-18 and 0-for-11 performance for the Knicks in Game 7 of the 1994 finals.
Matthew Dellavedova and J.R. Smith both missed.
LeBron James was 0 for 3.
In this gravely moody, perfectly directed thriller about a real 1962 spy swap , Steven Spielberg returns you to the good old bad days of the Cold War and its fictions, with their bottomless political chasms and moral gray areas.
In this gravely moody, perfectly directed thriller about a real 1962 spy swap, Steven Spielberg returns you to the good old bad days of the Cold War and its fictions, with their bottomless political chasms and moral gray areas.
Tom Hanks leads a terrific cast that includes Mark Rylance as a Soviet mole and Scott Shepherd as a C.I.A. operative.
(Dargis) ★ ‘Brooklyn’ (PG-13, 1:51) Saoirse Ronan gives a remarkably lively and subtle performance as Eilis Lacey, a young woman who emigrates from Ireland to New York in the early 1950s, in John Crowley’s lovely adaptation of the novel by Colm Toibin.
(Scott) ‘Burnt’ (R, 1:40) Bradley Cooper plays a once-hot chef who is trying to regain his stature.
This Vin Diesel supernatural action vehicle, for all its frantic, overstuffed visuals, is a smorgasbord of empty calories.
‘The Last Witch Hunter’ ( PG-13 , 1:38)
‘ The Last Witch Hunter ’ (PG-13, 1:38)
‘The Last Witch Hunter’ (PG-13, 1:38 )
‘Love’ (No rating, 2:14) Telling the story of a romance entirely through explicit sex, the Argentine director Gaspar Noé creates a visual tranquillity and dreamy eroticism that strips the film of salaciousness and highlights the only conversation it cares about: The one that runs from between the legs to between the ears.
(Catsoulis) ★ ‘ The Martian ’ (PG-13, 2:21) Matt Damon stars in Ridley Scott’s space western and blissed-out cosmic high about an American astronaut who, like a latter-day Robinson Crusoe, learns to survive on his own island of despair.
‘Love’ (No rating, 2:14) Telling the story of a romance entirely through explicit sex, the Argentine director Gaspar Noé creates a visual tranquillity and dreamy eroticism that strips the film of salaciousness and highlights the only conversation it cares about: The one that runs from between the legs to between the ears.
(Catsoulis) ★ ‘The Martian’ (PG-13, 2:21) Matt Damon stars in Ridley Scott ’s space western and blissed-out cosmic high about an American astronaut who, like a latter-day Robinson Crusoe, learns to survive on his own island of despair.
(John Williams) ‘Meet the Patels’ (PG, 1:28 )
Directed by David Gordon Green and stuffed with fine actors, the movie has outrage and some laughs, but no teeth.
Ostensibly an origin story about Peter Pan , this woeful would-be blockbuster, directed by the usually competent Joe Wright, is a murky, lumpy stew of pop-culture borrowings, from Harry Potter to “Avatar.”
‘ Our Brand Is Crisis ’ (R, 1:47)
Ostensibly an origin story about Peter Pan, this woeful would-be blockbuster, directed by the usually competent Joe Wright , is a murky, lumpy stew of pop-culture borrowings, from Harry Potter to “Avatar.”
This hard-working comedy stars Sandra Bullock as a mercenary political consultant trying to strategize a former Bolivian president, Castillo ( Joaquim de Almeida ), back into office.
‘ Spectre ’ (PG-13, 2:28) Bond, James Bond, etc.
(Dargis) ★ ‘ Spotlight ’ (R, 2:07)
A team of Boston Globe investigative reporters — played by Michael Keaton, Brian d’Arcy James, Rachel McAdams and Mark Ruffalo — takes on the local archdiocese in this powerful fact-based newspaper procedural, directed by Tom McCarthy .
A team of Boston Globe investigative reporters — played by Michael Keaton, Brian d’Arcy James, Rachel McAdams and Mark Ruffalo — takes on the local archdiocese in this powerful fact-based newspaper procedural, directed by Tom McCarthy.
★ ‘ Steve Jobs ’ (R, 2:02)
This three-panel portrait of the Apple co-founder, written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle, portrays Jobs (Michael Fassbender) as a complicated, ambitious man caught in a tangle of messy personal and business relationships.
This three-panel portrait of the Apple co-founder, written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle , portrays Jobs (Michael Fassbender) as a complicated, ambitious man caught in a tangle of messy personal and business relationships.
(Scott) ‘Suffragette’ (PG-13, 1:47) Carey Mulligan plays Maud Watts, a laundry worker in London in 1912 who becomes a militant supporter of women’s voting rights.
(Scott) ★ ‘ Taxi ’ (No rating, 1:22) Shot almost entirely with a dashboard-mounted video camera, Jafar Panahi’s latest film — his third since the Iranian government banned him from practicing his craft in 2010 — is a wry meditation on the slippery boundary between movies and reality and a pointed work of social criticism.
“Minsk II raises tough questions and leaves difficult issues for later,” said Steven Pifer, a former American ambassador to Ukraine.
“Minsk II raises tough questions and leaves difficult issues for later,” said Steven Pifer, a former American ambassador to Ukraine .
The Obama administration, which has indicated that it would send antitank missiles, surveillance drones and other far more serious battlefield weapons to Ukraine, said those plans would be shelved, for now, but would be revived if the parties failed to honor the agreement.
“ Minsk II raises tough questions and leaves difficult issues for later ,” said Steven Pifer, a former American ambassador to Ukraine.
None of the leaders themselves signed the agreements — that was left to other representatives of the antagonists and the European truce observers — sending a discreet signal that they were not taking full responsibility for the outcome.
None of the leaders themselves signed the agreements — that was left to other representatives of the antagonists and the European truce observers — sending a discreet signal that they were not taking full responsibility for the outcome .
Ms. Merkel did note that Mr. Putin had to pressure the rebel leaders to sign.
The agreement also states that the Ukrainian military and its separatist opponents will complete the withdrawal of heavy weapons — with the largest missiles pulled back more than 40 miles — no later than two weeks after the start of the cease-fire.
The agreement also states that the Ukrainian military and its separatist opponents will complete the withdrawal of heavy weapons — with the largest missiles pulled back more than 40 miles — no later than two weeks after the start of the cease-fire.
Russia has been accused of trying to create a so-called frozen conflict that it could heat up in order to destabilize Ukraine any time it draws too close to the West.
Russia has been accused of trying to create a so-called frozen conflict that it could heat up in order to destabilize Ukraine any time it draws too close to the West.
Critics of the new agreement said it would help Moscow achieve that over the long run, even while Ukraine took financial responsibility for the rebel regions.
“The practical, realistic expectation is a frozen conflict with no effective control by Kiev over those areas, but no formal responsibility of Russia,” said Fyodor Lukyanov , the editor of the journal Russia in Global Affairs.
“The practical, realistic expectation is a frozen conflict with no effective control by Kiev over those areas, but no formal responsibility of Russia,” said Fyodor Lukyanov, the editor of the journal Russia in Global Affairs.
“There is no agreement on border control at all, and this is the weakest part,” she told reporters in Brussels during a European Union summit meeting.
“ There is no agreement on border control at all, and this is the weakest part, ” she told reporters in Brussels during a European Union summit meeting.
“There is no agreement on border control at all, and this is the weakest part,” she told reporters in Brussels during a European Union summit meeting .
“We already had a very bad experience of not implementing Minsk 1 .
We’ll see what Minsk 2 will mean.”
“The Russians have fought what is largely a proxy war in eastern Ukraine — and on the cheap, too,” Mark Galeotti, a military analyst , wrote in Foreign Policy magazine.
“The Russians have fought what is largely a proxy war in eastern Ukraine — and on the cheap, too ,” Mark Galeotti, a military analyst, wrote in Foreign Policy magazine.
“Even the government in Kiev, which is prone to alarmism, estimates that Russia has deployed, at most, some 9,000 troops. ” But the conflict has also reached a point where Russia would have to commit significant new resources for any further advance, which helped clear the way for a settlement to consolidate its gains, Mr. Lukyanov said.
But the conflict has also reached a point where Russia would have to commit significant new resources for any further advance, which helped clear the way for a settlement to consolidate its gains, Mr. Lukyanov said.
The separatists “cannot advance very much without direct Russian involvement, and Russia does not want to get directly involved, ” he said.
Ukrainians greeted the news with much the same skepticism as the experts, though mingled with relief.
“We had a cease-fire before, but it was not observed, almost from the beginning, so how can we have much faith?” said Dmitri Kolesnik , 18, a student in Kharkiv, a city in southeastern Ukraine that has been touched sporadically by violence.
“We had a cease-fire before, but it was not observed, almost from the beginning, so how can we have much faith?” said Dmitri Kolesnik, 18 , a student in Kharkiv, a city in southeastern Ukraine that has been touched sporadically by violence.
He paused on the steps leading down to a subway station, and said he put the odds of peace at no better than 50-50. “ Putin is a very aggressive person,” Mr. Kolesnik said, as bustling throngs made their way home in the late afternoon.
“ You cannot always trust that just because he says something that it will happen.”
Marcelo Gomes , who as Prince Désiré delivers the taxing intricacies of his solo variation at the peak of an exemplary account of the role, also performs as the evil fairy, Carabosse, with splendidly venomous force.
Veronika Part , a Lilac Fairy of long experience, now radiates the mature generosity that this part is all about; on Thursday evening, her performance was the most wonderful thing in the whole ballet.
Marcelo Gomes, who as Prince Désiré delivers the taxing intricacies of his solo variation at the peak of an exemplary account of the role, also performs as the evil fairy, Carabosse , with splendidly venomous force.
Veronika Part, a Lilac Fairy of long experience, now radiates the mature generosity that this part is all about; on Thursday evening, her performance was the most wonderful thing in the whole ballet .
Veronika Part, a Lilac Fairy of long experience, now radiates the mature generosity that this part is all about; on Thursday evening, her performance was the most wonderful thing in the whole ballet.
When the six fairy godmothers arrive, there are passages in which they, their eight attendants and four of their cavaliers are all dancing at once, like three orchestral groups in harmony.
In Act I, when Princess Aurora ’s maids of honor are dancing center stage, the eight violin pages, on the sides of the stage, are doing gargouillades — twinkling sideways jumps in which each foot writes a circle in the air.
In Act I, when Princess Aurora’s maids of honor are dancing center stage, the eight violin pages, on the sides of the stage, are doing gargouillades — twinkling sideways jumps in which each foot writes a circle in the air.
(Two of the cavaliers don’t dance, so we also see how Petipa the classicist played number games with these choreographic groups of eight, six, four and two.)
In Act I, when Princess Aurora’s maids of honor are dancing center stage, the eight violin pages , on the sides of the stage, are doing gargouillades — twinkling sideways jumps in which each foot writes a circle in the air.
Once Aurora drops the spindle after pricking her finger, why does nobody pick up it up?
Although Tatiana Ratmansky , who played the Queen and is the choreographer’s wife and production colleague, had a great moment on June 8 when the realization that her daughter was dead hit her like a visible body blow, no interpreter has made that mother’s anguish ring consistently true.
Although Tatiana Ratmansky , who played the Queen and is the choreographer’s wife and production colleague, had a great moment on June 8 when the realization that her daughter was dead hit her like a visible body blow, no interpreter has made that mother’s anguish ring consistently true.
All the dancers should be taught how to smile with their eyes more than with their mouths.
You should see thumbnails of your Android screen-grabs in the Screenshots area.
The Device Folders area also displays images saved or created with other apps, like photos you have downloaded from Twitter posts or pictures you have edited in Adobe Photoshop Express.
The Device Folders area also displays images saved or created with other apps, like photos you have downloaded from Twitter posts or pictures you have edited in Adobe Photoshop Express.
With gadgets running an older version of Android, like Kit Kat (version 4.4), open the Gallery app, select Album view and then look for the Screenshots folder.
How you take a picture of your Android screen can also vary based on your hardware, but holding down the Power and Volume Down buttons at the same time for a few seconds works on many phones and tablets like the Droid Turbo, the Moto X and Google’s own Nexus devices.
Some phone makers, like Samsung with its Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S6 models, let you take a screen shot by touching the phone’s display with the side of your hand and swiping from left to right; the Power and Volume Down button combination works as well.
To see a collection of your Samsung screen shots, open the Gallery app , go to Album view and tap Screenshots.
I have a work and home computer with different iTunes libraries.
If I want to copy songs from one computer’s music library to the other, can I just copy the tracks to my Dropbox folder and then download them to the other computer from there?
Sharing iTunes Files Between Computers Q. I have a work and home computer with different iTunes libraries.
A. Syncing files through Dropbox is one way to share them between computers, but if you bought the tracks you want to copy from Apple, you have an easier way to get them.
You can freely download music and other content you have previously purchased from the iTunes Store to additional computers, as long as you are logged into iTunes with the same Apple ID account you used when you bought the items.
A. Syncing files through Dropbox is one way to share them between computers, but if you bought the tracks you want to copy from Apple , you have an easier way to get them.
A. Syncing files through Dropbox is one way to share them between computers, but if you bought the tracks you want to copy from Apple, you have an easier way to get them.
If you bought a song in the iTunes Store on your work computer, open iTunes on your home computer, click Sign In (or on your account name) at the top of the window and select Purchased from the menu.
( Apple’s iTunes Match and Apple Music services can also make all your music easily available on all your devices, but are subscription-based and cost money.)
Click the Not In My Library tab to see the songs not on that machine, and then click the cloud-shaped Download icon to copy the files to the iTunes library on that Mac or PC.
(Apple’s iTunes Match and Apple Music services can also make all your music easily available on all your devices, but are subscription-based and cost money .)
If you want to sling between computers files that you did not purchase in iTunes — like audio tracks ripped from your own CDs — using your Dropbox folder as a transfer station can work .
However, to avoid seeing exclamation marks or other errors because of original files gone missing from the first iTunes library , drag copies of the tracks out of the iTunes window to the desktop Dropbox folder, or copy over duplicates from your iTunes Media folder to Dropbox.
However, to avoid seeing exclamation marks or other errors because of original files gone missing from the first iTunes library, drag copies of the tracks out of the iTunes window to the desktop Dropbox folder, or copy over duplicates from your iTunes Media folder to Dropbox.
You can delete them out of your Dropbox folder at that point, but if you leave them there, you can play and view many types of unrestricted files on a smartphone or tablet by opening and streaming them through the Dropbox mobile app .
You can delete them out of your Dropbox folder at that point , but if you leave them there, you can play and view many types of unrestricted files on a smartphone or tablet by opening and streaming them through the Dropbox mobile app.
Among Republicans, only Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, who is likely to seek the White House, and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, who has announced his intention to do so, voted no.
Senator Michael B. Enzi of Wyoming, the chairman of the Budget Committee, hailed a plan that he said would “protect the nation’s most vulnerable citizens, strengthen national defense and bring robust economic growth.”
WASHINGTON —  Emerging from an all-night session that was more exhausting than dramatic, Senate Republicans on Friday squeaked through a budget blueprint that would repeal the Affordable Care Act , fundamentally remake federal health care for the poor and elderly, and push the federal deficit toward zero over the next decade.
Among Republicans, only Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, who is likely to seek the White House, and Senator Ted Cruz of Texas, who has announced his intention to do so, voted no.
That first effort would probably be vetoed by Mr. Obama, setting the stage, Republicans hope, for bipartisan negotiations over the summer to find a health care alternative.
The documents mandate its repeal and include expedited parliamentary rules, called reconciliation, that ensure that legislation to repeal the act cannot be filibustered in the Senate .
Republican leaders in both chambers would move quickly to replace the health care law with a temporary measure that does away with the law’s mandates, regulations and tax increases, and then move toward a broader replacement bill.
The next deadline is likely to come in late June , when the Supreme Court decides whether residents of states that use the federal insurance marketplace have wrongfully been given subsidies to purchase insurance.
The Senate voted, 54 to 46 , to fully repeal the estate tax, even though next year, the value of estates subject to it will have to exceed $5.43 million, or nearly $11 million for a couple.
Only about 3,700 estates, or 0.12 percent of the total, were expected to owe any federal estate tax last year.
An amendment by Senator Tim Kaine, Democrat of Virginia, called for a lifting of the spending limits, paid for by changes to entitlement programs other than Social Security, a re-examination of other programs and the ending of some tax loopholes.
The Senate voted, 54 to 46, to fully repeal the estate tax, even though next year, the value of estates subject to it will have to exceed $5.43 million, or nearly $11 million for a couple.
On Tuesday, Intel, based in Santa Clara, Calif. , said that in the three months that ended Sept. 26, PC chips brought in $8.5 billion and chips for servers in cloud computing data centers brought in $4.1 billion.
A year ago, PC chips brought in $9.2 billion and data center chips brought in $3.7 billion.
A year ago, PC chips brought in $9.2 billion and data center chips brought in $3.7 billion .
Now, the new hot trend of cloud computing — data centers filled with tightly connected servers — is remaking Intel .
Now, the new hot trend of cloud computing — data centers filled with tightly connected servers — is remaking Intel.
That means cloud computing leaders like Amazon and Google could benefit even more, and expand their online operations.
PC sales are in a long decline, as customers increasingly use online services connected to mobile devices.
PC sales are in a long decline, as customers increasingly use online services connected to mobile devices .
While Microsoft and others try to revive the market with new designs and tabletlike models , in the most recent quarter worldwide PC shipments fell 10.8 percent from the year before, according to IDC.
The data center group also has much higher profit margins: Operating profit from PC chips was $2.1 billion, down 20 percent from a year ago, while data center chips had an operating profit of $2.1 billion, up 9 percent.
“About 30 percent of our server business is now to cloud companies, and growing at a fast clip,” said Diane Bryant , head of Intel’s data center group, in a recent interview.
Of 200 cloud company customers that Intel tracks, just seven take one-third of those chips: Google, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Facebook, as well as Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent of China.
“About 30 percent of our server business is now to cloud companies, and growing at a fast clip,” said Diane Bryant, head of Intel’s data center group , in a recent interview.
Of 200 cloud company customers that Intel tracks, just seven take one-third of those chips: Google, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft and Facebook, as well as Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent of China .
While the rest are now growing at twice the rate of the top seven, Ms. Bryant said, the big companies are unusually demanding customers, even designing their own chip modifications to make their global clouds work better.
On Monday Dell, a big maker of servers and PCs, announced it was buying the data storage giant EMC .
On Monday Dell , a big maker of servers and PCs, announced it was buying the data storage giant EMC.
On Monday Dell , a big maker of servers and PCs, announced it was buying the data storage giant EMC.
On Nov. 2, the server and storage businesses of Hewlett-Packard will split off from its PC business, in what top executives hope is a move for a faster-moving business.
On Nov. 2, the server and storage businesses of Hewlett-Packard will split off from its PC business , in what top executives hope is a move for a faster-moving business.
But Amanda Kessel , a leading scorer for the Americans in Sochi and the college player of the year in 2013, has not played since, ending her career at Minnesota at 23 because of lingering symptoms from a concussion sustained before the Olympics.
But Amanda Kessel, a leading scorer for the Americans in Sochi and the college player of the year in 2013, has not played since, ending her career at Minnesota at 23 because of lingering symptoms from a concussion sustained before the Olympics.
But Amanda Kessel , a leading scorer for the Americans in Sochi and the college player of the year in 2013, has not played since, ending her career at Minnesota at 23 because of lingering symptoms from a concussion sustained before the Olympics.
Her teammate Josephine Pucci retired over the summer at 24, cognizant of her concussion history.
A concussion kept Canada’s Haley Irwin out until the Olympic tournament’s semifinals.
“The amount of players still getting concussions on the national level and college level, it’s too many,” said Pucci , whose sister’s hockey career was also ended by a concussion.
The N.H.L. is facing litigation, with former players accusing the league of glorifying violence and ignoring the dangers of repeated head injuries.
Women’s hockey is a growing sport, evolving through quicker and stronger players who are finally being rewarded for their talents as paid professional athletes.
Women’s hockey is a growing sport, evolving through quicker and stronger players who are finally being rewarded for their talents as paid professional athletes.
It found that concussions were the third-most-common injury (15.5 percent), behind contusions (28 percent) and sprains (20.8 percent).
It found that concussions were the third-most-common injury (15.5 percent), behind contusions (28 percent) and sprains (20.8 percent).
An eight-year study released this year by the International Ice Hockey Federation analyzed women’s hockey injuries at the world championships and the Olympics.
Despite increased public discussion, there is a dearth of information focused on concussions in women’s hockey .
A 2014 summary of self-reported concussions among N.C.A.A. student-athletes said that women’s hockey had the largest percentage of players who had experienced at least one concussion, at 20.9 percent.
Only Cornell and New Hampshire provided all of the requested data.
In 2012, Dr. Paul Echlin, who helped develop a concussion curriculum in Canadian schools, led a small study of two Canadian college teams and found that female hockey players sustained concussions almost twice as frequently as men did.
Almost two-thirds of colleges did not respond with any information, some citing confidentiality.
“The problem is these organizations are dancing around the issue,” Echlin said, citing concerns about participation numbers as a reason that national federations might not be more forthcoming.
In 2012 , Dr. Paul Echlin, who helped develop a concussion curriculum in Canadian schools, led a small study of two Canadian college teams and found that female hockey players sustained concussions almost twice as frequently as men did.
Digit Murphy coached women’s hockey for almost 30 years .
The N.C.A.A. advocates uniform concussion policies for all members, but some players said concussion information was often relayed in broad strokes and only in preseason training sessions that lasted under an hour.
Digit Murphy coached women’s hockey for almost 30 years.
The N.C.A.A. advocates uniform concussion policies for all members, but some players said concussion information was often relayed in broad strokes and only in preseason training sessions that lasted under an hour.
Paige Decker sustained a career-ending concussion in November 2013 when she was playing for Yale and was blindsided by a check that sent her head crashing to the ice.
She compared her constant headaches to barbed wire constricting her brain .
Decker has visited more than 40 physicians throughout North America, searching to alleviate the daily pains that saturate her nerves and muscles.
Decker, 23 , left a consulting job in Boston a year ago because of her health.
She is largely confined to her parents’ house in Connecticut .
During a practice drill in 2010, Minnesota goalie Alyssa Grogan dived for a poke check, and a player fell and kneed her in the forehead while another landed on the back of her head.
Some players hide symptoms to prolong their careers .
It was her first concussion, but she was forced to retire and missed three semesters at the university.
During a practice drill in 2010 , Minnesota goalie Alyssa Grogan dived for a poke check, and a player fell and kneed her in the forehead while another landed on the back of her head.
During a practice drill in 2010, Minnesota goalie Alyssa Grogan dived for a poke check, and a player fell and kneed her in the forehead while another landed on the back of her head.
We moved to New York after college 10 years ago and still live together.
Work is going well for us ; we both date.
Work is going well for us; we both date .
She never stops judging .
I hate to use the word “ toxic ,” but that’s what it feels like.
Criticizing others can trick us into feeling better about ourselves (for 35 seconds).
She may surprise you and discuss her true feelings , or she may get defensive.
Say, “ Take a breath.” Make her inhale and exhale. Then say (gently), “Is Heather’s boyfriend really bothering you this much, or is something else making you feel bad?”
Even if she engages, you will probably have to remind her about this pattern a few times. But only when we learn compassion for ourselves (especially the ugly bits) do we have any hope of feeling better.
I took my sweet little dog for a walk .
He got agitated by a cat sitting on a porch , pulled free of me and raced toward the house, knocking over (and breaking) a large ceramic urn.
He got agitated by a cat sitting on a porch, pulled free of me and raced toward the house, knocking over (and breaking) a large ceramic urn .
The cat is free to sit on its porch with regal impunity.
But don’t the homeowners have some responsibility, too, letting their cat sit out in the open? ANONYMOUS You break it; you bought it. “And your little dog, too,” growled the Wicked Witch of the West.
François Hollande , the French president, planned his own commemoration at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
And Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany skipped Gdansk and will arrive in Moscow for talks with Mr. Putin, but not until the day after his mega-event on Saturday.
Still, Poles announced the participation of the presidents of Lithuania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Romania and Ukraine, as well as Slovakia’s prime minister and the head of the European Council, Donald Tusk , the former Polish prime minister.
Still, Poles announced the participation of the presidents of Lithuania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Romania and Ukraine, as well as Slovakia’s prime minister and the head of the European Council, Donald Tusk, the former Polish prime minister.
Still, Poles announced the participation of the presidents of Lithuania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus , the Czech Republic, Estonia, Romania and Ukraine, as well as Slovakia’s prime minister and the head of the European Council, Donald Tusk, the former Polish prime minister.
Just before 5 a.m. that day, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein, which had anchored off the coast of what was then known as the free city of Danzig, opened fire on the Polish military transit depot on the peninsula.
The peninsula, a sickle of land jutting into the Baltic Sea, was the site of the first fighting between Polish and German forces on Sept. 1, 1939, widely regarded as the start of World War II.
Just before 5 a.m. that day, the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein , which had anchored off the coast of what was then known as the free city of Danzig, opened fire on the Polish military transit depot on the peninsula.
The depot’s 182 soldiers and 27 reservists managed to hold out for seven days in what is known as the Battle of Westerplatte and have been celebrated ever since as an example of Polish resistance.
The depot’s 182 soldiers and 27 reservists managed to hold out for seven days in what is known as the Battle of Westerplatte and have been celebrated ever since as an example of Polish resistance.
These troubles have become all too common on the Northeast Corridor, the nation’s busiest rail sector, which stretches from Washington to Boston and carries about 750,000 riders each day on Amtrak and several commuter rail lines.
And with Amtrak and local transit agencies struggling for funding , many fear the disruptions will continue to worsen in the years ahead.
And with Amtrak and local transit agencies struggling for funding, many fear the disruptions will continue to worsen in the years ahead.
The corridor’s ridership has doubled in the last 30 years even as its old and overloaded infrastructure of tracks, power lines, bridges and tunnels has begun to wear out.
Amtrak was created in 1971 to bring together struggling rail lines, and officials have pushed for it to become financially self-sufficient so that it no longer needs federal subsidies.
While President Obama is calling for $2.45 billion for Amtrak next year — about $1 billion more than the current year’s subsidy — Republicans in the House passed a bill in June to reduce spending on Amtrak by about $250 million .
While President Obama is calling for $2.45 billion for Amtrak next year — about $1 billion more than the current year’s subsidy — Republicans in the House passed a bill in June to reduce spending on Amtrak by about $250 million.
Amtrak was created in 1971 to bring together struggling rail lines, and officials have pushed for it to become financially self-sufficient so that it no longer needs federal subsidies.
He said the House measure fully funded Amtrak’s safety and operational needs , although it would trim capital grants and other funding.
Amtrak also depends on money from states, and its relationship with Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey soured last week.
On Friday, Mr. Christie accused Amtrak of “ abject neglect ” of its infrastructure
the nearly $100 million it pays Amtrak each year was being used properly.
Amtrak officials countered that New Jersey Transit’s payments mostly go toward operating costs , like train dispatching and inspections, and for electricity to run the trains, and that in the 2014 fiscal year, for example, only about $13.6 million was left for system upgrades.
In a radio interview last week, Mr. Christie defended his decision in 2010 to kill a plan to build new tunnels under the Hudson River , saying he feared New Jersey would be responsible for cost overruns.
Mr. Christie, a Republican who is running for president, said if he got the job, he would ask his transportation secretary and the governors of New York and New Jersey to each give an equal share toward building new tunnels.
In a radio interview last week, Mr. Christie defended his decision in 2010 to kill a plan to build new tunnels under the Hudson River, saying he feared New Jersey would be responsible for cost overruns .
Stephen J. Gardner , Amtrak’s executive vice president for the Northeast Corridor business development, said, “The investment levels necessary to stabilize and improve the Northeast Corridor need to grow substantially both from New Jersey Transit and others if the railroad’s performance is to get better.”
At Princeton Junction train station in New Jersey on Friday morning, an announcement informed the crowded platform that trains to New York’s Pennsylvania Station were delayed by 30 minutes.
At Princeton Junction train station in New Jersey on Friday morning, an announcement informed the crowded platform that trains to New York’s Pennsylvania Station were delayed by 30 minutes .
Soumitra Patil, 37, shook his head and laughed .
Mr. Patil, who works in information technology at a bank in Manhattan , said he had missed meetings because of the delays.
Mr. Patil, who works in information technology at a bank in Manhattan, said he had missed meetings because of the delays.
Nearly 1,000 Long Island Rail Road trains have been held up this year because of problems or congestion in the short section of track they share with Amtrak at Penn Station.
From October 2014 to May 2015, the most recent data available, Amtrak trains along the Northeast Corridor reported a 76 percent on-time rate, down from 89 percent in the comparable period three years ago.
From October 2014 to May 2015, the most recent data available, Amtrak trains along the Northeast Corridor reported a 76 percent on-time rate, down from 89 percent in the comparable period three years ago.
In Baltimore, Monica Harris Susel, 48, had planned to take an Amtrak train to her job in Washington on Friday morning only to learn of a 25-minute delay at Baltimore’s Penn Station.
commuter train instead.
Among the morals I scribbled down in my mind one that stood out began with a story involving Steve Jobs and ended with the serving of my mother’s last meal.
Among the morals I scribbled down in my mind one that stood out began with a story involving Steve Jobs and ended with the serving of my mother’s last meal .
The Jobs portion of the story occurred on a late-October morning in 2010, when he was sitting with a mutual friend in the restaurant of the Four Seasons hotel in San Francisco .
The waitress, a shy woman who looked to be in her mid-30s, according to the friend, approached them and asked what they wanted for breakfast .
Mr. Jobs said he wanted freshly squeezed orange juice.
My mother loved shrimp .
She would eat them in a grimy airport cafe or a five-star restaurant.
So I jumped at the chance to become her personal chef for the last two weeks of her life.
And when she was done with her crustaceans, she always beamed a big smile and, in her posh British accent, said, “Oh, that was just lovely.”
And when she was done with her crustaceans, she always beamed a big smile and, in her posh British accent, said, “Oh, that was just lovely.”
When she asked for some vegetables to nibble on, I fastidiously julienned a cucumber into thin slices, layering them atop one another in a semicircle on a florid porcelain plate.
When she asked for a pita and hummus, I cut the bread into perfect little triangles , found elegant small bowls in her cupboards, and carefully quenelled three dipping options, as if Thomas Keller were watching over my shoulder.
When she asked for a pita and hummus, I cut the bread into perfect little triangles, found elegant small bowls in her cupboards, and carefully quenelled three dipping options, as if Thomas Keller were watching over my shoulder.
I proudly took every meal to her on her finest china, placed carefully on an ornate tray and finished off with a single English flower .
I proudly took every meal to her on her finest china, placed carefully on an ornate tray and finished off with a single English flower.
While I stood waiting for my mother’s shrimp, I watched all these people toiling away and I thought about what Mr. Jobs had said about the waitress from a few years earlier.
Though his rudeness may have been uncalled-for, there was something to be said for the idea that we should do our best at whatever job we take on.
Though his rudeness may have been uncalled-for, there was something to be said for the idea that we should do our best at whatever job we take on.
Rather, as I want to teach my son, we should do it because our jobs, no matter how seemingly small, can have a profound effect on someone else’s life; we just don’t often get to see how we’re touching them.
A three-foot-long alligator that attained fleeting fame on Thursday night after the police posted a picture of it on Twitter crossing a busy Manhattan street during the evening rush died unexpectedly on Friday, according to a spokeswoman for the Animal Care Centers of NYC.
A three-foot-long alligator that attained fleeting fame on Thursday night after the police posted a picture of it on Twitter crossing a busy Manhattan street during the evening rush died unexpectedly on Friday, according to a spokeswoman for the Animal Care Centers of NYC.
A three-foot-long alligator that attained fleeting fame on Thursday night after the police posted a picture of it on Twitter crossing a busy Manhattan street during the evening rush died unexpectedly on Friday, according to a spokeswoman for the Animal Care Centers of NYC.
A three-foot-long alligator that attained fleeting fame on Thursday night after the police posted a picture of it on Twitter crossing a busy Manhattan street during the evening rush died unexpectedly on Friday , according to a spokeswoman for the Animal Care Centers of NYC.
 Officers from the Police Department’s 34th Precinct found the animal crossing Ninth Avenue at 205th Street in the Inwood section of Manhattan on Thursday night and, after posting the photo and a series of jokes on Twitter, took it to the agency’s Manhattan Animal Care Center, said Alexandra Silver, the spokeswoman.
A red-tailed hawk named Pale Male became a celebrity after starring in a film, “The Legend of Pale Male,” that opened at the Angelika Film Center in Greenwich Village in 2010.
A red-tailed hawk named Pale Male became a celebrity after starring in a film, “The Legend of Pale Male,” that opened at the Angelika Film Center in Greenwich Village in 2010 .
A red-tailed hawk named Pale Male became a celebrity after starring in a film, “ The Legend of Pale Male ,” that opened at the Angelika Film Center in Greenwich Village in 2010.
A red-tailed hawk named Pale Male became a celebrity after starring in a film, “The Legend of Pale Male,” that opened at the Angelika Film Center in Greenwich Village in 2010.
And one raccoon in Central Park is so well known that he goes by a single name – Rocky – a rarefied status typically afforded to superstars like Madonna or Cher.
And it was reported Thursday that the New York attorney general is starting an investigation to determine whether the company lied about the risks of climate change.
As an accidental public service, this deed was little known until recently, when a trove of documents unearthed by several news organizations showed What Exxon Knew and When It Knew It .
As an accidental public service, this deed was little known until recently, when a trove of documents unearthed by several news organizations showed What Exxon Knew and When It Knew It.
As an accidental public service , this deed was little known until recently, when a trove of documents unearthed by several news organizations showed What Exxon Knew and When It Knew It.
And it was reported Thursday that the New York attorney general is starting an investigation to determine whether the company lied about the risks of climate change .
Their two leading candidates for office, Ben Carson and Donald Trump , deny the consensus of human-caused climate change.
But now the leading Republican presidential candidates, with a far bigger megaphone than Exxon ever had, are promoting the very junk science that was hatched, in part, in Exxon’s board room.
As a global citizen, Exxon failed miserably, to say the least.
A host of organizations, and some politicians have called for Exxon to be prosecuted for fraud not unlike that which tobacco companies engaged in when they hid the risks of smoking .
A host of organizations, and some politicians have called for Exxon to be prosecuted for fraud not unlike that which tobacco companies engaged in when they hid the risks of smoking.
Trump calls climate change “ a total hoax .”
He also believes the pyramids of Egypt were built to store grain rather than as tombs for kings and queens.
In trying to win the support of the Koch brothers , Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul have signed a pledge to do the bidding of the billionaire oil industrialists, promising to “oppose any legislation relating to climate change” that would involve higher taxes or fees.
In trying to win the support of the Koch brothers, Senators Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Rand Paul have signed a pledge to do the bidding of the billionaire oil industrialists, promising to “oppose any legislation relating to climate change” that would involve higher taxes or fees.
He arrived at this position, judging by several tweets, after experiencing a couple of especially cold winter days in New York .
“I remember telling a friend, when I grow up, I want to be able to afford hardcover books.” Mr. Boire , who took the helm as chief executive of Barnes & Noble in September, still seems to have a soft spot for physical books.
Mr. Boire, who took the helm as chief executive of Barnes & Noble in September , still seems to have a soft spot for physical books.
Now Mr. Boire, 54 , the former chief executive of Sears Canada and a retail veteran who has worked at Brookstone, Best Buy and Toys “R” Us, is under pressure to reverse the fortunes of the beleaguered bookstore chain, which has been stung in recent years by the rise of Amazon, steep losses from its Nook e-reader division and a string of store closings.
Now Mr. Boire, 54, the former chief executive of Sears Canada and a retail veteran who has worked at Brookstone, Best Buy and Toys “R” Us , is under pressure to reverse the fortunes of the beleaguered bookstore chain, which has been stung in recent years by the rise of Amazon, steep losses from its Nook e-reader division and a string of store closings.
To that end, Mr. Boire is leading a push to rebrand Barnes & Noble as more than just a bookstore by expanding its offerings of toys, games, gadgets and other gifts and reshaping the nation’s largest bookstore chain into a “lifestyle brand.” “Everything we do around learning, personal growth and development fits our brand,” Mr. Boire said.
Last month, the chain held a coloring event at stores around the country, where it doled out sample sheets from coloring books and art supplies.
Facing spiraling losses from store closings , Barnes & Noble is searching for ways to increase foot traffic and drive sales.
It also recently held a national Mini Maker Faire promoting technology literacy at its stores, with coding and 3-D printing workshops .
Last month, the chain held a coloring event at stores around the country, where it doled out sample sheets from coloring books and art supplies.
Facing spiraling losses from store closings, Barnes & Noble is searching for ways to increase foot traffic and drive sales.
Toys and games , a small but increasingly critical part of the business, provided a bright spot, growing nearly 15 percent in the last quarter.
Toys and games, a small but increasingly critical part of the business, provided a bright spot, growing nearly 15 percent in the last quarter.
In a conference call with investors , Mr. Boire underscored this point by singling out coloring books and strong sales of Adele’s new album “25” among the company’s recent successes.
In a conference call with investors, Mr. Boire underscored this point by singling out coloring books and strong sales of Adele’s new album “ 25 ” among the company’s recent successes.
In a conference call with investors, Mr. Boire underscored this point by singling out coloring books and strong sales of Adele’s new album “25” among the company’s recent successes.
Barnes & Noble has been battered by Amazon , its powerful online rival, and has incurred big financial losses from its largely failed attempt to carve out territory in the e-book space with the Nook.
Barnes & Noble has been battered by Amazon, its powerful online rival, and has incurred big financial losses from its largely failed attempt to carve out territory in the e-book space with the Nook.
While the company posted lower losses in its Nook division in the most recent quarter, sales were still disappointing , as the Nook segment tumbled 31.9 percent to $43.5 million, primarily because of lower digital content sales.
While the company posted lower losses in its Nook division in the most recent quarter, sales were still disappointing, as the Nook segment tumbled 31.9 percent to $43.5 million , primarily because of lower digital content sales.
While the company posted lower losses in its Nook division in the most recent quarter, sales were still disappointing, as the Nook segment tumbled 31.9 percent to $43.5 million, primarily because of lower digital content sales .
Twenty thousand euros (about $22,383) later, it was hers.
Ms. Klum, auctioning an 11-foot-tall polyurethane snail sculpture by a collective called the Cracking Art Group , decided it must be hers.
Altogether, the evening raised $1.6 million .
Isabeli Fontana, the Brazilian supermodel who was called onstage to hawk a six-liter bottle of Moët & Chandon (as well as a trip to Épernay, in France’s Champagne country), was herself the winner of a 14-day vacation in the Maldives.
she called to Vito Schnabel , her art-dealer and -curator boyfriend.
The dinner portion wrapped up (or was it that the after-party began?) with a bouncy performance by Icona Pop, the Swedish electronic music duo.
Between furious rounds of auctioneering and a live set from Debbie Harry, the dinner’s main course was still coming out at midnight — and even the presence of Naomi Campbell at the podium to introduce the evening’s Award of Courage honoree, Renzo Rosso , the founder of Diesel and the chairman of Only the Brave, the parent company of Maison Margiela and Marni, didn’t cow conversationalists until she demanded testily, “Can you please be quiet?
Between furious rounds of auctioneering and a live set from Debbie Harry, the dinner’s main course was still coming out at midnight — and even the presence of Naomi Campbell at the podium to introduce the evening’s Award of Courage honoree, Renzo Rosso, the founder of Diesel and the chairman of Only the Brave, the parent company of Maison Margiela and Marni, didn’t cow conversationalists until she demanded testily, “Can you please be quiet?
Between furious rounds of auctioneering and a live set from Debbie Harry, the dinner’s main course was still coming out at midnight — and even the presence of Naomi Campbell at the podium to introduce the evening’s Award of Courage honoree, Renzo Rosso, the founder of Diesel and the chairman of Only the Brave, the parent company of Maison Margiela and Marni, didn’t cow conversationalists until she demanded testily, “Can you please be quiet?
Between furious rounds of auctioneering and a live set from Debbie Harry, the dinner’s main course was still coming out at midnight — and even the presence of Naomi Campbell at the podium to introduce the evening’s Award of Courage honoree, Renzo Rosso, the founder of Diesel and the chairman of Only the Brave, the parent company of Maison Margiela and Marni, didn’t cow conversationalists until she demanded testily, “Can you please be quiet?
At the White House dinner for the Chinese president, Xi Jinping , the first lady summoned previously untapped, and perhaps unsuspected, reserves of glamour.
But her red-carpet-worthy turnout, evocative of Beyoncé at the top of her form, seemed especially well timed, inciting, predictably, an outpouring of mostly upbeat social commentary that eclipsed the event and all but engulfed the web.
Her long side-swept hair and black off-the-shoulder gown by the Chinese-American designer Vera Wang revealed an acute political savvy that was more than mere words could convey.
Her long side-swept hair and black off-the-shoulder gown by the Chinese-American designer Vera Wang revealed an acute political savvy that was more than mere words could convey.
Her shrewdly calibrated allure , which easily rivaled that of any first lady in recent memory, suggests that Mrs. Obama has embraced an enviable position at the intersection of pop culture and politics — just because she can.
With her time in the White House about to expire, Mrs. Obama — who has flirted in the past with fashion’s cutting edge, igniting flurries of debate with her bangs and bare, gym-toned arms — has irrevocably pulled out the stops.
But the first lady has snatched back the focus, permitting herself to dazzle in a dress that clung to her hips like cellophane and showed a nervy hint of cleavage.
Of late, Mrs. Obama seemed to have largely ceded much of fashion’s spotlight to her 17-year-old daughter, Malia , a style setter to any number of fashion besotted girls her age.
The Rangers obtained him from Arizona in an all-but-overlooked May 2011 trade for center Ethan Werek , their second-round draft choice two years earlier.
The Rangers obtained him from Arizona in an all-but-overlooked May 2011 trade for center Ethan Werek, their second-round draft choice two years earlier.
Werek played three seasons in the American Hockey League and is now under contract to play for the Florida Everblades of the ECHL.
Lindberg already has.
48 , he played one regular-season game for the Rangers last season, when Rick Nash sat out because of back spasms.
Siem Reap, the gateway city to Angkor, is renowned for a lot of things — more than 100 ancient temple ruins dot the surrounding jungles — but shopping isn’t one of them.
The shops are found along narrow lanes and well-trodden streets in a roughly 10-block radius, many owned by well-traveled expatriates breathing new energy into this tourist-oriented city.
But the heart of the city on the west side of the Siem Reap River is brimming with a clutch of stylish, recently opened boutiques carrying contemporary wares that often reference traditional Khmer culture.
(Note: U.S. dollars are widely accepted.)
Along an easy-to-miss alley, this seven -month-old boutique is jam-packed with quirky contemporary clothes and accessories as well as vintage items, mostly from Cambodia.
29, Street 9; 855-17-543-541; christines-store.com Hailed as Cambodia’s first concept shop in Phnom Penh, trunkh now has an outpost in Siem Reap with repurposed and newly designed items inspired by Cambodian everyday life.
Along an easy-to-miss alley, this seven-month-old boutique is jam-packed with quirky contemporary clothes and accessories as well as vintage items, mostly from Cambodia.
In their 14-month -old whitewashed space on the second floor of a French Colonial-era apartment building, the Parisians Christine Gleizes and Regis Bastide curate an array of items based on Ms. Gleizes’s travels.
29, Street 9; 855-17-543-541; christines-store.com Hailed as Cambodia’s first concept shop in Phnom Penh, trunkh now has an outpost in Siem Reap with repurposed and newly designed items inspired by Cambodian everyday life.
008 Street 9, Old Market area; 855-63-761-224; saomao.com, facebook.com/ammojewellery With three boutiques in Siem Reap, the luxury fashion designer Eric Raisina is renowned for transforming raffia, the palm tree-derived fiber from his birthplace, Madagascar, into sophisticated lace-like dresses as well as turning delicate silk into his trademark fur.
Silver filigree pendants ($18 to $45) depict a flame motif found in ancient Khmer temples.
008 Street 9, Old Market area; 855-63-761-224; saomao.com, facebook.com/ammojewellery With three boutiques in Siem Reap, the luxury fashion designer Eric Raisina is renowned for transforming raffia , the palm tree-derived fiber from his birthplace, Madagascar, into sophisticated lace-like dresses as well as turning delicate silk into his trademark fur.
Another Briton, the jeweler Madeline Green, sells her new Ammo brand here, delicate contemporary jewelry made from recycled brass bullet caps and silver ($7 to $75).
Founded and run by British-born Marie Hill, this shop trains, employs and supports Cambodian crafts people, stocking mostly Cambodian-made textiles and jewelry.
Civility was a big winner on Tuesday night, and the discussion of real issues was refreshing.
All five candidates — including two refugees from what had been the Republican Party, Lincoln Chafee, a former Republican senator, and Jim Webb, secretary of the Navy in the Reagan administration — have real records.
It was impossible not to feel a sense of relief watching the Democratic debate after months dominated by the Republican circus of haters, ranters and that very special group of king killers in Congress.
They also have real differences on important issues — national security, foreign policy, gun safety, financial reforms .
It was impossible not to feel a sense of relief watching the Democratic debate after months dominated by the Republican circus of haters, ranters and that very special group of king killers in Congress.
Hillary Rodham Clinton reminded us why she’s the front-runner, with her experience, command of the issues and strength in communicating ideas.
One of the biggest applause lines was Senator Bernie Sanders ’s quip to Mrs. Clinton, “the American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails.”
One of the biggest applause lines was Senator Bernie Sanders’s quip to Mrs. Clinton, “the American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails .”
One of the biggest applause lines was Senator Bernie Sanders’s quip to Mrs. Clinton, “the American people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn emails.”
Hillary Rodham Clinton reminded us why she’s the front-runner, with her experience, command of the issues and strength in communicating ideas .
CHANTILLY, Va. —  On a recent Wednesday morning, 100 intelligence analysts crammed into a nondescript conference room here and dialed into a group call with 100 counterparts in Argentina, Brazil, Cyprus, India, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Taiwan and Ukraine.
CHANTILLY, Va . —  On a recent Wednesday morning, 100 intelligence analysts crammed into a nondescript conference room here and dialed into a group call with 100 counterparts in Argentina, Brazil, Cyprus, India, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Taiwan and Ukraine.
CHANTILLY, Va. —  On a recent Wednesday morning, 100 intelligence analysts crammed into a nondescript conference room here and dialed into a group call with 100 counterparts in Argentina, Brazil, Cyprus, India, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Taiwan and Ukraine.
CHANTILLY, Va. —  On a recent Wednesday morning, 100 intelligence analysts crammed into a nondescript conference room here and dialed into a group call with 100 counterparts in Argentina, Brazil, Cyprus, India, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Taiwan and Ukraine.
CHANTILLY, Va. —  On a recent Wednesday morning, 100 intelligence analysts crammed into a nondescript conference room here and dialed into a group call with 100 counterparts in Argentina, Brazil, Cyprus, India, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Taiwan and Ukraine.
Mr. Cowan and others point to what happened to Target in 2013, when the retailer ignored an alert that ultimately could have stopped criminals from stealing 40 million customers’ payment details from its network.
Mr. Cowan and others point to what happened to Target in 2013, when the retailer ignored an alert that ultimately could have stopped criminals from stealing 40 million customers’ payment details from its network.
Without threat intelligence , they had roulette odds of picking the right one.”
Gartner, the research firm, estimates that the market for threat intelligence like iSight’s could grow to $1 billion in two years from $255 million in 2013.
Gartner predicts that by 2018, 60 percent of businesses will incorporate threat intelligence into their defensive security strategy.
ISight charges customers based on size, and while it does not disclose pricing, some customers say they pay $500,000 or more annually for the company’s services, as much as five times what low-end services charge.
ISight makes 90 percent of its revenue from subscriptions to its six intelligence streams, each focused on a particular threat, including cyberespionage and cybercrime.
ISight charges customers based on size , and while it does not disclose pricing, some customers say they pay $500,000 or more annually for the company’s services, as much as five times what low-end services charge.
ISight makes 90 percent of its revenue from subscriptions to its six intelligence streams, each focused on a particular threat, including cyberespionage and cybercrime .
ISight makes 90 percent of its revenue from subscriptions to its six intelligence streams, each focused on a particular threat, including cyberespionage and cybercrime.
The office of the United States attorney in Manhattan announced on Thursday that it was joining the investigation into the death of Samuel Harrell, a prisoner at the Fishkill Correctional Facility in Beacon, N.Y., who inmate witnesses say was handcuffed and beaten severely this year by a group of corrections officers.
The office of the United States attorney in Manhattan announced on Thursday that it was joining the investigation into the death of Samuel Harrell , a prisoner at the Fishkill Correctional Facility in Beacon, N.Y., who inmate witnesses say was handcuffed and beaten severely this year by a group of corrections officers.
The office of the United States attorney in Manhattan announced on Thursday that it was joining the investigation into the death of Samuel Harrell, a prisoner at the Fishkill Correctional Facility in Beacon, N.Y., who inmate witnesses say was handcuffed and beaten severely this year by a group of corrections officers.
In a brief statement, the United States attorney for the Southern District, Preet Bharara , said that his office would be “coordinating and working” with the Dutchess County district attorney’s office, which is also investigating the case.
In a brief statement, the United States attorney for the Southern District, Preet Bharara, said that his office would be “coordinating and working” with the Dutchess County district attorney’s office, which is also investigating the case.
With the deal counted out, South cashed his diamond ace and club queen, bringing everyone down to three cards.
Declarer held the heart K-8-7, West the heart J-10-6 and dummy the heart 9-5-3.
Manley took two spades, three hearts, one diamond and three clubs.
Manley took two spades, three hearts, one diamond and three clubs.
As it went, though, West’s bid helped Manley to read the deal perfectly.
DOHUK, Iraq — Kurdish officials are investigating reports that a mass grave has been found near the town of Sinjar that holds the remains of more than 70 Yazidis, including older women
DOHUK, Iraq — Kurdish officials are investigating reports that a mass grave has been found near the town of Sinjar that holds the remains of more than 70 Yazidis, including older women, a Kurdish security official said Saturday.
Kurdish and Yazidi fighters retook the town of Sinjar on Friday from the Islamic State, which had controlled it since August 2014.
However, he said, further investigation must wait for excavation of the site.
Born in Pakistan in 1935 and a London resident since 1964, Rasheed Araeen has been an art-world legend since the 1980s, when he founded and edited Third Text, a journal that not only gave a voice to contemporary non-Western and nonwhite artists but also helped initiate an entire rethinking of 20th-century art history.
Born in Pakistan in 1935 and a London resident since 1964, Rasheed Araeen has been an art-world legend since the 1980s, when he founded and edited Third Text , a journal that not only gave a voice to contemporary non-Western and nonwhite artists but also helped initiate an entire rethinking of 20th-century art history.
Mr. Araeen also produced some of the most influential writing of the time (I still have his clips from 30 years ago) and organized shows like “ The Other Story ” in London, which laid the foundation for the concept that modernism, far from being a Western phenomenon, had happened all over the world, on different schedules.
Born in Pakistan in 1935 and a London resident since 1964, Rasheed Araeen has been an art-world legend since the 1980s , when he founded and edited Third Text, a journal that not only gave a voice to contemporary non-Western and nonwhite artists but also helped initiate an entire rethinking of 20th-century art history.
Born in Pakistan in 1935 and a London resident since 1964, Rasheed Araeen has been an art-world legend since the 1980s, when he founded and edited Third Text, a journal that not only gave a voice to contemporary non-Western and nonwhite artists but also helped initiate an entire rethinking of 20th-century art history.
Overlooked amid all these accomplishments was Mr. Araeen’s art, a selection of which is at Aicon Gallery in his first New York solo exhibition .
Trained as a civil engineer , he became an artist after seeing Anthony Caro’s sculptures.
Trained as a civil engineer, he became an artist after seeing Anthony Caro’s sculptures .
His own early pieces combined Mr. Caro’s use of industrial materials with openwork structures adapted from architecture.
In the early 1960s he developed a version of what would come to be called Minimalism before its introduction in New York by Donald Judd and others.
Mr. Rezaian; his wife, Yeganeh Salehi , who is also a journalist; and a third defendant will appear before the Revolutionary Court in what is expected to be a closed proceeding.
TEHRAN —  Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post correspondent who has been detained in Iran for almost 10 months and accused of spying for the United States, will go on trial on May 26 , the judicial authorities told the state news media on Tuesday.
the Washington Post correspondent who has been detained in Iran for almost 10 months and accused of spying for the United States, will go on trial on May 26, the judicial authorities told the state news media on Tuesday.
Mr. Rezaian is accused of “espionage for the hostile government of the United States of America and propaganda activities against the system,” Mahmoud Razavian , a spokesman for the office of the judiciary, said in an interview with the state-run news agency IRNA.
Mr. Rezaian; his wife, Yeganeh Salehi, who is also a journalist; and a third defendant will appear before the Revolutionary Court in what is expected to be a closed proceeding.
She taught a course on Shakespeare’s tragedies: “Lear,” “Macbeth,” “Othello.” It was by far my favorite class at the University of North Carolina, which I attended in the mid-1980s, though I couldn’t and can’t think of any bluntly practical application for it, not unless you’re bound for a career on the stage or in academia.
It was by far my favorite class at the University of North Carolina, which I attended in the mid-1980s , though I couldn’t and can’t think of any bluntly practical application for it, not unless you’re bound for a career on the stage or in academia.
It was by far my favorite class at the University of North Carolina , which I attended in the mid-1980s, though I couldn’t and can’t think of any bluntly practical application for it, not unless you’re bound for a career on the stage or in academia.
She taught a course on Shakespeare’s tragedies : “Lear,” “Macbeth,” “Othello.”
It was by far my favorite class at the University of North Carolina, which I attended in the mid-1980s, though I couldn’t and can’t think of any bluntly practical application for it, not unless you’re bound for a career on the stage or in academia .
Nobody knows how many people read the December 1964 issue of the journal Archives of Internal Medicine, but apparently only one, Dr. Irwin Schatz , was so appalled by one of its articles, about a syphilis experiment using uneducated black men in Tuskegee, Ala., that he wrote the study’s author to protest.
“I couldn’t believe what I had read,” Dr. Schatz, who died on April 1, wrote in an email in 2013 to Civil Beat, an online newsletter in Hawaii , where he had moved to teach.
“I couldn’t believe what I had read,” Dr. Schatz, who died on April 1 , wrote in an email in 2013 to Civil Beat, an online newsletter in Hawaii, where he had moved to teach.
“I couldn’t believe what I had read,” Dr. Schatz, who died on April 1, wrote in an email in 2013 to Civil Beat, an online newsletter in Hawaii , where he had moved to teach.
No one ever responded to Dr. Schatz’s letter, written in 1965, but its discovery in 1972 helped frame a national debate over patients’ rights that generated new standards for research involving human subjects.
No one ever responded to Dr. Schatz’s letter, written in 1965, but its discovery in 1972 helped frame a national debate over patients’ rights that generated new standards for research involving human subjects.
No one ever responded to Dr. Schatz’s letter, written in 1965, but its discovery in 1972 helped frame a national debate over patients’ rights that generated new standards for research involving human subjects. Dr. Schatz (pronounced SHOTZ) died of metastatic melanoma at his home in Honolulu, his wife, Barbara, said.
Dr. Schatz (pronounced SHOTZ) died of metastatic melanoma at his home in Honolulu, his wife, Barbara, said.
In 2009, the Mayo Clinic recognized Dr. Schatz with a Distinguished Alumni Award. A nominating letter praised his courage because “criticizing an investigation which was overseen by some of the leading figures in the American Public Health Service was an action that was, to say the very least, potentially harmful to his career.”
A nominating letter praised his courage because “criticizing an investigation which was overseen by some of the leading figures in the American Public Health Service was an action that was, to say the very least, potentially harmful to his career.”
Irwin Jacob Schatz was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, on Oct. 16, 1931, the son of Jacob Schatz and the former Reva Rechtman.
Irwin Jacob Schatz was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba , on Oct. 16, 1931, the son of Jacob Schatz and the former Reva Rechtman.
If you tried to define New York City basketball strictly by birthplace, you would include players like Michael Jordan, who was born in Brooklyn but grew up elsewhere.
And even if you can agree that a player should basically be considered a New York City athlete if he went to high school in one of the five boroughs, is there anything else that traditionally sets apart a New York City basketball player?
And you would exclude Julius Erving, who was born in Nassau County, next to but not part of the city, but who helped to enhance the New York style of play with his wizardry at the famous Rucker Park playground in Harlem before going on to star for the New York Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers .
And you would exclude Julius Erving, who was born in Nassau County , next to but not part of the city, but who helped to enhance the New York style of play with his wizardry at the famous Rucker Park playground in Harlem before going on to star for the New York Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers.
If you tried to define New York City basketball strictly by birthplace, you would include players like Michael Jordan, who was born in Brooklyn but grew up elsewhere. And you would exclude Julius Erving, who was born in Nassau County, next to but not part of the city, but who helped to enhance the New York style of play with his wizardry at the famous Rucker Park playground in Harlem before going on to star for the New York Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers.
“You would know just by his toughness and his moxie,” said Kemba Walker, a star point guard for the Charlotte Hornets who was born in the Bronx, gained national prominence at Rice High School in Harlem and led the University of Connecticut to an N.C.A.A. title in 2011.
Brooklyn-born Chris Mullin, who played his high school ball in the city and was the N.C.A.A.’s player of the year for St. John’s in Queens in 1985 before becoming an N.B.A. All-Star , said he often watches college games and finds himself thinking a player is likely to be from his old stamping grounds based on the way he carries himself on the court.
“You would know just by his toughness and his moxie,” said Kemba Walker, a star point guard for the Charlotte Hornets who was born in the Bronx , gained national prominence at Rice High School in Harlem and led the University of Connecticut to an N.C.A.A. title in 2011.
Brooklyn-born Chris Mullin, who played his high school ball in the city and was the N.C.A.A.’s player of the year for St. John’s in Queens in 1985 before becoming an N.B.A. All-Star, said he often watches college games and finds himself thinking a player is likely to be from his old stamping grounds based on the way he carries himself on the court.
the N.C.A.A.’s player of the year for St. John’s in Queens in 1985 before becoming an N.B.A. All-Star, said he often watches college games and finds himself thinking a player is likely to be from his old stamping grounds based on the way he carries himself on the court.
For the second straight afternoon, McIlrath got into a fight that he won decisively, knocking off Schenn ’s helmet and pounding him with uppercuts.
The Rangers (16-6-2) have lost three games in a row in regulation for the first time this season.
The fight stirred the Madison Square Garden crowd and might have launched the Rangers to a victory.
The Rangers (16-6-2) have lost three games in a row in regulation for the first time this season.
After the fight, which unfolded 11 minutes into the game, the Rangers were outshot, 31-21, and the Flyers , who remain the league’s lowest-scoring team, rolled to a 3-0 victory.
After Saturday’s game, in which goaltender Henrik Lundqvist did not play, he answered several questions about Boston Coach Claude Julien’s remark that Lundqvist had embellished a collision with Bruins forward Brad Marchand.
After Saturday’s game, in which goaltender Henrik Lundqvist did not play, he answered several questions about Boston Coach Claude Julien’s remark that Lundqvist had embellished a collision with Bruins forward Brad Marchand.
After Saturday’s game, in which goaltender Henrik Lundqvist did not play, he answered several questions about Boston Coach Claude Julien’s remark that Lundqvist had embellished a collision with Bruins forward Brad Marchand .
After Saturday ’s game, in which goaltender Henrik Lundqvist did not play, he answered several questions about Boston Coach Claude Julien’s remark that Lundqvist had embellished a collision with Bruins forward Brad Marchand.
After Saturday’s game, in which goaltender Henrik Lundqvist did not play, he answered several questions about Boston Coach Claude Julien’s remark that Lundqvist had embellished a collision with Bruins forward Brad Marchand.
Lundqvist called Julien’s remarks “ disrespectful ,” adding that his head and neck were still sore from the collision.
Lundqvist called Julien’s remarks “disrespectful,” adding that his head and neck were still sore from the collision.
With Stepan out indefinitely , Vigneault recast his forward-line combinations Saturday, with the rookie Oscar Lindberg centering J. T. Miller and Jesper Fast, and Kevin Hayes centering Emerson Etem and Chris Kreider, who has one goal in his last 10 games.
With Stepan out indefinitely, Vigneault recast his forward-line combinations Saturday, with the rookie Oscar Lindberg centering J. T. Miller and Jesper Fast, and Kevin Hayes centering Emerson Etem and Chris Kreider, who has one goal in his last 10 games.
With Stepan out indefinitely, Vigneault recast his forward-line combinations Saturday, with the rookie Oscar Lindberg centering J. T. Miller and Jesper Fast, and Kevin Hayes centering Emerson Etem and Chris Kreider , who has one goal in his last 10 games.
The Pilgrims and their fellow travelers weren’t terrorists , of course (despite an instance of putting the severed head of a perceived enemy on a pole), but they and those who followed certainly did effect a cultural conquest.
The Pilgrims and their fellow travelers weren’t terrorists, of course (despite an instance of putting the severed head of a perceived enemy on a pole ), but they and those who followed certainly did effect a cultural conquest.
Some versions of their story play that down, partly because a plague resulting from earlier contact with Westerners brought widespread death to coastal Indians in the Northeast just before the Mayflower arrived.
the Mayflower arrived.
Some versions of their story play that down, partly because a plague resulting from earlier contact with Westerners brought widespread death to coastal Indians in the Northeast just before the Mayflower arrived.
The program details the awful first winter, the crucial alliance with the Indian leader Massasoit , and the colony’s eventual arrival at stability.
In classic documentary style, writings from the time are read to accompany the narrative, most of them from the journal of William Bradford, who became the colony’s governor.
The actor Roger Rees renders Bradford beautifully; it was among his last performances before his death in July.
Mr. Burns’s most inspired touch is to end not in the 1600s, but two centuries later, by following what happened to Bradford’s journal .
It disappeared during the Revolutionary War, then was rediscovered in the mid-1800s , just when a divided United States was in need of some feel-good, unifying core stories.
In the Sheriff’s Department, she became the youngest captain in 1983 , and, in 1997, was promoted to chief deputy.
In 2008, she was appointed by Mayor Gavin Newsom, now the lieutenant governor of California, to be the director of the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management , overseeing emergency response teams for the Police and Fire Departments.
And in 2012 , she was appointed interim sheriff when Mr. Mirkarimi was suspended after a domestic dispute with his wife.
In 2008, she was appointed by Mayor Gavin Newsom , now the lieutenant governor of California, to be the director of the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management, overseeing emergency response teams for the Police and Fire Departments.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Watching Tiger Woods launch wildly errant drives was hard.
It was only the second time in 303 PGA Tour starts as a professional that Woods had failed to break 80 (the other time was in the third round of the 2002 British Open, played in hellacious conditions).
Fans at T.P.C. Scottsdale, renowned for their crassness, were overcome with compassion as Woods, who was No. 1 in the world at this time last year, struggled to an 11-over-par 82 and a 36-hole total of 13-over 155.
He might as well have had the Grim Reaper on his bag instead of his trusty caddie, Joe LaCava .
As his round unraveled, the greeting he received at each tee box grew louder and more prolonged.
As his round unraveled , the greeting he received at each tee box grew louder and more prolonged.
Fans repeatedly shouted, “ Keep your head up, Tiger! ” and “Keep fighting, Tiger!”
As one weekend duffer in Woods’s gallery mournfully noted, “Watching him makes me feel more normal .
After his 27th hole, Woods was 19 strokes off the leader’s pace.
He missed nearly six months to recover from back surgery and in recent weeks was slowed by influenza.
In official tour events, Woods has not bettered par in his last six competitive rounds, dating to August .
He missed nearly six months to recover from back surgery and in recent weeks was slowed by influenza .
For him, opening night is April 9 , the first day of the Masters.
After signing his scorecard , he stepped to the microphone and deadpanned, “I’m just doing this so I won’t get fined.”
If he is worried about the state of his game, Woods hid it behind his actor’s mask.
As Woods’s group approached the tee box, the man announced to the fans, “No jokes about missing teeth, blondes or 5-irons.”
Is it worrisome that Woods’s worst day as a pro coincided with one of the best by his heir apparent, Rory McIlroy , who posted a 64 in the second round of the Dubai Desert Classic?
Woods said he was able to joke after a round like Friday’s because on the PGA Tour, bad days come with the picturesque scenery.
Should Woods’s galleries take anything from the fact that Jack Nicklaus , whose 18 career major victories Woods is targeting, won three of them after age 39?
“Unfortunately, you know, mine was in a public forum , in a public setting.” Is it worrisome that Woods’s worst day as a pro coincided with one of the best by his heir apparent, Rory McIlroy, who posted a 64 in the second round of the Dubai Desert Classic?
Here are the best games to watch in N.F.L. Week 4: Vikings (2-1) at Broncos (3-0) 4:25 p.m.
Here are the best games to watch in N.F.L. Week 4: Vikings (2-1) at Broncos (3-0) 4:25 p.m .
Peterson, 30 , is at an age when running backs tend to wear down, but after being suspended for 15 games last season, he has emerged as an example of how an extended break from the rigors of competition can rejuvenate an aging star.
Peterson, 30, is at an age when running backs tend to wear down, but after being suspended for 15 games last season, he has emerged as an example of how an extended break from the rigors of competition can rejuvenate an aging star.
Line: Broncos by 7 “Who is a better running back than me?”
Line: Cardinals by 7 ½ The Cardinals sound like a setup for a feel-good Hollywood movie: A 62-year-old coach with a 36-year-old quarterback and a 32-year-old wide receiver who are going against opponents who grew up with posters of them on their walls.
But anyone who watched last season’s implosion knows the team can go only as far as Palmer’s surgically repaired legs can take it, so some caution against a hard-hitting Rams team may be in order.
Line: Cardinals by 7 ½ The Cardinals sound like a setup for a feel-good Hollywood movie: A 62-year-old coach with a 36-year-old quarterback and a 32-year-old wide receiver who are going against opponents who grew up with posters of them on their walls.
But anyone who watched last season’s implosion knows the team can go only as far as Palmer’s surgically repaired legs can take it, so some caution against a hard-hitting Rams team may be in order.
But Bruce Arians , Carson Palmer and Larry Fitzgerald have done more than enough this season to justify General Manager Steve Keim’s comparing them, during a radio appearance, to fine wine.
PICK: BENGALS Cowboys (2-1) at Saints (0-3) 8:30 p.m.
Last week, Bengals wide receiver A. J. Green humiliated Baltimore with 227 receiving yards and two touchdowns.
The Chiefs’ secondary has had a hard time defending the pass, which makes a trip to Cincinnati to go against the Bengals’ thriving offense a case of unfortunate timing.
Sean Smith will be back from a suspension and will do his best against Green, but with Phillip Gaines out with a knee injury, Cincinnati’s offense may be off to the races.
PICK: BENGALS Cowboys (2-1) at Saints (0-3) 8:30 p.m.
PICK: BILLS Packers (3-0) at 49ers (1-2) 4.25 p.m.
Those two talented players had seen their public image tarnished over the last few seasons, but they appear to have found a home with Coach Rex Ryan and are playing a big part in the team’s success.
PICK: BILLS Packers (3-0) at 49ers (1-2) 4.25 p.m.
PICK: BILLS Packers ( 3 -0) at 49ers (1-2) 4.25 p.m.
PICK: BILLS Packers (3-0) at 49ers (1-2) 4.25 p.m.
The team has had only two plays of 25 yards or more, and the humdrum execution has been reflected on the scoreboard, with the Eagles averaging 19.3 points a game, tied for 21st in the N.F.L. Relying on the other team to trot out an even worse offense does not seem like a great strategy, but it should work this week for Philadelphia.
Eagles (1-2) at Redskins (1-2) 1 p.m.
Sam Bradford has looked like a bad fit at quarterback and has spent most of the season throwing his running backs short passes that get nowhere.
The team has had only two plays of 25 yards or more, and the humdrum execution has been reflected on the scoreboard, with the Eagles averaging 19.3 points a game, tied for 21st in the N.F.L. Relying on the other team to trot out an even worse offense does not seem like a great strategy, but it should work this week for Philadelphia.
Eagles (1-2) at Redskins (1-2) 1 p.m. Line: Eagles by 3 Coach Chip Kelly may have amazing offensive schemes, but thus far his players haven’t been able to execute them.
“My first take was that it sounded like a story that came from The Onion and not TMZ, not that TMZ’s really a reputable news source with hard-hitting journalism,” Joe Thomas, the team’s left tackle, said at a charity event.
“My first take was that it sounded like a story that came from The Onion and not TMZ, not that TMZ’s really a reputable news source with hard-hitting journalism,” Joe Thomas, the team’s left tackle, said at a charity event .
TMZ reported that some Browns starters were pushing for Johnny Manziel to regain the starting position.
The supposed quarterback controversy in Cleveland may be about page views more than reality.
TMZ reported that some Browns starters were pushing for Johnny Manziel to regain the starting position.
PICK: COLTS Panthers (3-0) at Buccaneers (1-2) 1 p.m.
PICK: COLTS Panthers (3-0) at Buccaneers (1-2) 1 p.m.
The team has rarely been associated with such perseverance, but Cam Newton has the Panthers just four wins short of the team’s division-leading total from last season.
PICK: COLTS Panthers (3-0) at Buccaneers (1-2) 1 p.m.
The team has endured another loss, with defensive end Charles Johnson sidelined, but a trade for Jared Allen should pay dividends soon even if he is limited this week.
Greece’s backsliding on its pledges has stirred speculation in recent days of a possible “ Grexit ,” or Greek exit, from the 19-nation group that uses the euro.
Greece’s backsliding on its pledges has stirred speculation in recent days of a possible “Grexit,” or Greek exit, from the 19-nation group that uses the euro .
In a sign of how testy the mood had become, Charles Michel , the prime minister of Belgium, another country that uses the euro, complained that mediation with Greece should involve all members of the eurozone and could not be done by a few individual members.
In a sign of how testy the mood had become, Charles Michel, the prime minister of Belgium, another country that uses the euro, complained that mediation with Greece should involve all members of the eurozone and could not be done by a few individual members .
In a sign of how testy the mood had become, Charles Michel, the prime minister of Belgium, another country that uses the euro, complained that mediation with Greece should involve all members of the eurozone and could not be done by a few individual members.
“I am angry,” Mr. Michel said, according to Belgian news reports.
“We did not give a mandate to either France or Germany to negotiate.”
But Mr. Stubb of Finland , which also uses the euro, said he was happy to let Ms. Merkel and Mr. Hollande face down Mr. Tsipras late into the night, noting that “there is always a lot of mayhem around these meetings.”
But Mr. Stubb of Finland, which also uses the euro, said he was happy to let Ms. Merkel and Mr. Hollande face down Mr. Tsipras late into the night, noting that “ there is always a lot of mayhem around these meetings.”
But Mr. Stubb of Finland , which also uses the euro, said he was happy to let Ms. Merkel and Mr. Hollande face down Mr. Tsipras late into the night, noting that “there is always a lot of mayhem around these meetings.”
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Scores of Syrian government soldiers and civilians besieged by insurgents for nearly a month in a hospital in northern Syria fled on Friday in a dramatic exit that both the army and its opponents promptly claimed as a victory.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Scores of Syrian government soldiers and civilians besieged by insurgents for nearly a month in a hospital in northern Syria fled on Friday in a dramatic exit that both the army and its opponents promptly claimed as a victory.
Videos posted by each side showed lines of uniformed soldiers trotting away across a field as what sounded like rifle and artillery fire echoed in the background; the government claimed that they reached safety, while insurgents claimed that many were killed or captured.
Videos posted by each side showed lines of uniformed soldiers trotting away across a field as what sounded like rifle and artillery fire echoed in the background; the government claimed that they reached safety , while insurgents claimed that many were killed or captured.
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Scores of Syrian government soldiers and civilians besieged by insurgents for nearly a month in a hospital in northern Syria fled on Friday in a dramatic exit that both the army and its opponents promptly claimed as a victory.
Afterward, insurgents, including members of the Nusra Front , which is affiliated with Al Qaeda, captured the gutted hospital, completing their takeover of the town of Jisr al-Shoughour, a crucial location on the road from the mostly insurgent-held province of Idlib toward the government’s strongholds on the coast.
In addition, on Friday, the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS or ISIL , seized a military outpost near Palmyra, after its takeover on Thursday of a border crossing between Syria and Iraq farther east.
The scene unfolded almost a month after President Bashar al-Assad, in a rare public speech, had vowed to send reinforcements to rescue the holdouts, declaring, “ The army will arrive soon to these heroes.”
Afterward, insurgents, including members of the Nusra Front, which is affiliated with Al Qaeda, captured the gutted hospital , completing their takeover of the town of Jisr al-Shoughour, a crucial location on the road from the mostly insurgent-held province of Idlib toward the government’s strongholds on the coast.
The loss of the hospital came two days after Islamic State militants drove government forces out of the desert town of Palmyra in central Syria in a lightning attack that has shocked the country.
What happened to more than 150 soldiers who had been in the hospital, along with several dozen civilians, was unclear .
Insurgents said the troops fled when they heard the sounds of their opponents digging a tunnel underneath the hospital to blow it up .
The state news agency, SANA, said they were “reunited with their comrades,” while insurgent groups contended that many had been captured or killed .
A video had been posted online earlier of a fighter called Abu Mosaab, who is known for tunneling under government positions, and a commander with his group, Ahrar al-Sham, issued a statement saying: “ The psychological war might have a bigger impact than traditional war .
State news media portrayed it as a planned escape carried out with the help of air and artillery strikes in “a successful tactical operation.” Insurgents said the troops fled when they heard the sounds of their opponents digging a tunnel underneath the hospital to blow it up.
What was clear was that those trapped had been living in difficult conditions .
Video shot by insurgents entering the grounds showed the hospital building in rubble, with dismembered or decomposing bodies strewn about .
In one video posted by insurgents, voices can be heard , apparently those of insurgents watching the escape.
Food and water had been airdropped to the those trapped inside .
Graffiti on the walls read, “Assad or we damn the country.” In one video posted by insurgents, voices can be heard, apparently those of insurgents watching the escape.
Will it? Meditation is exploding in popularity.
Will it? Meditation is exploding in popularity.
Pay a visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland , and you get to do an early morning guided meditation with global leaders.
As Arianna Huffington has said, C.E.O.s are increasingly coming out of the closet — as meditators.
Pay a visit to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and you get to do an early morning guided meditation with global leaders.
Over a hundred thousand Americans may have died prematurely, “not from stress, but from the belief that stress is bad for you, ” as the health psychologist Kelly McGonigal notes.
Over a hundred thousand Americans may have died prematurely, “not from stress, but from the belief that stress is bad for you, ” as the health psychologist Kelly McGonigal notes.
After meditating, people are more likely to focus their attention in the present .
But as the neuroscientist Richard Davidson and the psychologist Alfred Kaszniak recently lamented, “There are still very few methodologically rigorous studies that demonstrate the efficacy of mindfulness-based interventions in either the treatment of specific diseases or in the promotion of well-being.”
In an experiment led by the Stanford psychologist Alia Crum, when people had only 10 minutes to prepare a charismatic speech, simply reframing the stress response as healthy was enough to relax them and reduce their physiological responses, if they tended to be highly reactive.
After spending the past four decades studying mindfulness without meditation, the Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer has identified plenty of other techniques for raising our conscious awareness of the present.
After spending the past four decades studying mindfulness without meditation, the Harvard psychologist Ellen Langer has identified plenty of other techniques for raising our conscious awareness of the present.
For example, it turns out that you can become more mindful by thinking in conditionals instead of absolutes.
When they were told, “This is a rubber band,” only 3 percent realized it could also be used as an eraser.
When they had been told “This could be a rubber band,” 40 percent figured out that it could erase their mistake.
For some people, meditation might be the most efficient way to reduce stress and cultivate mindfulness.
For some people, meditation might be the most efficient way to reduce stress and cultivate mindfulness .
In fact, in some situations, meditation may be harmful: Willoughby Britton, a Brown University Medical School professor, has discovered numerous cases of traumatic meditation experiences that intensify anxiety, reduce focus and drive, and leave people feeling incapacitated.
In fact, in some situations, meditation may be harmful: Willoughby Britton, a Brown University Medical School professor , has discovered numerous cases of traumatic meditation experiences that intensify anxiety, reduce focus and drive, and leave people feeling incapacitated.
In fact, in some situations, meditation may be harmful: Willoughby Britton , a Brown University Medical School professor, has discovered numerous cases of traumatic meditation experiences that intensify anxiety, reduce focus and drive, and leave people feeling incapacitated.
William A. Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management has lost 9.4 percent so far this year, while Marcato International, a hedge fund run by Mick McGuire, a protégé of Mr. Ackman, has lost 11.6 percent.
William A. Ackman’s Pershing Square Capital Management has lost 9.4 percent so far this year, while Marcato International, a hedge fund run by Mick McGuire, a protégé of Mr. Ackman, has lost 11.6 percent .
Hedge fund managers who have gained sterling records in recent years are suffering, including Larry Robbins of Glenview Capital Management , who is down 13.5 percent.
Hedge fund managers who have gained sterling records in recent years are suffering, including Larry Robbins of Glenview Capital Management, who is down 13.5 percent .
Nine of the most popular stocks owned by hedge funds, including Valeant and Cheniere Energy , lost more than 20 percent over the quarter, according to research by Novus.
Nearly all of the October gain came from the category that covers auto and student loans, while credit card borrowing edged up a mere $200 million .
The Labor Department reported last week that employers added 211,000 jobs in November and 298,000 in October.
Nearly all of the October gain came from the category that covers auto and student loans, while credit card borrowing edged up a mere $200 million.
The Labor Department reported last week that employers added 211,000 jobs in November and 298,000 in October.
The unemployment rate held steady at 5 percent last month.
That would be Jonathan Lamberton , the mayor’s sign-language interpreter, whose arsenal of rapid gesticulations, vigorous frowns and mime-like smiles — a stark contrast to the mayor’s sober mien — raced around social media this week, earning equal parts awe and amusement.
“That guy nailed it,” Jon Stewart declared on Tuesday’s “Daily Show,” which featured a compilation of Mr. Lamberton’s more theatrical moments.
Dozens of websites deemed him a breakout star, and BuzzFeed suggested Jason Schwartzman, the hipster actor, could play him in a movie.
That would be Jonathan Lamberton , the mayor’s sign-language interpreter, whose arsenal of rapid gesticulations, vigorous frowns and mime-like smiles — a stark contrast to the mayor’s sober mien — raced around social media this week, earning equal parts awe and amusement.
Dozens of websites deemed him a breakout star, and BuzzFeed suggested Jason Schwartzman, the hipster actor , could play him in a movie.
Mr. Watkins, a tourist from Utah visiting New York for the United States Open, was stabbed in the chest on Sept. 3, 1990, in a struggle with at least six young men who had tried to rob his family inside the Seventh Avenue subway station at 53rd Street.
The judge’s ruling came after lengthy hearings, starting in February, during which Mr. Hincapie testified that a detective had beaten a confession out of him and a previously unknown witness, Mariluz Santana, came forward to swear she had not seen Mr. Hincapie on the subway platform when the murder happened.
The judge’s ruling came after lengthy hearings, starting in February, during which Mr. Hincapie testified that a detective had beaten a confession out of him and a previously unknown witness, Mariluz Santana , came forward to swear she had not seen Mr. Hincapie on the subway platform when the murder happened.
Mr. Watkins, a tourist from Utah visiting New York for the United States Open , was stabbed in the chest on Sept. 3, 1990, in a struggle with at least six young men who had tried to rob his family inside the Seventh Avenue subway station at 53rd Street.
The judge’s ruling came after lengthy hearings, starting in February, during which Mr. Hincapie testified that a detective had beaten a confession out of him and a previously unknown witness, Mariluz Santana, came forward to swear she had not seen Mr. Hincapie on the subway platform when the murder happened.
The judge’s ruling came after lengthy hearings, starting in February, during which Mr. Hincapie testified that a detective had beaten a confession out of him and a previously unknown witness, Mariluz Santana , came forward to swear she had not seen Mr. Hincapie on the subway platform when the murder happened.
Some of the men later said they needed money to go dancing at the Roseland Ballroom.
Mr. Watkins, a tourist from Utah visiting New York for the United States Open , was stabbed in the chest on Sept. 3, 1990, in a struggle with at least six young men who had tried to rob his family inside the Seventh Avenue subway station at 53rd Street.
Mr. Watkins, a tourist from Utah visiting New York for the United States Open, was stabbed in the chest on Sept. 3, 1990, in a struggle with at least six young men who had tried to rob his family inside the Seventh Avenue subway station at 53rd Street.
But Mr. Hincapie now maintains he gave a false confession after a detective beat him .
His story was buttressed by the testimony of Luis Montero , who testified he recalled Mr. Hincapie’s being with him at the turnstiles just before the commotion erupted on the platform below.
Another man convicted in the attack, Anthony Anderson, took the stand and testified he did not remember Mr. Hincapie’s being on the platform when another teenager, Yul Gary Morales , stabbed Mr. Watkins in the chest.
Another man convicted in the attack, Anthony Anderson, took the stand and testified he did not remember Mr. Hincapie’s being on the platform when another teenager, Yul Gary Morales, stabbed Mr. Watkins in the chest .
Ms. Santana , a 45-year-old hospital worker, also corroborated Mr. Hincapie’s claim.
The crime scene was chaotic, and Ms. Santana had started to run as soon as the violence began; she might not have spotted everyone involved.
He also emphasized that three other men convicted with Mr. Hincapie — Pascal Carpenter, Emiliano Fernandez and Ricardo Nova — all told the police he had participated in the robbery.
Eugene R. Hurley III, a senior Manhattan prosecutor, said in his closing argument that Mr. Hincapie’s story made no sense, because the escalator he claimed to have run down was going up at the time .
The crime scene was chaotic, and Ms. Santana had started to run as soon as the violence began; she might not have spotted everyone involved.
The judge noted Ms. Santana had come forward only this year after reading news accounts of the hearing , while Mr. Montero and Mr. Anderson had legal reasons in 1990 for not making themselves available to testify.
The judge noted Ms. Santana had come forward only this year after reading news accounts of the hearing, while Mr. Montero and Mr. Anderson had legal reasons in 1990 for not making themselves available to testify.
He said the case law regarding setting aside a verdict did not require all of the witnesses to be newly discovered, only that their statements be discovered after the trial .
The judge also reject ed the prosecution’s argument that Mr. Hincapie could have called the witnesses at his first trial and chose not to.
He said the strong-arm tactics the police had used to persuade him and the other defendants to confess were to blame for Mr. Hincapie’s conviction.
For his part, Mr. Hincapie said his first order of business was to go to a restaurant and have a seafood dinner .
He said during his long incarceration he had at times nursed “a desire for full reprisal and revenge .”
“But I came to realize once I put my bitterness and angriness behind me that compassion was even more powerful.
“You became concerned that your only way out of this precinct was to give the cops a story that they could use and give to the prosecutor,” he said.
LONDON —  Students at Cardiff University have begun an online petition trying to bar Germaine Greer , the Australian feminist author, from speaking there next month because of her views on transgender women.
LONDON —  Students at Cardiff University have begun an online petition trying to bar Germaine Greer, the Australian feminist author, from speaking there next month because of her views on transgender women .
Ms. Greer’s views are well known, but the campaign to bar her from giving a lecture has raised the issue of academic censorship , and the university swiftly rejected the petition in the name of free speech.
Ms. Greer’s views are well known, but the campaign to bar her from giving a lecture has raised the issue of academic censorship, and the university swiftly rejected the petition in the name of free speech .
Ms. Greer, 76 , who is best known for her best seller, “The Female Eunuch,” has prompted outrage and protests in the past because of her comments.
The petition had received about 880 signatures by noon on Saturday.
She called the petition “a bit of a put-up job” because she was not even going to talk about the issue in her lecture on Nov. 18 , titled “Women & Power: The Lessons of the 20th Century.”
The petition was initiated on Friday by Rachael Melhuish , women’s officer at the Cardiff University Students’ Union.
In a statement, the university’s vice chancellor, Colin Riordan , said, “Our events include speakers with a range of views, all of which are rigorously challenged and debated.”
The petition states that Ms. Greer has “demonstrated time and time again her misogynistic views towards trans women, including continually ‘misgendering’ trans women and denying the existence of transphobia altogether.”
“You may recall a few years ago the Tom Cruise movie ‘Minority Report,’ when he was sitting on that glass screen moving all those things around,” Mr. Bratton said.
His answer about his own future, in response to a question by Tom F. Allon, the president of City & State , at a breakfast in Midtown Manhattan, shed light on just how open Mr. Bratton is to the concept of exiting public service.
Mr. de Blasio , in fact, in reacting to the comments, hit political tones in using words usually reserved for when people announce a departure.
“You may recall a few years ago the Tom Cruise movie ‘ Minority Report, ’ when he was sitting on that glass screen moving all those things around,” Mr. Bratton said.
He simply said he would stay long enough to fulfill a number of prime goals: keeping crime at “very low levels”; addressing “the racial tensions that exist in this city and have grown significantly around the country over the past year around the criminal justice system”; building morale among the rank-and-file; and, “most importantly,” keeping “the image of this city as the safest large city in America.”
To be clear, Mr. Bratton carefully left open any precise exit date.
He simply said he would stay long enough to fulfill a number of prime goals: keeping crime at “very low levels”; addressing “the racial tensions that exist in this city and have grown significantly around the country over the past year around the criminal justice system”; building morale among the rank-and-file; and, “most importantly,” keeping “the image of this city as the safest large city in America.” “Our crime numbers are fast approaching the point where we can arguably say that we’re one of the safest, if not the safest, large city in the world,” he said.
He simply said he would stay long enough to fulfill a number of prime goals: keeping crime at “very low levels”; addressing “the racial tensions that exist in this city and have grown significantly around the country over the past year around the criminal justice system”; building morale among the rank-and-file; and, “most importantly,” keeping “the image of this city as the safest large city in America.”
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. —  Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, who lost his right index finger in a Fourth of July fireworks accident, did not report for the first day of training camp Thursday, and the team co-owner John Mara said the Giants had no information on the condition of Pierre-Paul, their best defensive player.
a Fourth of July fireworks accident, did not report for the first day of training camp Thursday, and the team co-owner John Mara said the Giants had no information on the condition of Pierre-Paul, their best defensive player.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. —  Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, who lost his right index finger in a Fourth of July fireworks accident, did not report for the first day of training camp Thursday, and the team co-owner John Mara said the Giants had no information on the condition of Pierre-Paul, their best defensive player.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. —  Giants defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, who lost his right index finger in a Fourth of July fireworks accident, did not report for the first day of training camp Thursday, and the team co-owner John Mara said the Giants had no information on the condition of Pierre-Paul, their best defensive player.
In March, the Giants made Pierre-Paul their franchise player, which guaranteed him $14.8 million this season if he signed the franchise offer, which Pierre-Paul did not do.
The Giants could still withdraw their franchise tag offer, which would make Pierre-Paul an unrestricted free agent, but Mara said that was not in the team’s immediate plans.
The Giants could still withdraw their franchise tag offer, which would make Pierre-Paul an unrestricted free agent, but Mara said that was not in the team’s immediate plans.
The Giants could still withdraw their franchise tag offer, which would make Pierre-Paul an unrestricted free agent, but Mara said that was not in the team’s immediate plans.
The Giants could still withdraw their franchise tag offer, which would make Pierre-Paul an unrestricted free agent , but Mara said that was not in the team’s immediate plans.
The Giants could still withdraw their franchise tag offer , which would make Pierre-Paul an unrestricted free agent, but Mara said that was not in the team’s immediate plans.
The team could also negotiate a compromise contract for an amount based on how many games Pierre-Paul might play this season.
“He’s a rare athlete who has played at a very high level before.
“I don’t think we’re going to do anything until we actually see where he’s at,” Mara said.
“He’s a rare athlete who has played at a very high level before.
Mara said that various Giants officials had contacted Pierre-Paul since the accident, including Coach Tom Coughlin, who said on Thursday that his text to Pierre-Paul immediately after the accident went unanswered.
Mara said that various Giants officials had contacted Pierre-Paul since the accident, including Coach Tom Coughlin, who said on Thursday that his text to Pierre-Paul immediately after the accident went unanswered.
Mara said that various Giants officials had contacted Pierre-Paul since the accident, including Coach Tom Coughlin , who said on Thursday that his text to Pierre-Paul immediately after the accident went unanswered.
Mara said that various Giants officials had contacted Pierre-Paul since the accident, including Coach Tom Coughlin, who said on Thursday that his text to Pierre-Paul immediately after the accident went unanswered.
Mara said that various Giants officials had contacted Pierre-Paul since the accident , including Coach Tom Coughlin, who said on Thursday that his text to Pierre-Paul immediately after the accident went unanswered.
Mara said he had texted Pierre-Paul in the days after the accident.
To date, most of the communication between the Giants and Pierre-Paul has been by text messages.
Mara conceded that he was speaking with reporters in an effort to get his message to Pierre-Paul.
Asked what his primary message was to Pierre-Paul, Mara said, “ Come home; we miss you. ”
To date, most of the communication between the Giants and Pierre-Paul has been by text messages.
His last memorable public performance was an open-air Valentine’s Day concert in Istanbul in February .
He got out of his sickbed to sing with his wife, Ipek Acar ,
He got out of his sickbed to sing with his wife, Ipek Acar, and Nilufer .
His last memorable public performance was an open-air Valentine’s Day concert in Istanbul in February.
He got out of his sickbed to sing with his wife, Ipek Acar, and Nilufer.
PRAISE FOR THE POLICE Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch made Cincinnati her first stop in May on a national tour studying community policing.
The city’s reforms have included increased training and community engagement in the aftermath of the 2001 riots, which were sparked by the fatal police shooting of an unarmed black man.
PRAISE FOR THE POLICE Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch made Cincinnati her first stop in May on a national tour studying community policing.
PRAISE FOR THE POLICE Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch made Cincinnati her first stop in May on a national tour studying community policing .
Many current All-Stars will be retired before the completion of a multidecade project to upgrade the Interstate 75 roadway, ramps and an outdated bridge that carries 160,000 to 170,000 vehicles daily over the Ohio River.
Many current All-Stars will be retired before the completion of a multidecade project to upgrade the Interstate 75 roadway, ramps and an outdated bridge that carries 160,000 to 170,000 vehicles daily over the Ohio River .
Brian Cunningham, a spokesman for the Ohio Department of Transportation , said no new work would be started in the next few days, to try to ease congestion.
Many current All-Stars will be retired before the completion of a multidecade project to upgrade the Interstate 75 roadway , ramps and an outdated bridge that carries 160,000 to 170,000 vehicles daily over the Ohio River.
ROSE ON HIS BEST BEHAVIOR A product of working-class west-side Cincinnati , Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader, was barred from the game in 1989 and finally acknowledged in 2004 that he bet on baseball.
ROSE ON HIS BEST BEHAVIOR A product of working-class west-side Cincinnati, Pete Rose , baseball’s career hits leader, was barred from the game in 1989 and finally acknowledged in 2004 that he bet on baseball.
ROSE ON HIS BEST BEHAVIOR A product of working-class west-side Cincinnati, Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader, was barred from the game in 1989 and finally acknowledged in 2004 that he bet on baseball.
ROSE ON HIS BEST BEHAVIOR A product of working-class west-side Cincinnati, Pete Rose, baseball’s career hits leader, was barred from the game in 1989 and finally acknowledged in 2004 that he bet on baseball.
Now 74, Rose has petitioned for reinstatement , and there had been hopes locally that something might happen in time for the All-Star Game.
REDS FANS SAVOR TEAM HISTORY Cincinnati was home to the first professional baseball team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, who went unbeaten their inaugural season.
There are tributes to the vintage players around the city, and former players will be in town from two other great Cincinnati teams — the 1975-76 world champions, including Rose, and the 1990 team, led by Barry Larkin, which swept the World Series over Oakland .
Cincinnati was home to the first professional baseball team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, who went unbeaten their inaugural season.
REDS FANS SAVOR TEAM HISTORY Cincinnati was home to the first professional baseball team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, who went unbeaten their inaugural season.
REDS FANS SAVOR TEAM HISTORY Cincinnati was home to the first professional baseball team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, who went unbeaten their inaugural season.
The new photo book “Rap Tees: A Collection of Hip-Hop T-Shirts 1980 -1999” by DJ Ross
The new photo book “Rap Tees: A Collection of Hip-Hop T-Shirts 1980-1999” by DJ Ross One documents 500 shirts, from hip-hop’s dawn — the first item is a Sugar Hill Gang shirt from 1980, a year after that group released “Rapper’s Delight,” widely considered the first commercial hip-hop single — to its turn-of-the-millennium ubiquity.
All the shirts are advertisements, but they go about their job in vastly different ways:
The new photo book “Rap Tees: A Collection of Hip-Hop T-Shirts 1980-1999” by DJ Ross One documents 500 shirts, from hip-hop’s dawn — the first item is a Sugar Hill Gang shirt from 1980, a year after that group released “Rapper’s Delight,” widely considered the first commercial hip-hop single — to its turn-of-the-millennium ubiquity.
The new photo book “Rap Tees: A Collection of Hip-Hop T-Shirts 1980-1999” by DJ Ross One documents 500 shirts, from hip-hop’s dawn — the first item is a Sugar Hill Gang shirt from 1980, a year after that group released “Rapper’s Delight,” widely considered the first commercial hip-hop single — to its turn-of-the-millennium ubiquity.
Several were promotional items , given out to tastemakers and fans.
That means that this book begins as a document of the hip-hop industry’s efforts to branch out beyond music, and by the end shifts to the flea markets, swap meets, sidewalk stalls and parking lots where street-level entrepreneurs, recognizing that rabid fans were also underserved customers, collected money that the rappers and their record labels were leaving on the table.
And many weren’t by the musicians at all, but bootlegs made on the cheap and distributed broadly.
That means that this book begins as a document of the hip-hop industry’s efforts to branch out beyond music, and by the end shifts to the flea markets, swap meets, sidewalk stalls and parking lots where street-level entrepreneurs , recognizing that rabid fans were also underserved customers, collected money that the rappers and their record labels were leaving on the table.
Several iterations of shirts from a single LL Cool J tour are displayed: The designer, Cey Adams , talks about how he would work on the fly, creating new shirts in different cities as the old ones sold out.
The free-speech and free-love warriors 2 Live Crew used pointed political and sexual slogans.
Several iterations of shirts from a single LL Cool J tour are displayed: The designer, Cey Adams, talks about how he would work on the fly, creating new shirts in different cities as the old ones sold out .
These are done in what has become the definitive bootleg style: cut-and-paste graphics with text in loud, slightly corroded fonts, generally on a black T-shirt.
The comedian Hannibal Buress tried the system at a show in California in May.
Yondr, a year-old company based in San Francisco , may have a low-tech workaround: a form-fitting, tamper-proof neoprene case that patrons are handed as they enter a theater.
Yondr, a year-old company based in San Francisco, may have a low-tech workaround: a form-fitting, tamper-proof neoprene case that patron s are handed as they enter a theater.
Phones are turned off or put on vibrate, slipped into the case and locked; the patron holds the package during the show.
Yondr, a year-old company based in San Francisco, may have a low-tech workaround: a form-fitting, tamper-proof neoprene case that patrons are handed as they enter a theater .
“The idea is to allow people to be swept up into a shared mood in a live performance” without disruption, said Graham Dugoni , Yondr’s founder.
Several performing arts organizations, including some in the classical music world, have designated “tweet seats” where use of social media during selected performances is encouraged.
Several performing arts organizations, including some in the classical music world, have designated “ tweet seats ” where use of social media during selected performances is encouraged.
At the beginning of their new Broadway show, now in previews, the magicians Penn & Teller invite the audience to turn on their cellphones as part of a magic trick.
At the beginning of their new Broadway show, now in previews, the magicians Penn & Teller invite the audience to turn on their cellphones as part of a magic trick.
That is Texas Southern, seeded 15th in the West Region and matched against No. 2 Arizona on Thursday.
Coach Mike Davis coached at Indiana for six seasons, leading the Hoosiers to the 2002 championship game.
Coach Mike Davis coached at Indiana for six seasons, leading the Hoosiers to the 2002 championship game.
Coach Mike Davis coached at Indiana for six seasons , leading the Hoosiers to the 2002 championship game.
Coach Mike Davis coached at Indiana for six seasons, leading the Hoosiers to the 2002 championship game.
“But I wanted to play the really, really good teams so we could set ourselves apart from everybody else in the SWAC ,” Davis said.
Arizona, by comparison, has four starters taller than 6-7 .
Anybody.” Texas Southern has one starter taller than 6 feet 5 inches.
But that victory at Michigan State? Arizona Coach Sean Miller saw it on television in December.
Davis revealed his scheduling strategy: Play the toughest games over the holidays in December — which is when Texas Southern beat Michigan State and Kansas State.
It was during his time in Spain that Porzingis developed the mechanics of his game and caught the attention of N.B.A. executives and scouts, many of whom flocked to watch him on the European circuit and came away impressed by his shooting and mobility.
Although Latvia has produced only a few basketball players who have played in the United States, the sport has had a following there since 1935 , when the national team won the first-ever Eurobasket European championship.
When Porzingis was drafted by the Knicks , he instantly became the country’s best-known athlete and a hero.
It was during his time in Spain that Porzingis developed the mechanics of his game and caught the attention of N.B.A. executives and scouts, many of whom flocked to watch him on the European circuit and came away impressed by his shooting and mobility .
Although Latvia has produced only a few basketball players who have played in the United States, the sport has had a following there since 1935, when the national team won the first-ever Eurobasket European championship.
He arrived in a party bus with 15 children from the Garden of Dreams Foundation , a charity in the Bronx.
A television news crew put a camera in his face and asked how it felt to be playing in New York. Though he was smiling, his eyes went cold, and the muscles of his lips began to tighten.
Dressed in track pants and a blue-and-white trimmed Santa hat, he led his charges into an area penned off by barricades and there, in front of reporters, went through the motions of “surprising” them with gifts .
He approximated laughter at every corny joke about his height .
The 20-minute photo-op did not leave much room for spontaneity.
Chime’s sitters in New York cost $17 an hour for one child and an extra dollar an hour for each additional child (the company keeps 10 percent of every transaction), and the app’s automatic payment feature can help ease the awkwardness of settling up at the end of the night.
Chime’s sitters in New York cost $17 an hour for one child and an extra dollar an hour for each additional child (the company keeps 10 percent of every transaction), and the app’s automatic payment feature can help ease the awkwardness of settling up at the end of the night.
Chime’s sitters in New York cost $17 an hour for one child and an extra dollar an hour for each additional child (the company keeps 10 percent of every transaction), and the app’s automatic payment feature can help ease the awkwardness of settling up at the end of the night.
I ran across some technical trouble while taking the app through its paces.
Chime ’s sitters in New York cost $17 an hour for one child and an extra dollar an hour for each additional child (the company keeps 10 percent of every transaction), and the app’s automatic payment feature can help ease the awkwardness of settling up at the end of the night.
I carefully record these in a little red notebook labeled “ PARACUSES ” — aberrations in hearing, especially mishearings.
As my deafness increases, I am more and more prone to mishearing what people say, though this is quite unpredictable; it may happen 20 times , or not at all, in the course of a day.
As my deafness increases, I am more and more prone to mishearing what people say, though this is quite unp red ictable; it may happen 20 times, or not at all, in the course of a day.
I enter what I hear (in red) on one page, what was actually said (in green ) on the opposite page, and (in purple) people’s reactions to my mishearings, and the often far-fetched hypotheses I may entertain in an attempt to make sense of what is often essentially nonsensical.
I enter what I hear (in red) on one page, what was actually said (in green) on the opposite page, and (in purple ) people’s reactions to my mishearings, and the often far-fetched hypotheses I may entertain in an attempt to make sense of what is often essentially nonsensical.
But although there are occasional, unprintable mishearings that make me blush, a vast majority do not admit any simple Freudian interpretation.
In almost all of my mishearings, however, there is a similar overall sound, a similar acoustic gestalt , linking what is said and what is heard.
Syntax is always preserved, but this does not help; mishearings are likely to capsize meaning, to overwhelm it with phonologically similar but meaningless or absurd sound forms, even though the general form of a sentence is preserved.
But although there are occasional, unprintable mishearings that make me blush, a vast majority do not admit any simple Freudian interpretation.
Mishearings are not hallucinations, but like hallucinations they utilize the usual pathways of perception and pose as reality — it does not occur to one to question them.
One’s surroundings, one’s wishes and expectations, conscious and unconscious, can certainly be co-determinants in mishearing , but the real mischief lies at lower levels, in those parts of the brain involved in phonological analysis and decoding.
One’s surroundings, one’s wishes and expectations, conscious and unconscious, can certainly be co-determinants in mishearing, but the real mischief lies at lower levels, in those parts of the brain involved in phonological analysis and decoding .
One’s surroundings, one’s wishes and expectations, conscious and unconscious , can certainly be co-determinants in mishearing, but the real mischief lies at lower levels, in those parts of the brain involved in phonological analysis and decoding.
While I often mishear words , I seldom mishear music: notes, melodies, harmonies, phrasings remain as clear and rich as they have been all my life (though I often mishear lyrics).
Playing or even hearing music (at least traditional scored music) involves not just the analysis of tone and rhythm — it also engages one’s procedural memory and emotional centers in the brain; musical pieces are held in memory and allow anticipation.
While I often mishear words, I seldom mishear music: notes, melodies, harmonies, phrasings remain as clear and rich as they have been all my life (though I often mishear lyrics).
There is clearly something about the way the brain processes music that makes it robust, even in the face of imperfect hearing; and, conversely, something about the nature of spoken language that makes it much more vulnerable to deficiencies or distortions.
Was Freud entirely wrong then about slips and mishearings? Of course not .
And yet there is often a sort of style or wit — a “ dash ”— in these instantaneous inventions; they reflect, to some extent, one’s own interests and experiences, and I rather enjoy them.
Collecting mishearings over the past few years without any explicit selection or bias, I am forced to think that Freud underestimated the power of neural mechanisms, combined with the open and unpredictable nature of language, to sabotage meaning, to generate mishearings that are irrelevant both in terms of context and of subconscious motivation.
Only in the realm of mishearing — at least, my mishearings — can a biography of cancer become a biography of Cantor (one of my favorite mathematicians), tarot cards turn into pteropods, a grocery bag into a poetry bag, all-or-noneness into oral numbness, a porch into a Porsche, and a mere mention of Christmas Eve a command to “Kiss my feet!”
For instance, the tax authorities have increased the use of digital filing methods , cutting into the mountains of paperwork.
New legislation requiring retailers to estimate the amount of sales taxes embedded in the prices of their products is raising awareness among some Brazilians about the taxes they pay on everyday purchases.
That, in turn, seems to be stoking anger about the deplorable quality of the education, health care, policing and other public services they receive in return.
Brazil’s economic crisis is opening a new debate about taxes, with President Dilma Rousseff ’s administration seeking to resuscitate a tax on financial transactions in an effort to raise government revenues.
Other proposals under consideration would raise taxes on fuel and inheritance .
One standard way to adjust historic art prices to account for inflation is to run them through the U.S. Department of Labor’s Consumer Price Index inflation calculator .
Using this method, the czar’s big 1914 price for the Leonardo — hailed by Gerald Reitlinger in his 1961 study, “The Economics of Taste,” as “the most expensive picture that has ever been sold” — is equal to $35.5 million today, which would buy a middling-quality Mark Rothko.
Using this method, the czar’s big 1914 price for the Leonardo — hailed by Gerald Reitlinger in his 1961 study, “ The Economics of Taste ,” as “the most expensive picture that has ever been sold” — is equal to $35.5 million today, which would buy a middling-quality Mark Rothko.
Using this method, the czar’s big 1914 price for the Leonardo — hailed by Gerald Reitlinger in his 1961 study, “The Economics of Taste,” as “the most expensive picture that has ever been sold” — is equal to $35.5 million today, which would buy a middling-quality Mark Rothko.
The $616,000 paid in 1958 by the banking heir Paul Mellon for Cézanne’s
Also, as “Capital in the 21st Century” points out, at that time the richest 10 percent claimed less than 35 percent of America’s national income, down from 50 percent in the 1920s, when Huntington was spending $20,000 on phone calls.
It’s worth noting that this income-adjusted methodology ranks Van Gogh’s “ Dr. Gachet ” as the most expensive artwork sold at auction in modern times.
No fewer than five telephone bidders were prepared to spend more than $120 million on Picasso’s “Femmes d’Alger” in New York last month.
Now globalization is a huge factor,” said James Roundell, a director at the London and New York dealer and adviser Dickinson, who, while working at Christie’s in 1987, represented the winning Japanese telephone bidder for Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers.”
Now globalization is a huge factor,” said James Roundell, a director at the London and New York dealer and adviser Dickinson, who, while working at Christie’s in 1987 , represented the winning Japanese telephone bidder for Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers.”
Back in the early 20th century , collectors would buy a painting, live with it in their own home and leave it to a museum.
That $39.9 million was the first of the modern “art boom“ prices.
We had fun sharing the appetizers, like the tamarind eggplant, thin half-dollar-size rounds of the night shade vegetable tossed with onions, chickpeas and yogurt, and topped with tamarind chutney .
Bagari shrimp , four jumbo shrimp in a thick yogurt and tomato sauce, came with puri, puffy fried bread, to scoop every last bit of curry.
And the calamari Cochin, flash-fried squid rings with a coarse black pepper and corn flour coating , was as addictive as good onion rings.
a thick yogurt and tomato sauce , came with puri, puffy fried bread, to scoop every last bit of curry.
And the calamari Cochin, flash-fried squid rings with a coarse black pepper and corn flour coating, was as addictive as good onion rings.
And the Goan fish curry, tilapia simmered with fenugreek, mustard paste, fennel seeds and coconut milk, a specialty from the coastal state in Western India, had the right balance of sourness and heat.
Overcooked and bland cubes of breast sat in a black pepper and coconut curry that wasn’t spicy, as it was supposed to be, and didn’t taste of coconut.
Rogan josh, lamb shank cubes marinated in yogurt and spices and cooked in a curry redolent of garam masala, was deep with flavor and satisfying along with a scoop of the accompanying basmati rice .
The first dish I tried from the main course spread, chicken chettinadu , was lackluster.
For the dish, seven jumbo tiger prawns are marinated overnight in yogurt, red chili powder and ginger garlic paste , and are then baked in a tandoor, a clay oven.
Probate Judge Clifford L. Klein of the Los Angeles County Superior Court set a new hearing date, tentatively for late January, to consider the motion from Mr. Redstone’s lawyers to dismiss the suit.
Probate Judge Clifford L. Klein of the Los Angeles County Superior Court set a new hearing date, tentatively for late January , to consider the motion from Mr. Redstone’s lawyers to dismiss the suit.
The judge said that he found no urgency in the matter because of the quality of health care that Mr. Redstone now receives.
Mr. Redstone’s total compensation for the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2014, was $13.2 million at Viacom and $10.8 million at CBS.
While the legal dispute concerns his personal life, the questions about his health have raised broader issues about his role leading a media empire that has a combined market value of $45 billion .
In the suit, filed last week, Manuela Herzer , who once had a romantic relationship with Mr. Redstone, said that he had been unable to “communicate reliably or competently manage his own health care” for weeks.
Philippe Dauman, the chief executive of Viacom, has since been put in control of Mr. Redstone’s medical care.
In the suit, filed last week , Manuela Herzer, who once had a romantic relationship with Mr. Redstone, said that he had been unable to “communicate reliably or competently manage his own health care” for weeks.
Philippe Dauman, the chief executive of Viacom , has since been put in control of Mr. Redstone’s medical care.
The petition included personal details, including claims that Mr. Redstone is incontinent, requires suctioning to remove phlegm up to 20 times day, is “obsessed with eating steak ” even while on a feeding tube, and “demands, to the extent he can be understood, to engage in sexual activity every day.”
I remember walking through the National Museum in Kyoto, Japan , some years back, taking in its rows of Buddhist sculpture, and being stopped by one piece, not because it was especially beautiful — it wasn’t — but because a vase with a single fresh flower had been placed in front of it, like an offering in a temple.
I remember walking through the National Museum in Kyoto, Japan, some years back, taking in its rows of Buddhist sculpture , and being stopped by one piece, not because it was especially beautiful — it wasn’t — but because a vase with a single fresh flower had been placed in front of it, like an offering in a temple.
I remember walking through the National Museum in Kyoto, Japan, some years back, taking in its rows of Buddhist sculpture, and being stopped by one piece, not because it was especially beautiful — it wasn’t — but because a vase with a single fresh flower had been placed in front of it , like an offering in a temple.
I remember walking through the National Museum in Kyoto, Japan, some years back, taking in its rows of Buddhist sculpture, and being stopped by one piece, not because it was especially beautiful — it wasn’t — but because a vase with a single fresh flower had been placed in front of it, like an offering in a temple.
I stayed with the image because someone — a guard? a visitor? — was telling me, in terms I don’t often think of in museums, that it was important , in a personal, spiritual way.
In 1962, Myanmar — which was called Burma and is wedged high up in Southeast Asia between India and China — closed its doors to the world and threw away the keys for almost 40 years.
There was Myanmar art in the West — England and Germany had made out like the colonial bandits they were — but very little in the United States.
In 1962, Myanmar — which was called Burma and is wedged high up in Southeast Asia between India and China — closed its doors to the world and threw away the keys for almost 40 years.
Even then, at the last minute, promised pieces were held back, though extraordinary things came through, the largest being a monumental stone stele, carved on both sides with mysterious, apparently non-Buddhist figures and dating from around the fourth century .
Finally, in the early 2000s , Myanmar re-established cautious international contact and began to advertise, in the interest of tourism, its cultural riches.
In his life as Vessantara , the Buddha earned his karmic wings and was reborn just one last time as another prince, Siddhartha.
Then finally, after years of self-searching , he arrived at a letting-go enlightenment, though not before certain celestial no-goodniks tried to block his way.
But news of reality, cold and harsh, seeped in. He knew he had to face it , and one night he left home for good, his horse carried aloft by gods so its hoof beats wouldn’t be heard.
We see two of them, potbellied, green of skin, weapons drawn , clomping across a glazed 15th-century temple tile.
For some years , Siddhartha lived a bubble-baby existence.
These include guardian ogres with faces like pugs with tusks and nymphs with half-bird, half human bodies who, with a pretty dance and a flutter of stained-glass wings, bid you goodbye at the end of the show.
With his short neck, cool shape-up haircut, plain off-the-shoulder robe, and round face bent forward and down, he’s as close as any Myanmar work here comes to embodying a Buddhist physical ideal.
One, in a case between the two nymphs, is a 17th-century gilded bronze image of the seated Buddha.
These include guardian ogres with faces like pugs with tusks and nymphs with half-bird, half human bodies who, with a pretty dance and a flutter of stained-glass wings, bid you goodbye at the end of the show .
With his short neck, cool shape-up haircut, plain off-the-shoulder robe, and round face bent forward and down, he’s as close as any Myanmar work here comes to embodying a Buddhist physical ideal .
This one, from the collection of the Bagan Archaeological Museum, is larger, older — from the 11th century — and carved from sandstone.
This one, from the collection of the Bagan Archaeological Museum, is larger, older — from the 11th century — and carved from sandstone .
But pilgrim-visitors to the Bagan Museum don’t care about any of this. Belief supplies color, texture, life.
This one, from the collection of the Bagan Archaeological Museum, is larger, older — from the 11th century — and carved from sandstone.
Also a seated Buddha, it has in recent years gained a popular religious following as the perceived prototype of an ardently worshiped image at a local shrine.
That video — the one posted on YouTube — was a promotion commissioned by Navdy , one of a handful of start-up companies bringing a futuristic spin to the debate over distracted driving, and how to curb it.
That video — the one posted on YouTube — was a promotion commissioned by Navdy, one of a handful of start-up companies bringing a futuristic spin to the debate over distracted driving, and how to curb it .
There are several versions of this nascent technology, but they generally work by using a projection device that wirelessly picks up information from the phone and uses sophisticated optics to allow the information — maps, speed, incoming texts, caller identification and even social media notifications — to hover above the dashboard.
There are several versions of this nascent technology, but they generally work by using a projection device that wirelessly picks up information from the phone and uses sophisticated optics to allow the information — maps, speed, incoming texts, caller identification and even social media notifications — to hover above the dashboard.
There are several versions of this nascent technology, but they generally work by using a projection device that wirelessly picks up information from the phone and uses sophisticated optics to allow the information — maps, speed, incoming texts, caller identification and even social media notifications — to hover above the dashboard.
Navdy’s device isn’t shipping until later this year, and it’s not clear if it will work as seamlessly as presented in the video when used in less perfect real-life conditions.
Drive, get texts, talk on the phone, even interact on social media, and do it all without compromising safety, according to various makers of the so-called head-up displays, repeating a position taken by a growing number of automakers who sell monitors set into the dashboard or mounted on it .
Navdy’s device isn’t shipping until later this year, and it’s not clear if it will work as seamlessly as presented in the video when used in less perfect real-life conditions.
a growing number of automakers who sell monitors set into the dashboard or mounted on it.
The argument on the other side boils down to a simple notion: Drivers are going to do it anyway, so why not minimize the riskiest kinds of multitasking, like looking down at the phone or handling it ?
People use their phones too compulsively to expect them to stop, said Nagraj Kashyap, senior vice president for ventures and innovation at Qualcomm Ventures, an investing arm of the telecom giant, which recently injected $3 million into Navdy.
“To completely eliminate it is a pipe dream,” Mr. Kashyap said of motorist multitasking. “ The best way to handle it is to make it as safe as you can.”
The argument on the other side boils down to a simple notion: Drivers are going to do it anyway, so why not minimize the riskiest kinds of multitasking, like looking down at the phone or handling it? People use their phones too compulsively to expect them to stop, said Nagraj Kashyap, senior vice president for ventures and innovation at Qualcomm Ventures, an investing arm of the telecom giant, which recently injected $3 million into Navdy.
“We can push information from any applications — Instagram, Facebook, Twitter .”
But neuroscientists and safety advocates said any visual clutter disturbs focus by presenting a cognitive distraction , meaning that the images take the mind off the road.
the risk of normalizing the behavior of multitasking , “as if we’re telling people it’s O.K. to do it,” said Deborah Hersman, the chief executive of the National Safety Council, a nonprofit.
“ Tech and innovation in the auto industry are moving so much faster than the regulators can keep up with it,” she said.
The Department of Transportation has sponsored research at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute into whether the safety benefit of having head-up displays in cars outweighs the risk of distraction; that study is expected to conclude in 2016.
The Department of Transportation has sponsored research at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute into whether the safety benefit of having head-up displays in cars outweighs the risk of distraction ; that study is expected to conclude in 2016.
Another take on the fledgling technology comes from a Vancouver, British Columbia, start-up called DD Technologies — started by two entrepreneurs who said they were inspired to build a head-up display after watching an “Iron Man” movie .
The company’s display, Iris , which should soon be available in limited quantities, allows drivers to read the contents of a text.
While that figure is about 60 percent of what it was at its peak in 2007, some analysts say the recent 1 percent rise in mailed catalogs , coupled with the care retailers are putting into them, may signal something of a renaissance.
After years of decline, the number of catalogs mailed in the United States increased in 2013 , to 11.9 billion, according to the Direct Marketing Association, a trade group.
While that figure is about 60 percent of what it was at its peak in 2007, some analysts say the recent 1 percent rise in mailed catalogs, coupled with the care retailers are putting into them, may signal something of a renaissance.
The parent company of SkyMall , the in-flight shopping magazine, filed for bankruptcy last week.
However small, the recent resurgence in direct mail may be explained by a better understanding of the catalog’s power to drive sales, Mr. Cohen said.
It experienced a $100 million drop in sales as a result, according to research by Kurt Salmon.
In 2000 , that retailer reduced the number of catalogs it sent consumers.
Lands’ End later added a pop-up survey to its website and found that 75 percent of customers who were making purchases had first reviewed the catalog.
About 90 million Americans make purchases from catalogs, according to the Direct Marketing Association; nearly 60 percent of them are women.
About 90 million Americans make purchases from catalogs, according to the Direct Marketing Association; nearly 60 percent of them are women.
Recognizing that, American Girl, a subsidiary of Mattel, recently increased the number it sent out, spending more on catalogs last year than in any year over the last decade, according to Kathy Monetti, senior vice president for marketing.
“We don’t call it a catalog; we call it a journal,” said Susy Korb , chief marketing officer of Anthropologie, whose materials show women wearing dresses in fields, on beaches and “where the rolling heather meets the broad, brisk sky,” as one recent spread detailed.
Consumers who receive catalogs spend an average of $850 annually on catalog purchases, according to the American Catalog Mailers Association.
Mr. Siegel added that Patagonia had begun printing on 100 percent recycled paper .
Across segments, retailers are seeking to make their catalogs more of an experience , and celebrating print as something retro.
“It’s a ‘ bookbook. ’ The 2015 Ikea catalog comes fully charged, and the battery life is eternal.”
“We had to make some trade-offs in terms of circulation and other expenses , but it brought the mode of communication in line with our values,” he said.
Asked if it might consider reviving a catalog , Sears declined to comment.
“Today, catalogs are a waste of paper ,” he said.
“It’s the same information that’s online .”
He said he didn’t like to shop without reading product reviews , something often embedded in e-commerce platforms.
Members of the so-called millennial generation, accustomed to online shopping, may share Mr. Wright’s opinion in greater number.
Craig Elbert, vice president for marketing at Bonobos, called them helpful for building relationships and for measuring effectiveness.
Craig Elbert, vice president for marketing at Bonobos , called them helpful for building relationships and for measuring effectiveness.
“You know where you ship a catalog and where you ship your orders.”
With “so much clutter and information overload,” said Rohit Deshpande, a professor of marketing at Harvard Business School, “just getting attention is the hardest thing to do right now for brands.
Mr. Deshpande said research showed that frequency helped consumers process marketing messages, but some studies suggested diminishing returns after three advertisements.
that trying catalogs again is a way to do it.”
“Or, worse, turn them off ?”
Torres’s elongated preparation apparently worked: De Jesus grounded out, and the Mets went on to win, 2-1, in 13 innings on Sunday afternoon.
The Mets’ bullpen threw seven scoreless innings, and Bobby Parnell picked up his first victory since June 16, 2013.
The teams combined to use 11 pitchers during the final seven innings, and a 12th, the Reds’ Mike Leake, made an appearance as a pinch-hitter.
The teams combined to use 11 pitchers during the final seven innings, and a 12th, the Reds’ Mike Leake , made an appearance as a pinch-hitter.
Votto’s bobble allowed Dilson Herrera to sprint home from third with the winning run.
The rain led to a 21-minute delay from the scheduled start time of 1:10 p.m. Even after the Mets recorded the first three outs of the day, bringing about an early seventh-inning stretch, patrons were still trickling in, a mix of fans taking advantage of the opportunity to watch 11-plus innings of baseball and others anticipating the debut of Steven Matz in the second game.
The rain led to a 21-minute delay from the scheduled start time of 1:10 p.m. Even after the Mets recorded the first three outs of the day, bringing about an early seventh-inning stretch, patrons were still trickling in, a mix of fans taking advantage of the opportunity to watch 11-plus innings of baseball and others anticipating the debut of Steven Matz in the second game.
Saturday’s attendees were allowed to exchange their tickets for Sunday but were placed in different locations.
The rain led to a 21-minute delay from the scheduled start time of 1:10 p.m. Even after the Mets recorded the first three outs of the day, bringing about an early seventh-inning stretch, patrons were still trickling in, a mix of fans taking advantage of the opportunity to watch 11-plus innings of baseball and others anticipating the debut of Steven Matz in the second game.
When Ashraf Ghani , the president of Afghanistan, stepped up to speak at a formal dinner in his honor this week at the State Department, he looked out at a room of familiar faces, a fact he quickly made clear.
He referred to Madeleine K. Albright , seated beside him, as his “mentor.”
He referred to Madeleine K. Albright, seated beside him, as his “ mentor .”
He called Secretary of State John Kerry , the host, “a remarkable friend of Afghanistan.”
He joked that retired Gen. David H. Petraeus , who sat one table over, rarely slept while commanding American forces in Afghanistan.
In recent months, even as Mr. Obama has sought to draw an end to America’s role in Afghanistan’s war, a number of influential figures in Washington have pressed hard in public and in private to keep the United States involved.
To help make their case, they repeatedly cited the election of Mr. Ghani, a Columbia graduate who lived in Washington for 15 years, as a central reason to stay in Afghanistan, despite the relative weakness of his government.
Ahead of Tuesday’s meeting at the White House, for instance, a group of 23 former American ambassadors and senior officials released an open letter urging the United States to keep troops in Afghanistan.
To help make their case, they repeatedly cited the election of Mr. Ghani , a Columbia graduate who lived in Washington for 15 years, as a central reason to stay in Afghanistan, despite the relative weakness of his government.
The ties that bound Mr. Ghani to many of the dinner guests on Tuesday reflected a little-noticed story in America’s longest war: After more than 13 years of nation-building in Afghanistan, much of the American national security establishment is intimately familiar with many of the nation’s most senior officials, Mr. Ghani foremost among them, and loath to see a hasty withdrawal lead to a repeat of what has happened in Iraq.
The ties that bound Mr. Ghani to many of the dinner guests on Tuesday reflected a little-noticed story in America’s longest war: After more than 13 years of nation-building in Afghanistan, much of the American national security establishment is intimately familiar with many of the nation’s most senior officials, Mr. Ghani foremost among them, and loath to see a hasty withdrawal lead to a repeat of what has happened in Iraq.
The ties that bound Mr. Ghani to many of the dinner guests on Tuesday reflected a little-noticed story in America’s longest war: After more than 13 years of nation-building in Afghanistan, much of the American national security establishment is intimately familiar with many of the nation’s most senior officials, Mr. Ghani foremost among them, and loath to see a hasty withdrawal lead to a repeat of what has happened in Iraq .
The ties that bound Mr. Ghani to many of the dinner guests on Tuesday reflected a little-noticed story in America’s longest war: After more than 13 years of nation-building in Afghanistan, much of the American national security establishment is intimately familiar with many of the nation’s most senior officials, Mr. Ghani foremost among them, and loath to see a hasty withdrawal lead to a repeat of what has happened in Iraq.
Shortly after taking office in September, Mr. Ghani’s government hired the Podesta Group for $50,000 a month to lobby on behalf of Afghanistan and help with public relations, according to filings with the Justice Department.
Mr. Podesta, in fact, was one of the 14 dinner guests on Tuesday to whom Mr. Ghani referred by name in his remarks.
Shortly after taking office in September , Mr. Ghani’s government hired the Podesta Group for $50,000 a month to lobby on behalf of Afghanistan and help with public relations, according to filings with the Justice Department.
One of the founders of the firm is John D. Podesta , who served as counselor to Mr. Obama and represented the administration at Mr. Ghani’s inauguration.
The airstrikes killed at least 26 people, including 12 Islamic State fighters, said the group, based in Britain.
Syrian Army jets carried out at least 25 airstrikes on the city of Palmyra , held by the Islamic State, on Friday, a group monitoring the war said.
On Thursday, Syrian jets carried out at least 12 airstrikes on Raqqa, the Islamic State’s de facto capital in the north.
The monitoring group, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights , said it was one of the most sustained government bombardments of Palmyra.
The airstrikes killed at least 26 people, including 12 Islamic State fighters , said the group, based in Britain.
Over the past decade, companies doing business in Colombia, like Chiquita Brands and Dole Food, have incurred the wrath of Terrence Collingsworth, a lawyer who has accused them of mistreating workers or conspiring to kill labor activists.
One of his targets, Drummond, a coal producer based in Birmingham, Ala. , recently asked a federal judge to hold the lawyer in contempt as part of a libel suit it is pressing against him.
Over the past decade, companies doing business in Colombia, like Chiquita Brands and Dole Food , have incurred the wrath of Terrence Collingsworth, a lawyer who has accused them of mistreating workers or conspiring to kill labor activists.
Over the past decade, companies doing business in Colombia, like Chiquita Brands and Dole Food, have incurred the wrath of Terrence Collingsworth , a lawyer who has accused them of mistreating workers or conspiring to kill labor activists.
One of his targets, Drummond, a coal producer based in Birmingham, Ala., recently asked a federal judge to hold the lawyer in contempt as part of a libel suit it is pressing against him.
The biggest setback for this kind of litigation came two years ago when the Supreme Court sharply limited the use of an obscure law adopted in 1789 , the Alien Tort Statute, to bring international claims in American courts.
“The bar has been set higher,” for human rights litigation, said Susan H. Farbstein, a law professor at Harvard.
The biggest setback for this kind of litigation came two years ago when the Supreme Court sharply limited the use of an obscure law adopted in 1789, the Alien Tort Statute, to bring international claims in American courts.
The biggest setback for this kind of litigation came two years ago when the Supreme Court sharply limited the use of an obscure law adopted in 1789, the Alien Tort Statute, to bring international claims in American courts.
The biggest setback for this kind of litigation came two years ago when the Supreme Court sharply limited the use of an obscure law adopted in 1789, the Alien Tort Statute , to bring international claims in American courts.
“This is the new playbook from defendants,” said Mr. Simons , who is involved in a lawsuit against Chiquita.
Citing continuing litigation, Mr. Collingsworth as well as executives of Drummond declined to be interviewed for this article.
Marco Simons, a lawyer with EarthRights International , an advocacy group in Washington, said that companies were increasingly fighting back against the human rights lawyers suing them.
Marco Simons, a lawyer with EarthRights International, an advocacy group in Washington, said that companies were increasingly fighting back against the human rights lawyers suing them.
American companies that operated in Colombia have all insisted that they were not involved in violence against any workers or citizens there, either directly or indirectly.
Read the Quran yourself, he advises.
“ Try and find answers yourself ,” he writes.
“Hence, my first request is: Study and research the incentives behind this widespread tarnishing of the image of Islam .”
“ The future of your nations and countries will be in your hands; and also I find that the sense of quest for truth is more vigorous and attentive in your hearts.”
“The future of your nations and countries will be in your hands; and also I find that the sense of quest for truth is more vigorous and attentive in your hearts.”
Whaling jobs being harder to come by than in Melville’s day, my sea voyages usually take the form of a short ride to a cheap restaurant where warm flavors from another part of the world will burn off my interior drizzle.
Recently, these rides have ended at Chomp Chomp in Greenwich Village for radish cakes, noodle soups with transporting powers, coconut rice, triangles of golden beef-filled roti wet with curry s auce, and other treats from the food courts of Singapore.
Recently, these rides have ended at Chomp Chomp in Greenwich Village for radish cakes, noodle soups with transporting powers, coconut rice, triangles of golden beef-filled roti wet with curry sauce, and other treats from the food courts of Singapore.
Recently, these rides have ended at Chomp Chomp in Greenwich Village for radish cakes, noodle soups with transporting powers, coconut rice, triangles of golden beef-filled roti wet with curry sauce, and other treats from the food courts of Singapore.
Recently, these rides have ended at Chomp Chomp in Greenwich Village for radish cakes, noodle soups with transporting powers, coconut rice, triangles of golden beef-filled roti wet with curry sauce, and other treats from the food courts of Singapore.
Singaporean food courts, better known as hawker centers , are lined with stalls whose proprietors make a small number of dishes, or just a single one, over and over.
The appeal of Chomp Chomp, which the chef and owner, Simpson Wong , named after one of the country’s most magnetic hawker centers, is that you can eat your way from stall to stall without leaving your seat.
The appeal of Chomp Chomp, which the chef and owner, Simpson Wong , named after one of the country’s most magnetic hawker centers, is that you can eat your way from stall to stall without leaving your seat.
Singaporean food courts , better known as hawker centers, are lined with stalls whose proprietors make a small number of dishes, or just a single one, over and over.
Noodles stir-fried with shrimp and soy sauce, called char kway teow , produce far more happiness than you’d expect from something that looks like shrimp lo mein.
The appearance of another stir-fry, nyonya chap chye , is deceptive, too.
Noodles stir-fried with shrimp and soy sauce, called char kway teow, produce far more happiness than you’d expect from something that looks like shrimp lo mein .
The appearance of another stir-fry , nyonya chap chye, is deceptive, too.
The Hainanese chicken rice is another sleeper; it tastes like much more than slices of soy-lacquered chicken over rice cooked in chicken broth.
For specialists working in hawker centers, mastery becomes second nature through repetition .
The next time, it was juicier and so richly curried I could almost believe it was cooked in the “ million spices ” advertised on the menu.
Flavors can go slightly out of focus from night to night.
Lamb rendang was pasty, dry and a bit muffled at one meal.
Banks still need to shrink , though.
Some European groups need to cut gross assets .
Cutting operating expenses by 2 percent a year should be possible for most banks.
It’s also true that most banks keep extra capital at the group level, which can flatter the true state of divisional return on equity .
Investor redemption may be nearing for investment banks.
JPMorgan kicks off results season next week and its chief executive, Jamie Dimon, said in his annual letter to shareholders on Wednesday that returns could be attractive in the long run, if not the short term.
Most lenders’ wholesale units have destroyed value for seven years .
JPMorgan kicks off results season next week and its chief executive , Jamie Dimon, said in his annual letter to shareholders on Wednesday that returns could be attractive in the long run, if not the short term.
JPMorgan kicks off results season next week and its chief executive, Jamie Dimon, said in his annual letter to shareholders on Wednesday that returns could be attractive in the long run, if not the short term.
Of the world’s 12 largest banks, only Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs generated returns above their cost of capital last year, according to an analysis in Financial News by Roy Smith and Brad Hintz, professors at NYU Stern School of Business.
Of the world’s 12 largest banks, only Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs generated returns above their cost of capital last year, according to an analysis in Financial News by Roy Smith and Brad Hintz, professors at NYU Stern School of Business.
Of the world’s 12 largest banks, only Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs generated returns above their cost of capital last year, according to an analysis in Financial News by Roy Smith and Brad Hintz, professors at NYU Stern School of Business .
Investment banking is the main drag on performance.
Fines and settlements pulled down the figure .
These chipper pop-rockers have an innovative eye for music video concepts .
In their new clip for the slippery nü-disco track “ I Won’t Let You Down ,” off their fourth record, “Hungry Ghosts,” they zip around on motorized scooter chairs, weaving among choreographed dancers, as the action is filmed above by a drone.
In their new clip for the slippery nü-disco track “I Won’t Let You Down,” off their fourth record, “Hungry Ghosts,” they zip around on motorized scooter chairs , weaving among choreographed dancers, as the action is filmed above by a drone.
In their new clip for the slippery nü-disco track “I Won’t Let You Down,” off their fourth record, “Hungry Ghosts,” they zip around on motorized scooter chairs, weaving among choreographed dancers, as the action is filmed above by a drone .
The footage recently was shown as part of the New York City Drone Film Festival , an appropriate setting for such lofty and left-of-center minds.
“Sir Duke” will ride again when the venerable Mr. Wonder visits Barclays Center, continuing his first national tour since 2009 .
He will perform his quintessential 1976 record, “ Songs in the Key of Life, ” the double album that has inspired scores of R&B dreamers; in 2005, the Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry.
“Sir Duke” will ride again when the venerable Mr. Wonder visits Barclays Center , continuing his first national tour since 2009.
He will perform his quintessential 1976 record, “Songs in the Key of Life,” the double album that has inspired scores of R&B dreamers; in 2005, the Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry .
The fortunate audiences of his recent festival performances — including sets at the Global Citizen Festival and Bonnaroo — can assert to his charisma , still broad onstage.
James’s group, defying the odds, turned back Golden State in Games 2 and 3 to give Cleveland a two-games-to-one series lead, when few people were giving them much of a chance to actually take four games against the Warriors and win the N.B.A. title.
James’s group, defying the odds, turned back Golden State in Games 2 and 3 to give Cleveland a two-games-to-one series lead, when few people were giving them much of a chance to actually take four games against the Warriors and win the N.B.A. title .
Still, to have any shot, James, who had 40 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists in the Cavaliers ’ 96-91 win Tuesday night, will do well to keep to Brown’s blueprint.
For that reason, Brown ’s task in 1964 seems a little easier than the one James faces now.
He was vocal in calling for the removal of the Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling last year.
He wore an “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirt to protest acts of police violence, and last month, he called for calm when a white Cleveland policeman was acquitted in the shooting deaths of two black motorists .
In the Brown mold, James , at 30, has emerged as a leader off the court as he has matured as a player.
“For him to have to have the ability to deal with the politics of being back in Cleveland, dealing with the politics of his own team, I have great admiration for what I see as a great contribution by a human being on and off the field.
He wore an “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirt to protest acts of police violence, and last month, he called for calm when a white Cleveland policeman was acquitted in the shooting deaths of two black motorists.
In the end, James and Brown are separated by age and their sports but connected by Cleveland and by a real understanding of the role leadership plays in championship moments.
In the end, James and Brown are separated by age and their sports but connected by Cleveland and by a real understanding of the role leadership plays in championship moments.
“It’s rare for a man that young to have that kind of wisdom .
In the end, James and Brown are separated by age and their sports but connected by Cleveland and by a real understanding of the role leadership plays in championship moments.
As he walked by their cells, this time as a prisoner, they shook the bars and menacingly called out his name.
“I started to live in hell,” said Mr. Silva Neto, 48 .
Friends gave him a knife and a revolver , which he hid in his bed.
Friends gave him a knife and a revolver, which he hid in his bed .
In Paraíba, a poor state in the country’s northeast , inmate killings, including by decapitation, and prison rebellions are commonplace.
Human rights groups often have trouble entering prisons, but the doors open more easily for churches.
Human rights groups often have trouble entering prisons , but the doors open more easily for churches.
Human rights groups often have trouble entering prisons, but the doors open more easily for churches .
His warden put him in solitary confinement .
Human rights groups often have trouble entering prisons, but the doors open more easily for churches .
Manuel Leite de Araújo , the president of a union representing prison employees, said some guards oppose Mr. Silva Neto’s “sentimental,” friendly approach with inmates, noting that a committee of guards asked the union to support ousting him from his position.
Manuel Leite de Araújo, the president of a union representing prison employees , said some guards oppose Mr. Silva Neto’s “sentimental,” friendly approach with inmates, noting that a committee of guards asked the union to support ousting him from his position.
Manuel Leite de Araújo, the president of a union representing prison employees , said some guards oppose Mr. Silva Neto’s “sentimental,” friendly approach with inmates, noting that a committee of guards asked the union to support ousting him from his position.
Manuel Leite de Araújo, the president of a union representing prison employees, said some guards oppose Mr. Silva Neto’s “sentimental,” friendly approach with inmates, noting that a committee of guards asked the union to support ousting him from his position.
He criticizes incarceration policies that he says target the poor for nonviolent drug charges .
The jail is overcrowded, with nearly 200 inmates in a space for 40 .
The jail is overcrowded, with nearly 200 inmates in a space for 40.
Untreated sewage means visitors are greeted with a foul stench.
“It’s not a jail here,” said Idmark dos Santos da Silva, 36, serving time for bank robbery .
a bus ticket seller and Mr. Silva Neto’s daughter by the wife whom he killed, said both she and her grandmother had forgiven him, and that she visited his Sapé prison.
THE NUN’S STORY ( 1959 ) “The Nun’s Story” was nominated for eight Academy Awards.
Based on Kathryn Hulme’s novel of the same title, this drama stars Audrey Hepburn as a young Belgian who becomes a nursing nun around the time of World War II.
Based on Kathryn Hulme’s novel of the same title, this drama stars Audrey Hepburn as a young Belgian who becomes a nursing nun around the time of World War II .
Bosley Crowther, writing in The Times, said that the film’s screenwriter, Robert Anderson, and director, Fred Zinnemann , “have derived an equally amazing motion picture of an extraordinary dedicated life.”
Unfortunately, it was up against one of the most celebrated films ever, “ Ben-Hur ,”
10 P.M. ( Bravo ) BEST NEW RESTAURANT This week’s theme, Battle of the Burger, pits Porter Ale House Gastropub of Austin, Tex., against Tongue & Cheek of Miami.
On “Broad City,” at 10:30, after realizing that they spend too much time with electronics, Abbi (Abbi Jacobson) and Ilana (Ilana Glazer) decide to unplug and spend a day in the park , where they get involved with a wedding for dogs, in-line skating and a medical emergency.
10 P.M. (Bravo) BEST NEW RESTAURANT This week’s theme, Battle of the Burger, pits Porter Ale House Gastropub of Austin, Tex., against Tongue & Cheek of Miami.
On “Broad City,” at 10:30, after realizing that they spend too much time with electronics, Abbi (Abbi Jacobson) and Ilana (Ilana Glazer) decide to unplug and spend a day in the park, where they get involved with a wedding for dogs , in-line skating and a medical emergency.
10 P.M. (Bravo) BEST NEW RESTAURANT This week’s theme, Battle of the Burger, pits Porter Ale House Gastropub of Austin, Tex. , against Tongue & Cheek of Miami.
Mutual fund analysts say that the Third Avenue fund is perhaps the riskiest of the many high-yield funds that investors have been piling into in recent years.
Mutual fund analysts say that the Third Avenue fund is perhaps the riskiest of the many high-yield funds that investors have been piling into in recent years.
Mr. Lapointe and his team of analysts acted more like private equity investors , taking large stakes in companies that were either already bankrupt or emerging from bankruptcy.
Unlike most funds that hold bonds that can be bought and sold, albeit with some difficulty, private equity funds are not required to pay back investors on demand — it is a must for mutual funds.
Unlike most funds that hold bonds that can be bought and sold, albeit with some difficulty, private equity funds are not required to pay back investors on demand — it is a must for mutual funds .
Ross has said she writes only about people she likes.
Ross has said she writes only about people she likes.
A default tone of light irony offers a built-in distance.
 ” Ross’s respect and fondness for her subjects does not drain her profiles of acuity.
Hemingway loved her article on him, even though others told him he ought to have been offended by the way Ross captured his stagy sportsman’s shtick.
Parody ages fast, as its targets drop from public view.
Gibbs was a critic temperamentally, not just when he was at the theater.
a 2011 collection of his New Yorker writings called “Backward Ran Sentences” (the title is pulled from the Time parody), edited by ­Thomas ­Vinciguerra.
Many can be found, along with his short stories, Talk of the Town pieces and other occasional work in a 2011 collection of his New Yorker writings called “Backward Ran Sentences” (the title is pulled from the Time parody), edited by ­Thomas ­Vinciguerra .
Gibbs was a critic temperamentally, not just when he was at the theater.
He did not, like Lillian Ross , have the freedom regularly to choose his subject matter.
As talented as Gibbs was, his work was perhaps not destined to last.
As talented as Gibbs was, his work was perhaps not destined to last.
He did not, like Lillian Ross , have the freedom regularly to choose his subject matter.
By contrast, Ross, now in her 90s (there is some disagreement about her age ), still maintains a sunny disposition and an interest in the youthful and the new.
In the coming weeks, Iran and the world powers — the United States, Russia, France, Britain, China and Germany — will intensify talks that can lead either to a breakthrough deal on Iran’s nuclear program or a more remote possibility, the end of negotiations.
In recent months, Iranian leaders have insisted that if they need more time to reach a deal, the talks should continue beyond the June 30 deadline .
Speaking at a news conference to recognize the second anniversary of his election, Mr. Rouhani dismissed reports that Iranians would have to wait more than a few months for the lifting of sanctions , which have crippled Iran’s economy.
Speaking at a news conference to recognize the second anniversary of his election, Mr. Rouhani dismissed reports that Iranians would have to wait more than a few months for the lifting of sanctions, which have crippled Iran’s economy.
Speaking at a news conference to recognize the second anniversary of his election, Mr. Rouhani dismissed reports that Iranians would have to wait more than a few months for the lifting of sanctions, which have crippled Iran’s economy.
On Tuesday evening, this star pianist presented an uncommonly introspective solo recital built around Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata and selections of Spanish music .
On Tuesday evening , this star pianist presented an uncommonly introspective solo recital built around Beethoven’s “Appassionata” Sonata and selections of Spanish music.
Mr. Kissin is the first pianist at Carnegie since Vladimir Horowitz in 1979 to double up like this on a solo recital, and his ability to draw big crowds, with additional seats set up behind him onstage, proves the depth of the public’s craving for his blend of technical mastery and eloquent artistry.
Mr. Kissin is the first pianist at Carnegie since Vladimir Horowitz in 1979 to double up like this on a solo recital , and his ability to draw big crowds, with additional seats set up behind him onstage, proves the depth of the public’s craving for his blend of technical mastery and eloquent artistry.
Mr. Kissin is the first pianist at Carnegie since Vladimir Horowitz in 1979 to double up like this on a solo recital, and his ability to draw big crowds, with additional seats set up behind him onstage, proves the depth of the public’s craving for his blend of technical mastery and eloquent artistry.
as “ lullabies to my sorrows .”
In “Granada,” from Albéniz’s “Suite Española,” Mr. Kissin echoed some of the same melancholy but transposed it into a warmer, more sensual sound world.
In “Granada,” from Albéniz’s “Suite Española,” Mr. Kissin echoed some of the same melancholy but transposed it into a warmer, more sensual sound world.
Three other city portraits by Albéniz and the dazzling “Viva Navarra!” by Larregla followed, showcases for Mr. Kissin’s refined play of colors.
by Larregla followed, showcases for Mr. Kissin’s refined play of colors.
“I was mistaken.” I immediately regretted saying anything.
All the talks my daughter and I had had over the years about her father’s absence swirled around us, filling the car like plumes of smoke from a freshly lit fire.
The man packed up his minivan and drove off, and my alternate reality went right along with him.
I had always chosen my words carefully, conscious that one person’s perception can so easily be woven into another person’s foundation , forever obscuring an impartial truth.
But in that moment, as the man’s car disappeared from view, a fact I never considered came to light and took precedence over all others: My alternate reality was mine alone .
I could not change her father ’s decision, but I could bring love and honesty into our dialogue about it.
My job was to be fully present in the life before us, and to see this road not as an alternate route, but as a worthy, viable path — one we could trust.
I had taken refuge in what could’ve been , but my task was not to try to restore a life that had slipped away.
Imagine a day in the life of the Pope family at Hill-Stead , their 33,000-square-foot, white clapboard, Colonial Revival-style home perched on a hilltop in Farmington.
Imagine a day in the life of the Pope family at Hill-Stead, their 33,000-square-foot , white clapboard, Colonial Revival-style home perched on a hilltop in Farmington.
Perhaps they served lunch in their expansive dining room to a gathering of friends that included James McNeill Whistler , Mary Cassatt, Henry James, Edith Wharton and President Theodore Roosevelt.
Perhaps they served lunch in their expansive dining room to a gathering of friends that included James McNeill Whistler, Mary Cassatt, Henry James, Edith Wharton and President Theodore Roosevelt .
Maybe they retired to the drawing room, where, surrounded by Impressionist masterpieces, they enjoyed a concert performed on a custom-designed, six-legged Steinway grand piano.
“One of the most interesting, significant and unique things is that the art collection, which is fabulous in and of itself, is in a domestic setting , so you see how it was juxtaposed with all the other things that Mr. Pope collected,” Ms. Bourbeau said.
“One of the most interesting, significant and unique things is that the art collection, which is fabulous in and of itself, is in a domestic setting, so you see how it was juxtaposed with all the other things that Mr. Pope collected,” Ms. Bourbeau said.
“One of the most interesting, significant and unique things is that the art collection, which is fabulous in and of itself, is in a domestic setting, so you see how it was juxtaposed with all the other things that Mr. Pope collected,” Ms. Bourbeau said.
Cheryl Yvette Dawson and Madifing Kaba are to be married Sunday evening at the Alger House, an event space in Manhattan.
Cheryl Yvette Dawson and Madifing Kaba are to be married Sunday evening at the Alger House , an event space in Manhattan.
Cheryl Yvette Dawson and Madifing Kaba are to be married Sunday evening at the Alger House, an event space in Manhattan .
Mrs. Kaba, 33 , works in Manhattan as a senior manager specializing in small-merchants pricing strategy for American Express.
The Rev. Jill Flowers , who was ordained by the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, is to officiate.
Mr. Kaba found Ms. Dawson to be very engaging and always smiling.
So they planned a second date a few days later, at the driving range at Chelsea Piers , where they shared their first kiss.
“I’m an average golf er, but she didn’t know how to play the game at all, so I looked even better in her eyes,” Mr. Kaba said.
“He was very polite, and I thought to myself that unless I find out that this guy is totally crazy, he’s the perfect guy for me.” Mr. Kaba found Ms. Dawson to be very engaging and always smiling.
So they planned a second date a few days later, at the driving range at Chelsea Piers, where they shared their first kiss.
Let’s start with an update from our last episode, which you may recall concerned a battle between a monk and United Airlines .
And a reporter from a local TV station was dispatched to the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, in Abiquiu, N.M., where the monk, Brother Noah , was asked to repeat his not very hostile kiss-off to an unyielding United phone rep: “Thank you for speaking.
And a reporter from a local TV station was dispatched to the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, in Abiquiu, N.M ., where the monk, Brother Noah, was asked to repeat his not very hostile kiss-off to an unyielding United phone rep: “Thank you for speaking.
And a reporter from a local TV station was dispatched to the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, in Abiquiu, N.M., where the monk, Brother Noah, was asked to repeat his not very hostile kiss-off to an unyielding United phone rep: “Thank you for speaking.
And a reporter from a local TV station was dispatched to the Monastery of Christ in the Desert, in Abiquiu, N.M., where the monk, Brother Noah, was asked to repeat his not very hostile kiss-off to an unyielding United phone rep: “Thank you for speaking.
Q. I ordered a lamp from Wayfair, an online furniture store , which the company insisted on delivering to my office.
Q. I ordered a lamp from Wayfair, an online furniture store, which the company insisted on delivering to my office.
When the package arrived, FedEx also dropped off two huge boxes that I insisted were not part of my order.
Inside were two huge pieces of patio furniture .
And after getting home with the box containing my lamp, I discovered that it was a shambles of oversize toothpicks .
“We are highly focused on delivering an exceptional shopping experience to all of our customers,” wrote a company spokeswoman, Jane Carpenter .
a $250 coupon for future use.
“We hope he will give us another chance,” Ms. Carpenter wrote, “to show him the top-notch shopping experience that more accurately represents Wayfair.”
“We are highly focused on delivering an exceptional shopping experience to all of our customers,” wrote a company spokeswoman , Jane Carpenter.
The company quickly arranged to pick up that patio furniture and sent Mr. Fisher a $250 coupon for future use.
Cam Talbot got his second straight start in net for the Rangers , with Henrik Lundqvist out for at least three weeks with a vascular injury after a puck hit his throat on Jan. 31.
Talbot had a shutout win last season in his last game at Nashville , 90 miles from where he played college hockey in Huntsville, Ala.
The Rangers had performed well against Western Conference teams this season, especially on the road; they were 7-1-0 in away games against the West entering Saturday.
Cam Talbot got his second straight start in net for the Rangers, with Henrik Lundqvist out for at least three weeks with a vascular injury after a puck hit his throat on Jan. 31 .
Talbot had a shutout win last season in his last game at Nashville, 90 miles from where he played college hockey in Huntsville, Ala .
In the last year or so, Greek banks have issued more than €50 billion worth of these securities at artificially high interest rates (the higher the rate, the more valuable the collateral becomes in securing loans).
As was the case in Cyprus during its banking crisis, when a financial system implodes, finding acceptable collateral to swap for desperately needed loans can be difficult.
The solution has been for the banks to manufacture and issue billions of euros of short-term bonds , which — because they carry the guarantee of the Greek government — can be used as collateral to secure much-needed cash from the European Central Bank.
The solution has been for the banks to manufacture and issue billions of euros of short-term bonds, which — because they carry the guarantee of the Greek government — can be used as collateral to secure much-needed cash from the European Central Bank.
But the strategy has been controversial, and it was criticized by none other than Yanis Varoufakis , the Greek finance minister, who, a year ago described the practice as a “hidden bailout from European taxpayers.”
But the strategy has been controversial, and it was criticized by none other than Yanis Varoufakis, the Greek finance minister, who, a year ago described the practice as a “ hidden bailout from European taxpayers .”
 Mr. Varoufakis, then a relatively unknown economist, argued that the loans were a potent risk for Greece, which would have to assume responsibility for them if the banks failed.
The practice has also been flagged by two German economists as a questionable way for troubled eurozone economies to extract funding from the central bank.
The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses.
The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses.
About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.
The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie ; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready.
The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar ; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready.
The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses.
The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses.
About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.
The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie ; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready.
The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar ; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready.
The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses.
The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses.
About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.
The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie ; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready.
The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar ; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready.
The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses.
The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses.
About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.
The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie ; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready.
The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar ; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready.
The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses.
The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses.
About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.
The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar ; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready.
The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie ; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready.
The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses.
The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses.
About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.
The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar ; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready.
The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie ; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready.
The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses.
The course on cutting wire is one of 63 classes of remedial military instruction being provided by 300 United States Army trainers in three consecutive two-month courses.
The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie ; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready.
About 1 percent of the equipment was manufactured in the past decade.
The largely unschooled troops are learning such basic skills as how to use an encrypted walkie-talkie; how to break open a door with a sledgehammer and a crowbar ; and how to drag a wounded colleague across a field while holding a rifle at the ready.
From the earliest days of the war , the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.
From the earliest days of the war, the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.
Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine.
Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine.
From the earliest days of the war, the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.
From the earliest days of the war , the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.
Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine.
Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine.
From the earliest days of the war, the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.
From the earliest days of the war , the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.
Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine.
Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine.
From the earliest days of the war, the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.
From the earliest days of the war , the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.
Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine.
Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine.
From the earliest days of the war , the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.
From the earliest days of the war, the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.
Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine.
Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine.
From the earliest days of the war, the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.
Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine.
From the earliest days of the war , the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.
Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine.
From the earliest days of the war, the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.
Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine.
Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine.
From the earliest days of the war , the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.
From the earliest days of the war, the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.
Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine.
Its request for a sophisticated antitank missile went nowhere, as Washington feared it would just encourage Russia to send more weapons and men to Ukraine.
From the earliest days of the war , the government in Kiev had asked for military help from the United States.
In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians’ soldierly skills lacking , and the group generally in need of instruction.
“I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said Sgt. Michael Faranda , who is teaching maneuvers.
Some even forgot their helmets on the first day of exercises.
Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.
In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians ’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction.
In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians’ soldierly skills lacking , and the group generally in need of instruction.
“I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said Sgt. Michael Faranda , who is teaching maneuvers.
Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.
In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians ’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction.
Some even forgot their helmets on the first day of exercises.
In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians’ soldierly skills lacking , and the group generally in need of instruction.
Some even forgot their helmets on the first day of exercises.
Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.
“I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said Sgt. Michael Faranda , who is teaching maneuvers.
In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians ’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction.
In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians’ soldierly skills lacking , and the group generally in need of instruction.
In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians ’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction.
“I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said Sgt. Michael Faranda , who is teaching maneuvers.
Some even forgot their helmets on the first day of exercises.
Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.
In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians’ soldierly skills lacking , and the group generally in need of instruction.
Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.
“I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said Sgt. Michael Faranda , who is teaching maneuvers.
Some even forgot their helmets on the first day of exercises.
In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians ’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction.
In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians’ soldierly skills lacking , and the group generally in need of instruction.
Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.
Some even forgot their helmets on the first day of exercises.
In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians ’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction.
“I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said Sgt. Michael Faranda , who is teaching maneuvers.
In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians’ soldierly skills lacking , and the group generally in need of instruction.
“I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said Sgt. Michael Faranda , who is teaching maneuvers.
Some even forgot their helmets on the first day of exercises.
In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians ’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction.
Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.
In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians’ soldierly skills lacking , and the group generally in need of instruction.
Some even forgot their helmets on the first day of exercises.
Still, Sergeant Faranda said, the Ukrainians’ willingness to go into combat was all the more notable for their lack of preparation for it.
In the first two weeks of training, the Americans found the Ukrainians ’ soldierly skills lacking, and the group generally in need of instruction.
“I came into it expecting them not to know much of the basics,” said Sgt. Michael Faranda , who is teaching maneuvers.
Capt. Nicholas Salimbene , an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off.
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “ 99 percent ” of the men in the course had already been in combat.
The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians.
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
Capt. Nicholas Salimbene , an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off.
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “ 99 percent ” of the men in the course had already been in combat.
The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians.
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
Capt. Nicholas Salimbene , an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off.
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians.
Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “ 99 percent ” of the men in the course had already been in combat.
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
Capt. Nicholas Salimbene , an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off.
The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians.
Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “ 99 percent ” of the men in the course had already been in combat.
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
Capt. Nicholas Salimbene , an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off.
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “ 99 percent ” of the men in the course had already been in combat.
The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians.
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
Capt. Nicholas Salimbene , an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off.
Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “ 99 percent ” of the men in the course had already been in combat.
The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians.
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
Capt. Nicholas Salimbene , an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off.
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “ 99 percent ” of the men in the course had already been in combat.
The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians.
Capt. Nicholas Salimbene , an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off.
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “ 99 percent ” of the men in the course had already been in combat.
The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians.
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
Capt. Nicholas Salimbene , an American trainer, noticed with alarm that the Ukrainians were carrying their rifles with the safeties off.
Oleksandr I. Leshchenko, the deputy director for training in the National Guard, was somewhat skeptical about the value of the training, saying that “ 99 percent ” of the men in the course had already been in combat.
The United States is also providing advanced courses for military professionals known as forward observers — the ones who call in targets — to improve the accuracy of artillery fire, making it more lethal for the enemy and less so for civilians.
“You see reports about the little green men,” he said, referring to the Russian soldiers who invaded the Crimean Peninsula last year in unmarked uniforms, “and they all walk around professionally, and carry their weapons professionally.”
Capt. Andrii Syurkalo , a Ukrainian officer, said it was commendable that the trainers were willing to use the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal as an element in a class on the Geneva Conventions.
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months.
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months.
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months .
American instructors intend to recommend top performers to serve as trainers within other Ukrainian units, and in this way spread the instruction more broadly.
Capt. Andrii Syurkalo , a Ukrainian officer, said it was commendable that the trainers were willing to use the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal as an element in a class on the Geneva Conventions.
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months.
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months.
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months .
American instructors intend to recommend top performers to serve as trainers within other Ukrainian units, and in this way spread the instruction more broadly.
Capt. Andrii Syurkalo , a Ukrainian officer, said it was commendable that the trainers were willing to use the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal as an element in a class on the Geneva Conventions.
American instructors intend to recommend top performers to serve as trainers within other Ukrainian units, and in this way spread the instruction more broadly.
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months .
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months.
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months.
Capt. Andrii Syurkalo , a Ukrainian officer, said it was commendable that the trainers were willing to use the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal as an element in a class on the Geneva Conventions.
American instructors intend to recommend top performers to serve as trainers within other Ukrainian units, and in this way spread the instruction more broadly.
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months .
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months.
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months.
Capt. Andrii Syurkalo , a Ukrainian officer, said it was commendable that the trainers were willing to use the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal as an element in a class on the Geneva Conventions.
American instructors intend to recommend top performers to serve as trainers within other Ukrainian units, and in this way spread the instruction more broadly.
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months .
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months.
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months.
Capt. Andrii Syurkalo , a Ukrainian officer, said it was commendable that the trainers were willing to use the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal as an element in a class on the Geneva Conventions.
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months.
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months.
The courses will train 705 Ukrainian soldiers at a cost of $19 million over six months .
American instructors intend to recommend top performers to serve as trainers within other Ukrainian units, and in this way spread the instruction more broadly.
He took his first loss in six starts this season.
And the Rangers , his favorite hockey team, were heading to overtime in an elimination playoff game.
He took his first loss in six starts this season.
He might have gotten by with a start like that if Cole Hamels , the Phillies’ starter, had not stifled the Mets for seven strong innings.
The Mets lost to the Phillies, the last-place team in the National League East, 3-1.
Around the time that Harvey took the mound, the Rangers took the ice at Madison Square Garden for the most important game of their season, Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal against the Washington Capitals in a series in which they trailed by three games to one.
Around the time that Harvey took the mound, the Rangers took the ice at Madison Square Garden for the most important game of their season, Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal against the Washington Capitals in a series in which they trailed by three games to one.
He and Henrik Lundqvist , the Rangers’ goalie, are friends.
Around the time that Harvey took the mound, the Rangers took the ice at Madison Square Garden for the most important game of their season, Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal against the Washington Capitals in a series in which they trailed by three games to one.
Around the time that Harvey took the mound, the Rangers took the ice at Madison Square Garden for the most important game of their season, Game 5 of their Eastern Conference semifinal against the Washington Capitals in a series in which they trailed by three games to one.
His start was another test in his comeback from Tommy John surgery , to see how he would perform if his routine kept getting tweaked.
Then he appeared to leave after the second period, presumably so he could get to Citi Field in time for the Mets’ game that night.
After throwing a gem on May 1 against the Nationals , the next afternoon he was at the Rangers’ game, sitting near center ice at the Garden, about eight rows up.
The Rangers eventually won that game, 3- 2 , and on Friday, after the Mets had finished, they pulled out a 2-1 overtime victory.
The Rangers eventually won that game, 3 -2, and on Friday, after the Mets had finished, they pulled out a 2-1 overtime victory.
I think we’re all excited to go back to a five -day rotation.
The Mets’ offense did not help Harvey much; Hamels held them to one run and four hits in seven innings.
In the third , with Dilson Herrera on second and nobody out, Harvey struck out trying to lay down a sacrifice bunt.
In the ninth, Daniel Murphy , another Rangers fan, led off with a single.
In the third, with Dilson Herrera on second and nobody out, Harvey struck out trying to lay down a sacrifice bunt.
Hewlett-Packard will release its earnings for the fourth quarter of 2015 on Tuesday .
One, HP Inc., primarily sells personal computers and printers .
HP Enterprise, or HPE, sells computer hardware and software for business.
It will be something of a valedictory moment: On Nov. 1 the entity became two companies.
It will be something of a valedictory moment : On Nov. 1 the entity became two companies.
— Ian Austen
While a $1.5 billion cash infusion from Quebec’s public pension management fund last week stabilized the financial situation at Bombardier, the Canadian plane and train maker will still have much to explain at an investor day in New York on Tuesday.
While a $1.5 billion cash infusion from Quebec’s public pension management fund last week stabilized the financial situation at Bombardier, the Canadian plane and train maker will still have much to explain at an investor day in New York on Tuesday.
The new cash came on top of $1 billion from the Quebec government and both were made necessary by the company’s struggling plan to move up from business and regional jets to compete directly with Boeing and Airbus in the airliner market.
The new cash came on top of $1 billion from the Quebec government and both were made necessary by the company’s struggling plan to move up from business and regional jets to compete directly with Boeing and Airbus in the airliner market.
For the first time in its 29-year history, the Disney-owned animation studio will release two films in the same calendar year: “The Good Dinosaur” arrives on Wednesday, just five months after “Inside Out” collected $851.3 million worldwide.
For the first time in its 29-year history, the Disney-owned animation studio will release two films in the same calendar year: “ The Good Dinosaur ” arrives on Wednesday, just five months after “Inside Out” collected $851.3 million worldwide.
For the first time in its 29-year history, the Disney-owned animation studio will release two films in the same calendar year : “The Good Dinosaur” arrives on Wednesday, just five months after “Inside Out” collected $851.3 million worldwide.
Dinosaurs are a safe box office bet — just look at “Jurassic World” — and every movie Pixar has ever released has been a blockbuster. But whether “The Good Dinosaur” continues that streak will depend on how audiences (and critics) respond to an expensive reworking of the film.
For the first time in its 29-year history, the Disney-owned animation studio will release two films in the same calendar year: “The Good Dinosaur” arrives on Wednesday, just five months after “Inside Out” collected $851.3 million worldwide .
Economists are looking for a solid 0.4 percentage point increase in income , with spending up 0.3 percent.
Economists are looking for a solid 0.4 percentage point increase in income, with spending up 0.3 percent .
If that is correct, it suggests growth in the final quarter of the year may be reasonably strong and also provides another piece of evidence for policy makers at the Federal Reserve who believe the economy is strong enough to withstand an increase in interest rates.
If that is correct, it suggests growth in the final quarter of the year may be reasonably strong and also provides another piece of evidence for policy makers at the Federal Reserve who believe the economy is strong enough to withstand an increase in interest rates .
On Wednesday, at 8:30 a.m., the Commerce Department will release the latest figures on personal income and spending in October.
And I tried to pay for our dinner, which ended up about $200 — and this was in the ’70s, when $200 meant something.
The good person always offers to pay; and the wealthier of the two always does.’ ”
“When I started out,” he explained, “I was invited by the founder of our company for drinks and steak.
And I tried to pay for our dinner, which ended up about $200 — and this was in the ’70s , when $200 meant something.
The people I wanted to do business with or start a friendship with were those who offered to pick up the bill; the shady characters were those who just sat back and waited for someone to pay.
“You pay because it’s the right thing to do. You really don’t know the financial situation of the other person whenever you go out, so just offer; if the person is wealthier than you, he’ll take care of you, no worries.
You always take care of those worse off than you — call it Jesus or charity or good business or whatever, but you always do.
Best business lunch I ever had (high-end chilaquiles, by the way).
Northwestern University, which strongly urged its players to vote down the union ahead of last year’s secret ballot election, released a statement from Alan Cubbage, a spokesman.
The commissioners of 31 of the largest conferences issued a statement calling the N.L.R.B. decision “the right call,” and Donald Remy, the N.C.A.A.’s chief legal officer, said it would allow the association “to continue to make progress for the college athlete without risking the instability to college sports that the N.L.R.B. recognized might occur under the labor petition.”
Northwestern University, which strongly urged its players to vote down the union ahead of last year’s secret ballot election, released a statement from Alan Cubbage, a spokesman.
The commissioners of 31 of the largest conferences issued a statement calling the N.L.R.B. decision “the right call,” and Donald Remy , the N.C.A.A.’s chief legal officer, said it would allow the association “to continue to make progress for the college athlete without risking the instability to college sports that the N.L.R.B. recognized might occur under the labor petition.”
“There may have been some sympathy for the players’ argument,” said Wilma Liebman , a former chairwoman of the N.L.R.B.
Indeed, the board wrote that its decision applied only to the Northwestern case — there was no precedent established for graduate teaching assistants or student janitors — and left open the possibility that it could re-examine the issue if college athletes brought a similar case in the future.
Indeed, the board wrote that its decision applied only to the Northwestern case — there was no precedent established for graduate teaching assistants or student janitors — and left open the possibility that it could re-examine the issue if college athletes brought a similar case in the future.
“There may have been some sympathy for the players’ argument,” said Wilma Liebman, a former chairwoman of the N.L.R.B.
Texas Southern’s Madarious Gibbs led the Tigers with 15 points.
“They just overwhelmed us with length, size, athleticism in the first half,” Texas Southern Coach Mike Davis said.
But once behind minutes after tip-off, the Tigers never mustered a meaningful run to reverse Arizona ’s momentum.
Arizona, the Pacific-12 Conference regular-season and tournament champion , will meet No. 10 Ohio State on Saturday for a slot in the round of 16.
Arizona, the Pacific-12 Conference regular-season and tournament champion, will meet No. 10 Ohio State on Saturday for a slot in the round of 16.
Texas Southern, from the Southwestern Athletic Conference , represented a potential land mine for the Wildcats.
Coach Mike Davis spent six seasons at Indiana, succeeding Bobby Knight, and led the Hoosiers to the national championship game in 2002.
Texas Southern , from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, represented a potential land mine for the Wildcats.
Coach Mike Davis spent six seasons at Indiana, succeeding Bobby Knight, and led the Hoosiers to the national championship game in 2002 .
Davis created one of the most difficult nonconference schedules in the country, with road games against the likes of Gonzaga, Baylor, Florida and Indiana .
Robert Lewandowski and Thomas Müller have been harder to stop than just about any other strikers in Europe this season, and Douglas Costa , Munich’s new Brazilian winger, has bamboozled many a defense with his combination of speed, sorcery and delivery.
But then again, had Lewandowski shot earlier than he did late in the second half, then Arsenal’s goalkeeper, Petr Cech , would not have been able to race from his line and make a bold interception with his legs.
And when Arsenal did break through, about 30 minutes in, Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was able to make a wonderful save as he dove low to his left to block a header by Theo Walcott from six yards out.
And when Arsenal did break through, about 30 minutes in, Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was able to make a wonderful save as he dove low to his left to block a header by Theo Walcott from six yards out.
And when Arsenal did break through, about 30 minutes in, Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer was able to make a wonderful save as he dove low to his left to block a header by Theo Walcott from six yards out.
Yet in the last 13 minutes, Neuer was beaten twice .
Olivier Giroud swept in behind him to bundle the ball into the net.
By popular acclaim the best goalkeeper on earth, Neuer misread a high, swinging free kick from Santi Cazorla , pawing at thin air.
Yet in the last 13 minutes , Neuer was beaten twice.
Yet in the last 13 minutes, Neuer was beaten twice.
During that score, the referee never saw that the ball deflected from Giroud ’s head onto his forearm, which possibly could have ruled out the goal.
It is called counterattacking , and it has been alien to Wenger’s philosophy over much of his two decades in London.
You possibly could thank Wenger’s assistant, the former Arsenal defender Steve Bould , for the change.
After a shot by Mesut Ozil , Neuer tried to scoop the ball away from his goal, but the official correctly spotted that it had, in fact, crossed the goal line.
Arsenal , using its rapid speed via Walcott, Alexis Sánchez and the adventurous young right back Héctor Bellerín, has found and honed a new winning tactic.
The story of a transgender pioneer, Lili Elbe , becomes a tasteful, sensitive and somewhat inert costume drama in the hands of Tom Hooper (“The King’s Speech.”)
The story of a transgender pioneer, Lili Elbe, becomes a tasteful, sensitive and somewhat inert costume drama in the hands of Tom Hooper (“The King’s Speech.”)
The story of a transgender pioneer, Lili Elbe, becomes a tasteful, sensitive and somewhat inert costume drama in the hands of Tom Hooper (“The King’s Speech.”)
The story of a transgender pioneer, Lili Elbe, becomes a tasteful, sensitive and somewhat inert costume drama in the hands of Tom Hooper (“The King’s Speech.”) Eddie Redmayne plays Lili, whom we first encounter as Einar Wegener, a Danish landscape painter.
His wife, Gerda ( Alicia Vikander ), also an artist, is the emotional center of the film, in part because Mr. Redmayne’s performance, while technically flawless, keeps the audience at a distance from Lili’s experience.
A mushy-mouthed Marion Cotillard co-stars; Justin Kurzel directed.
‘Love the Coopers’ (PG-13, 1:47)
The best reason to see this slick version of the sanguineous tragedy is Michael Fassbender’s exceptionally fine title performances, though the writing isn’t bad, either.
‘Love the Coopers’ ( PG-13 , 1:47)
This three-panel portrait of the Apple co-founder, written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle , portrays Jobs (Michael Fassbender) as a complicated, ambitious man caught in a tangle of messy personal and business relationships.
This three-panel portrait of the Apple co-founder, written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle, portrays Jobs ( Michael Fassbender ) as a complicated, ambitious man caught in a tangle of messy personal and business relationships.
This three-panel portrait of the Apple co-founder, written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Danny Boyle, portrays Jobs (Michael Fassbender) as a complicated, ambitious man caught in a tangle of messy personal and business relationships.
(Scott) ‘Suffragette’ (PG-13, 1:47) Carey Mulligan plays Maud Watts, a laundry worker in London in 1912 who becomes a militant supporter of women’s voting rights.
(Scott) ‘Tamasha’ (No rating, 2:35, in Hindi) Imtiaz Ali ’s Bollywood melodrama begins as an agreeable romance between a vacationing young man (Ranbir Kapoor) and woman (a charismatic but largely squandered Deepika Padukone); morphs into a professional identity crisis for the man; and concludes as a lavish self-serving ode by the director to his own calling.
This clunker about the blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo ( Bryan Cranston ) tells a great-man story with a patchwork of fact and fiction, mixing in the odd bit of newsreel with a great many dull, visually flat and poorly lighted dramatic scenes.
Jay Roach directed.
A pop romp that exhumes Mary Shelley’s famous monster-maker (James McAvoy) for a jaunty bromance with his bestie, Igor ( Daniel Radcliffe ).
(Dargis) ★ ‘ Truth ’ (R, 2:01)
A pop romp that exhumes Mary Shelley’s famous monster-maker ( James McAvoy ) for a jaunty bromance with his bestie, Igor (Daniel Radcliffe).
Two films with a more narrow focus are the chintzy hostage melodrama “Rock All Night,” with its marvelous tagline “Some Have to Dance … Some Have to Kill!,” and “Machine-Gun Kelly,” starring Charles Bronson .
American International Pictures , Part 2 (through Sunday)
American International Pictures, Part 2 (through Sunday) Anthology Film Archives continues its tribute to the influential, no-budget production house American International Pictures, where the movies’ titles and posters often got hashed out before the scripts were written.
Two films with a more narrow focus are the chintzy hostage melodrama “Rock All Night,” with its marvelous tagline “Some Have to Dance … Some Have to Kill!,” and “Machine-Gun Kelly,” starring Charles Bronson.
The Complete Studio Ghibli (through Dec. 31) IFC Center’s retrospective of the complete works of Studio Ghibli, the beloved Japanese animation house, varies from the wistful and pleasant, like Hayao Miyazaki ’s “My Neighbor Totoro,” to the crushingly sad, like Isao Takahata’s “Grave of the Fireflies,” about childhood alienation, set in Kobe at the end of World War II.)
The Complete Studio Ghibli (through Dec. 31) IFC Center’s retrospective of the complete works of Studio Ghibli, the beloved Japanese animation house, varies from the wistful and pleasant, like Hayao Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro,” to the crushingly sad, like Isao Takahata’s “Grave of the Fireflies,” about childhood alienation, set in Kobe at the end of World War II.)
The Complete Studio Ghibli (through Dec. 31) IFC Center’s retrospective of the complete works of Studio Ghibli, the beloved Japanese animation house, varies from the wistful and pleasant, like Hayao Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro,” to the crushingly sad, like Isao Takahata ’s “Grave of the Fireflies,” about childhood alienation, set in Kobe at the end of World War II.)
It all leads up to Jan. 1, when “Only Yesterday,” released in Japan in 1991 , will have its United States theatrical premiere.
The Complete Studio Ghibli (through Dec. 31) IFC Center’s retrospective of the complete works of Studio Ghibli, the beloved Japanese animation house, varies from the wistful and pleasant, like Hayao Miyazaki’s “My Neighbor Totoro,” to the crushingly sad, like Isao Takahata’s “Grave of the Fireflies,” about childhood alienation, set in Kobe at the end of World War II.)
The series wraps up this Friday with “Prince of the Himalayas.” At 9:30 p.m., 150 West 17th Street, Chelsea, 212-620-5000, rubinmuseum.org.
Still, the museum (which has an accompanying series of public talks about karma ) has assembled some fairly instructive examples.
Truth be told, this overarching theme for the Rubin Museum of Art ’s Cabaret Cinema series is fairly accommodating.
Truth be told, this overarching theme for the Rubin Museum of Art ’s Cabaret Cinema series is fairly accommodating.
“Most customers already have an autonomous driver
When Rolls buyers do not feel like doing the driving , they often have another option.
When Rolls buyers do not feel like doing the driving, they often have another option.
“It’s called a chauffeur .
Tesla Motors made a splash when it recently announced plans to add automated highway driving features, which it calls autopilot, to its Model S sedans by the summer.
AUTOMAKERS descended on New York for the city’s annual auto show this week with vehicles ready to do more than just respond to drivers’ commands.
The path to fully autonomous driving will still take years to reach consumers, but car manufacturers demonstrated this week that they are now able to offer buyers several levels of so-called active safety features — in which the car takes over driving in certain instances.
Tesla Motors made a splash when it recently announced plans to add automated highway driving features, which it calls autopilot , to its Model S sedans by the summer.
Tesla Motors made a splash when it recently announced plans to add automated highway driving features, which it calls autopilot, to its Model S sedans by the summer.
The screenplay was by the acclaimed writer Aaron Sorkin (who also wrote “The Social Network”).
But the movie tanked at the box office, earning about $18 million in the seven weeks after its Oct. 9 release.
But the movie tanked at the box office, earning about $18 million in the seven weeks after its Oct. 9 release.
The screenplay was by the acclaimed writer Aaron Sorkin (who also wrote “ The Social Network ”).
Walt Mossberg, who was a technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal for many years before co-founding ReCode , wrote a 1,400-word column on how Mr. Sorkin “chose to cherry-pick and exaggerate some of the worst aspects of Jobs’ character,” proclaiming over and over that the Steve Jobs portrayed in the film “isn’t the man I knew.”
Walt Mossberg, who was a technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal for many years before co-founding ReCode, wrote a 1,400-word column on how Mr. Sorkin “chose to cherry-pick and exaggerate some of the worst aspects of Jobs’ character,” proclaiming over and over that the Steve Jobs portrayed in the film “isn’t the man I knew.”
Walt Mossberg, who was a technology columnist for The Wall Street Journal for many years before co-founding ReCode, wrote a 1,400-word column on how Mr. Sorkin “chose to cherry-pick and exaggerate some of the worst aspects of Jobs’ character,” proclaiming over and over that the Steve Jobs portrayed in the film “isn’t the man I knew.” Steven Levy , who covered Apple for Newsweek and Rolling Stone, said that the Steve Jobs portrayed wasn’t “the person I knew.”
And Larry Magid , who covered Apple as a syndicated technology columnist for The San Jose Mercury News, wrote in Forbes that the movie was “not about the man I knew.”
The reality is, Steve Jobs was trying to sell things , and he was an absolute master at using the media to do that.
The reality is, Steve Jobs was trying to sell things, and he was an absolute master at using the media to do that.
And yet his daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs , chose to speak to Mr. Sorkin for the film, sharing, as Mr. Sorkin said in an interview, “stories about her father that weren’t necessarily flattering.”
And yet his daughter, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, chose to speak to Mr. Sorkin for the film, sharing, as Mr. Sorkin said in an interview, “stories about her father that weren’t necessarily flattering.”
His wife, Laurene Powell Jobs , reportedly tried to have the movie killed numerous times and was unusually public about how she disliked the film.
I think for women it wasn’t expected in my family, even though my sister ended up studying gemology .
She was a diamond grader in New York and eventually worked for our gemstones division.
Every single meal conversation was about the company , and growing up as a child I was interested.
But later on my first reaction was, “I’m not going to go into the business, I’m going to find my own identity, and do my own thing,” which is why I studied art history and languages and started working in the art world and then the fashion industry.
But later on my first reaction was, “I’m not going to go into the business, I’m going to find my own identity, and do my own thing,” which is why I studied art history and languages and started working in the art world and then the fashion industry .
A. I had my ah-ha moment when I was working for the Missoni family .
In 1992, Swarovski really wasn’t about fashion, it was all about figurines , and I thought we could be so much more, because I’d grown up with Grandfather telling me about his meetings with Coco Chanel and Christian Dior on our factory floor or in their atelier.
In 1992, Swarovski really wasn’t about fashion, it was all about figurines, and I thought we could be so much more, because I’d grown up with Grandfather telling me about his meetings with Coco Chanel and Christian Dior on our factory floor or in their atelier.
Dior was Alexander McQueen [with whom Swarovski collaborated for over 10 years], and that was really my strategy, trying to reconnect Swarovski and the fashion industry.
His secretary would give us Coca-Cola , which we were not allowed to have at home.
Q. Your father and two of his cousins were then leading the group.
He would also take us on business trips , too.
My father had always included me and my sister in the business, his office door was always open and even as children we would go in and sit at the end of the conference room and listen to his meetings.
The upward revisions to core capital goods shipments, combined with a report on Monday showing stronger construction spending in May and April than previously reported, suggest second-quarter G.D.P. could be revised higher when the government publishes its second estimate later this year.
a 0.1 percent gain in May.
A 0.6 percent increase in manufacturing inventories in June also pointed to an upward revision to second-quarter G.D.P. The rise in inventories followed a 0.1 percent gain in May.
Unfilled orders at factories were unchanged in June after two straight months of decreases, potentially signaling stability in factory activity.
The Commerce Department reported last week that the economy expanded at a 2.3 percent annual pace in the second quarter.
If the police haven’t changed the behavior , that suggests they haven’t done enough.
Unless this child is a committed lifelong criminal and doesn’t care about this sort of thing , the fact of going before a juvenile court might make a difference.
Being scared a little bit by police intervention would be a good thing.
You had absolutely no right as a child to ignore the suggestions, advice and admonishment of other adults; that was one of the reasons we all felt so safe .
There would always be somebody looking out for us.
The active leader among pitchers is Yovani Gallardo , with 12.
Gallardo, 29, was traded before the season from the Brewers to the Rangers in the American League, so his opportunities to add to that total will be limited.
Gallardo, 29, was traded before the season from the Brewers to the Rangers in the American League, so his opportunities to add to that total will be limited.
Gallardo, 29, was traded before the season from the Brewers to the Rangers in the American League, so his opportunities to add to that total will be limited.
Gallardo, 29, was traded before the season from the Brewers to the Rangers in the American League , so his opportunities to add to that total will be limited.
• Google is set to unveil at its annual developer conference today an overhaul of its mobile payment products, including a service called Android Pay, according to a news report.
• Australia’s richest person, the mining magnate Gina Rinehart, 61, today lost control of the $4 billion family trust to her 38-year-old daughter, Bianca , after a long legal battle.
• Broadcom, the wireless chip maker, is being acquired by a rival, Avago , for $37 billion, the companies said today.
• Australia’s richest person, the mining magnate Gina Rinehart , 61, today lost control of the $4 billion family trust to her 38-year-old daughter, Bianca, after a long legal battle.
Those hard oval shells contain what some call nature’s perfect food: high-quality protein; a balance of saturated, monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats ; and important nutrients like vitamins A and D and calcium.
And the federal government is about to retire its decades-old warnings about another element in eggs: cholesterol .
And the federal government is about to retire its decades-old warnings about another element in eggs: cholesterol .
And the federal government is about to retire its decades-old warnings about another element in eggs : cholesterol.
After three hours, Mapstone gave a preliminary diagnosis: amnestic mild cognitive impairment .
This is not a good thing, Mapstone told her gently; most cases of amnestic M.C.I. progress to full-­blown Alzheimer’s disease within 10 years.
That day at Mapstone’s office, she vowed that she would figure out a way to take her own life before the disease took it from her.
Later that month, Sandy sat down in her upstairs study — painted a rich burgundy , as the rest of the house was, to make the sprawling old place feel cozy — and looked at her Mac desktop computer screen.
The next month, Sandy’s husband, Daryl, from whom she had been amicably separated for 15 years, drove her from Ithaca to the University of Rochester Medical Center for cognitive testing by a neuropsychologist named Mark Mapstone.
The next month, Sandy’s husband, Daryl, from whom she had been amicably separated for 15 years, drove her from Ithaca to the University of Rochester Medical Center for cognitive testing by a neuropsychologist named Mark Mapstone.
That day at Mapstone’s office, she vowed that she would figure out a way to take her own life before the disease took it from her.
After three hours, Mapstone gave a preliminary diagnosis: amnestic mild cognitive impairment .
The next month, Sandy’s husband, Daryl, from whom she had been amicably separated for 15 years , drove her from Ithaca to the University of Rochester Medical Center for cognitive testing by a neuropsychologist named Mark Mapstone.
This is not a good thing, Mapstone told her gently; most cases of amnestic M.C.I. progress to full-­blown Alzheimer’s disease within 10 years.
By this point, a year and a half after her amnestic M.C.I. diagnosis, she had progressed to what Duffy said was Alzheimer’s disease.
She had retired from Cornell , but she was doing well.
She could read novels, even difficult ones like Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road. ” She played tennis, gardened and went for walks around Ithaca with a handful of friends, most of them former colleagues from Cornell.
She could still travel alone to familiar destinations, including Austin, Tex. , where Emily was living.
She played tennis, gardened and went for walks around Ithaca with a handful of friends, most of them former colleagues from Cornell .
She played tennis, gardened and went for walks around Ithaca with a handful of friends, most of them former colleagues from Cornell.
She had retired from Cornell , but she was doing well.
By this point, a year and a half after her amnestic M.C.I. diagnosis, she had progressed to what Duffy said was Alzheimer’s disease.
On a quiet Friday morning in November 2010, Sandy sat down with a mug of honey-­ginger tea to read two books that Daryl had brought her.
She could still travel alone to familiar destinations, including Austin, Tex ., where Emily was living.
During story time, she would go through their picture books with a bottle of Wite-­Out and a Magic Marker, changing a hero’s name from male to female , revising plot lines, adding long hair or breasts to some of the drawings.
Sandy would cuddle with the baby and turn pages.
Emily was surprised to see her mother so at ease in the traditional role of Felix’s bubbe (Yiddish for “grandmother”).
During story time, she would go through their picture books with a bottle of Wite-­Out and a Magic Marker, changing a hero’s name from male to female, revising plot lines, adding long hair or breasts to some of the drawings.
Over the next months, Sandy and Daryl boarded a bus early in the morning every few weeks and rode down to Manhattan for the treatments.
Over the next months, Sandy and Daryl boarded a bus early in the morning every few weeks and rode down to Manhattan for the treatments.
Over the next months, Sandy and Daryl boarded a bus early in the morning every few weeks and rode down to Manhattan for the treatments.
Over the next months, Sandy and Daryl boarded a bus early in the morning every few weeks and rode down to Manhattan for the treatments.
In October, Sandy wrote to an address in Mexico listed on the website of “The Peaceful Pill Handbook.”
When Bev came from Oregon to visit, Sandy couldn’t understand how Bev and she could possibly have had the same parents.
She didn’t recognize Robyn’s name in conversation, and when Emily tried to explain that Robyn was “Dad’s sister,” Sandy asked who, exactly, was Dad?
Sandy eagerly took scissors to the packaging and retrieved two 100-­milliliter bottles of pentobarbital — she had bought an extra one just in case, even though she believed that one bottle would be enough for a person her size.
Sandy eagerly took scissors to the packaging and retrieved two 100-­milliliter bottles of pentobarbital — she had bought an extra one just in case, even though she believed that one bottle would be enough for a person her size.
Emily was angry at her father for speaking so pragmatically about her mother ’s death.
That night, she sat with her parents and Robyn while they discussed the situation.
“We just thought that with your mother turning 70 on June 22 , that might be a good time.”
“You’re just doing the math,” she told Daryl .
After Emily walked out, Sandy turned to Bev and asked, “Who is that person’s mother?”
Karen organized a small gathering on Sunday, May 18 , to celebrate Sandy’s life.
It was very intimate, just Sandy, Daryl, Emily, Karen, Bev and Robyn .
At the gathering, Daryl ­talked about a lawsuit that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed in 1972 against AT&T for sex discrimination in its recruitment practices, in which he and Sandy took the stand together to testify as a team.
After Emily walked out, Sandy turned to Bev and asked, “Who is that person’s mother?”
So Daryl and Sandy walked to the bathroom together, and Daryl sat outside the door while his dying wife sat on the toilet.
“How powerful a presence is her absence,” Daryl would say at a memorial service that summer, quoting from a poem by Fred Chappell.
He helped Sandy back into bed, and within five minutes she was unconscious.
“How powerful a presence is her absence,” Daryl would say at a memorial service that summer , quoting from a poem by Fred Chappell.
But the rapidly shifting film school landscape has led to what a business professor might refer to as marketplace confusion.
“You practically need a degree just to sort through it,” said Reed Martin, author of “The Reel Truth,” a guide for aspiring filmmakers .
“You practically need a degree just to sort through it,” said Reed Martin , author of “The Reel Truth,” a guide for aspiring filmmakers.
Full Sail, which offered its first bachelor’s degree programs in 2003 and master’s programs in 2007, says it received 2,800 film-related applicants last year, a 47 percent increase over 2013.
Full Sail, which offered its first bachelor’s degree programs in 2003 and master’s programs in 2007 , says it received 2,800 film-related applicants last year, a 47 percent increase over 2013.
So schools have evolved to place more emphasis on the collaborative filmmaking process .
“Incoming students may know how to operate a camera,” said Bob Gazzale , president of the nonprofit American Film Institute in Los Angeles, whose conservatory counts directors like David Lynch and Terrence Malick as graduates.
Computer-generated visual effects have replaced movie stars as the primary reason the masses buy tickets.
China is rapidly becoming Hollywood’s
Creating entertainment for an increasingly diverse audience — Hispanic moviegoers now drive the North American box office, according to industry data — is a growing focus in film schools across the board.
“I didn’t want to get in a class and just read books,” Mr. Carmona Astor said.
The professional wrestling company WWE tapes an online program called “NXT” at the university.
Gary A. Rizzo, a 1993 recording arts graduate, has been nominated for four sound-mixing Oscars, winning in 2011 for Christopher Nolan’s “Inception.”
Gary A. Rizzo, a 1993 recording arts graduate, has been nominated for four sound-mixing Oscars, winning in 2011 for Christopher Nolan ’s “Inception.”
Steve Cainas, 43, who received an associate’s degree in film from Full Sail in 1992 , makes his living in Atlanta as a production coordinator.
An inductee to Full Sail’s Hall of Fame , honoring its most successful alums, Mr. Cainas has production coordinator credits on several films and TV series, including Parts 1 and 2 of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn” and HBO’s “True Detective.”
Steve Cainas, 43, who received an associate’s degree in film from Full Sail in 1992, makes his living in Atlanta as a production coordinator.
An inductee to Full Sail’s Hall of Fame, honoring its most successful alums, Mr. Cainas has production coordinator credits on several films and TV series, including Parts 1 and 2 of “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn” and HBO’s “True Detective.” “A lot of these kids coming out now think they can just send a couple emails and get a great job,” he said.
“The guacamole was seriously one of the best I’ve ever tasted,” wrote one diner.
But another referred to it as “ not something that’s out of this world extraordinary .
(Even the chef Jean-George Vongerichten , the owner of ABC Cocina, left a peaceful message on his Twitter account.)
You can also use #NYTCooking on Twitter to show your creation to The Times’s food team, who helped start this culinary chaos.
Our readers have given it a five-star rating.
You can also use #NYTCooking on Twitter to show your creation to The Times ’s food team, who helped start this culinary chaos.
BOSTON —  The American men ended their slump in the Boston Marathon when Meb Keflezighi won in 2014, a cathartic victory that enabled “The Star-Spangled Banner” to play over Boylston Street one year after bombs had exploded there.
BOSTON —  The American men ended their slump in the Boston Marathon when Meb Keflezighi won in 2014 , a cathartic victory that enabled “The Star-Spangled Banner” to play over Boylston Street one year after bombs had exploded there.
BOSTON —  The American men ended their slump in the Boston Marathon when Meb Keflezighi won in 2014, a cathartic victory that enabled “ The Star-Spangled Banner ” to play over Boylston Street one year after bombs had exploded there.
This year, the United States women are hoping to end a drought that has lasted 30 years .
Flanagan finished fourth in 2013 and seventh last year in 2 hours 22 minutes 2 seconds — the career best for an American woman on the Boston course.
The Boston race has been dominated by East Africans, with Kenya and Ethiopia taking 16 of the last 18 women’s titles.
Kenya and Ethiopia also won 24 of the 26 men’s races before Keflezighi gave the United States its first victory since 1983 .
The Boston race has been dominated by East Africans, with Kenya and Ethiopia taking 16 of the last 18 women’s titles.
Flanagan was fourth in the 2013 Boston race, crossing the finish line a few hours before two explosions there killed three people and wounded more than 260.
Flanagan was fourth in the 2013 Boston race, crossing the finish line a few hours before two explosions there killed three people and wounded more than 260 .
Deba’s 2:19:59 last year was 62 seconds behind Jeptoo’s course record and also beat the old mark.
“ It will be exciting. ”
In all, nine women in the 2015 field have personal bests of 2:22:38 or better.
In all, nine women in the 2015 field have personal bests of 2:22:38 or better. “ This is a field with a lot of women who have the same capabilities, ” Flanagan said.
“I see no reason to delay,” said Linas Linkevicius , the foreign minister of Lithuania.
“If we don’t see real progress in the implementation of the Minsk agreement, then we need to go further,” said Didier Reynders, the Belgian foreign minister .
He noted that a cease-fire, known as the Minsk agreement, between the Ukrainian government and Russian-backed separatist rebels had not yet been fully carried out.
“Without that, we need to prolong the sanctions.” Federica Mogherini , the high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy, told reporters at a news conference on Monday that the union could reach a political decision as soon as Thursday at the summit meeting here.
Federica Mogherini, the high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy, told reporters at a news conference on Monday that the union could reach a political decision as soon as Thursday at the summit meeting here.
The Italian foreign minister, Paolo Gentiloni , said his country’s position was “not a matter of principle,” and that Italy wanted the union’s national leaders to assess the state of the Minsk agreement before action was taken.
that Italy wanted the union’s national leaders to assess the state of the Minsk agreement before action was taken.
The Italian energy industry has close ties to Gazprom, the Russian state -run natural gas exporter, and important Italian industries like farming and fashion have lost business because of retaliatory measures imposed by Moscow.
The Italian energy industry has close ties to Gazprom, the Russian state-run natural gas exporter, and important Italian industries like farming and fashion have lost business because of retaliatory measures imposed by Moscow.
The Italian energy industry has close ties to Gazprom, the Russian state-run natural gas exporter, and important Italian industries like farming and fashion have lost business because of retaliatory measures imposed by Moscow.
A) “In a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, Republicans prefer an outsider to a candidate with experience in the political system by a 24-point margin (60 to 36).”
A) “In a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, Republicans prefer an outsider to a candidate with experience in the political system by a 24-point margin (60 to 36).”
A) “In a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, Republicans prefer an outsider to a candidate with experience in the political system by a 24-point margin (60 to 36).”
A) “In a recent ABC News/Washington Post poll, Republicans prefer an outsider to a candidate with experience in the political system by a 24-point margin (60 to 36).”
So “ Something Rotten! ” has two canons from which to pull fodder: the complete works of you-know-who and the Broadway musical.
This is clear from its opening number, “Welcome to the Renaissance,” in which a chorus attired in doublets and farthingales — seen against Scott Pask’s deliberately kitschy Merrie Olde London set — extol the glories of being utterly up-to-date in the 1590s, while singing and dancing like a road company of a generic song-and-dance blockbuster from the late 20th century.
This is clear from its opening number, “ Welcome to the Renaissance ,” in which a chorus attired in doublets and farthingales — seen against Scott Pask’s deliberately kitschy Merrie Olde London set — extol the glories of being utterly up-to-date in the 1590s, while singing and dancing like a road company of a generic song-and-dance blockbuster from the late 20th century.
This is clear from its opening number, “Welcome to the Renaissance,” in which a chorus attired in doublets and farthingales — seen against Scott Pask’s deliberately kitschy Merrie Olde London set — extol the glories of being utterly up-to-date in the 1590s , while singing and dancing like a road company of a generic song-and-dance blockbuster from the late 20th century.
This is clear from its opening number, “Welcome to the Renaissance,” in which a chorus attired in doublets and farthingales — seen against Scott Pask’s deliberately kitschy Merrie Olde London set — extol the glories of being utterly up-to-date in the 1590s, while singing and dancing like a road company of a generic song-and-dance blockbuster from the late 20th century.
The first occurred halfway through the first act, after Mr. Oscar’s Nostradamus led a number that foresaw the shape of entertainment to come.
“Omelette,” by the way, is a misreading of “ Hamlet ” by Nostradamus, who tries to predict what Shakespeare’s chef d’oeuvre will be so Nick can steal the idea.
It is a codpiece into which Nigel, played with rather charming nerdiness by Mr. Cariani, reaches when he tells the girl he adores, Portia (Kate Reinders, doing an impression of Kristin Chenoweth ), “I have something to show you.”
The cast also includes Heidi Blickenstaff as Nick’s stalwart wife, Bea, a precocious feminist (“This is the ’90s!
(Sometimes you wonder if the show isn’t made up of scenes culled from the wastebaskets of the “ Saturday Night Live ” staff.)
With his resolute jaw, gleaming smile and heroic tenor, Mr. d’Arcy James wasn’t meant to play a sad sack like Nick.
Mr. Borle brings his well-polished panoply of comic tics, winks and flourishes to his portrayal of Shakespeare as a glam rock star.
As anyone who saw his Tony-winning Captain Hook in “Peter and the Starcatcher” knows, Mr. Borle is a master of carefully stylized excess.
Like the show itself, it’s both too much and not enough.
Though he works hard, the character eludes his grasp.
In the wake of Thursday’s attack, Mrs. Clinton made sure to acknowledge that “ gun ownership is part of the fabric of many American communities,” before urging broad policies to address gun violence.
“We must come together for common sense gun violence prevention reforms that keep weapons out of the hands of criminals and the violently unstable, while respecting responsible gun owners,” she said in a statement that was unlikely to offer encouragement to proponents of stricter gun laws.
In the wake of Thursday’s attack, Mrs. Clinton made sure to acknowledge that “gun ownership is part of the fabric of many American communities,” before urging broad policies to address gun violence .
“We must come together for common sense gun violence prevention reforms that keep weapons out of the hands of criminals and the violently unstable, while respecting responsible gun owners,” she said in a statement that was unlikely to offer encouragement to proponents of stricter gun laws.
“We must come together for common sense gun violence prevention reforms that keep weapons out of the hands of criminals and the violently unstable, while respecting responsible gun owners,” she said in a statement that was unlikely to offer encouragement to proponents of stricter gun laws.
Where Congress has faltered, the states have moved to tighten safety aspects of gun ownership .
For instance, 10 states have made it harder for people with domestic violence convictions to obtain weapons.
Court records show that the gunman in Louisiana had a history of mental illness and had once been the subject of a protective order in Carroll County, Ga., which may have been detected with a stronger mental health reporting systems.
Court records show that the gunman in Louisiana had a history of mental illness and had once been the subject of a protective order in Carroll County, Ga., which may have been detected with a stronger mental health reporting systems .
Court records show that the gunman in Louisiana had a history of mental illness and had once been the subject of a protective order in Carroll County, Ga., which may have been detected with a stronger mental health reporting systems.
The man who the police say killed nine Charleston churchgoers had not completed his background check, but he was allowed to buy a gun anyway under a so-called default proceed.
The man who the police say killed nine Charleston churchgoers had not completed his background check, but he was allowed to buy a gun anyway under a so-called default proceed .
Federal law permits a firearms dealer who has initiated a background check to proceed with a sale if the dealer has not been notified of violations within three business days .
Representative James E. Clyburn , Democrat of South Carolina, filed legislation that would close the loophole, but Republican leaders have not acted on it.
Representative James E. Clyburn, Democrat of South Carolina, filed legislation that would close the loophole, but Republican leaders have not acted on it.
Gun violence experts are increasingly interested in changing laws to better target those who have a demonstrated propensity for gun violence.
For instance, a nonviolent felony conviction from two decades ago may well be less predictive of gun violence than a domestic violence protection order or drunken-driving conviction, said Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research.
For instance, a nonviolent felony conviction from two decades ago may well be less predictive of gun violence than a domestic violence protection order or drunken-driving conviction, said Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research.
For instance, a nonviolent felony conviction from two decades ago may well be less predictive of gun violence than a domestic violence protection order or drunken-driving conviction, said Daniel Webster , director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research.
No single law usually could have prevented mass shootings , which remain rare.
Each time Ben Carson prepared to cut into a human brain, the neurosurgeon, who was the first to separate twins conjoined at the head, said a prayer.
He would scrub his hands, close his eyes and ask for God ’s help.
Since packing up his scalpel and becoming a Republican presidential candidate , Mr. Carson has not shied from talking about his Christian faith and sprinkling policy pronouncements with prayer as he travels the country talking to voters in his blunt but soft-spoken style.
But Mr. Carson’s religion has been cast in a harsher light in recent days, as Mr. Trump, whose support among evangelicals is falling, suggested that the doctor is not a mainstream Christian because he is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination.
But Mr. Carson’s religion has been cast in a harsher light in recent days, as Mr. Trump , whose support among evangelicals is falling, suggested that the doctor is not a mainstream Christian because he is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination.
More recently, however, Mr. Carson made clear that he would always defend his Adventist beliefs against skeptics .
Last spring, Mr. Carson was invited to speak at a Southern Baptist Pastors’ Conference in Ohio, but he faced opposition because of his beliefs and eventually backed out.
“I’m proud of the fact that I believe what God has said, and I’ve said many times that I’ll defend it before anyone,” Mr. Carson told the Adventist Report in 2013 .
“ Dr. Carson is a Seventh-day Adventist,” a group of pastors from the Baptist organization B21 wrote in protest of his visit.
For theological reasons, Adventism has faced tensions with the Roman Catholic and Baptist Churches over the years.
On the other hand, some Adventists have been disappointed in a perceived lack of tolerance regarding Islam from Mr. Carson, who said recently that he did not think a Muslim should be able to be president.
His fierce opposition to the Affordable Care Act , which he has compared to slavery, has also rankled some in the community who say the law is in keeping with the religion’s focus on promoting health.
On the other hand, some Adventists have been disappointed in a perceived lack of tolerance regarding Islam from Mr. Carson, who said recently that he did not think a Muslim should be able to be president.
His fierce opposition to the Affordable Care Act, which he has compared to slavery, has also rankled some in the community who say the law is in keeping with the religion’s focus on promoting health .
“It was certainly disappointing for me,” Sam Geli , a retired Adventist chaplain who considers himself an independent, said of Mr. Carson’s remarks about Muslims.
Bob Vander Plaats , the president and chief executive of the Family Leader, a social conservative group in Iowa, said his members had not yet expressed concern about Mr. Carson’s religion.
He cited the support that Mr. Romney received from evangelicals in 2012 , saying he did not think the fact that Mr. Carson is a Seventh-day Adventist would be an issue unless theology became central to the political debate.
He cited the support that Mr. Romney received from evangelicals in 2012, saying he did not think the fact that Mr. Carson is a Seventh-day Adventist would be an issue unless theology became central to the political debate.
“I think Trump threw out the fleece to let people check it out,” Mr. Vander Plaats said of why he thought Mr. Carson’s religion suddenly became an issue.
He cited the support that Mr. Romney received from evangelicals in 2012, saying he did not think the fact that Mr. Carson is a Seventh-day Adventist would be an issue unless theology became central to the political debate.
A Jewish deli shouldn’t be required to cater events for the Nation of Islam.
A liberal printer shouldn’t be forced to print tracts for a right-wing cause.
Denying service to gays is like denying service to blacks under Jim Crow.
But those are issues of belief , not identity.
Would you bake the cake ?
None of the businesses facing sanctions are saying they wouldn’t serve gay people as a class; they just don’t want to work at nuptials.
It seems possible, and reasonable, to live and let live .
My family has its share of divorces and second marriages ; my friends’ romantic paths are varied; my closest friend from high school just exchanged vows with his longtime boyfriend.
My family has its share of divorces and second marriages; my friends’ romantic paths are varied; my closest friend from high school just exchanged vows with his longtime boyfriend.
First, these issues are difficult and personal , and I don’t presume that my approach is always right.
Well, that discomfort may seem religious, but segregationists felt justified by scripture too.
But I would be uncomfortable attending same-sex vows in the style of a Catholic mass — or being hired to photograph such a ceremony.
But I would be uncomfortable attending same-sex vows in the style of a Catholic mass — or being hired to photograph such a ceremony .
The debate about race was very specific to America, modernity, the South .
(Bans on interracial marriage were generally a white supremacist innovation, not an inheritance from Christendom or common law.)
Jesus explicitly makes stricter. What we now call the “traditional” view of sexuality was a then-radical idea separating the early church from Roman culture, and it’s remained basic in every branch of Christianity until very recently.
But they were also up against one of the Bible’s major meta-narratives — from the Israelites in Egypt to Saint Paul’s “neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free.”
What we now call the “traditional” view of sexuality was a then-radical idea separating the early church from Roman culture , and it’s remained basic in every branch of Christianity until very recently.
But again, the Christian idea is that God asks the seemingly impossible of all of us — and, fortunately forgives us when we fail.
But again, the Christian idea is that God asks the seemingly impossible of all of us — and, fortunately forgives us when we fail.
They’re prisoners of a cruel delusion .
Nobody has to accept this idea, but if you do it’s compatible with a lot of pain, struggle and mystery where humanity encounters God.
KE’SHAWN VAUGHN AND JOSH FERGUSON Illinois entered its game at Purdue ranked last in the Big Ten in rushing, averaging 114.6 yards a game and only 67.2 yards during its first four conference games.
But the Illini solved that problem for at least one week, getting 16 carries for 180 rushing yards and two touchdowns from Vaughn, a freshman; 12 carries for 133 yards from Ferguson, a senior in his first game back from injury; and a total of 382 yards on the ground in a dominating 48-14 victory over the Boilermakers .
But the Illini solved that problem for at least one week, getting 16 carries for 180 rushing yards and two touchdowns from Vaughn, a freshman; 12 carries for 133 yards from Ferguson, a senior in his first game back from injury; and a total of 382 yards on the ground in a dominating 48-14 victory over the Boilermakers.
But the Illini solved that problem for at least one week, getting 16 carries for 180 rushing yards and two touchdowns from Vaughn, a freshman; 12 carries for 133 yards from Ferguson, a senior in his first game back from injury; and a total of 382 yards on the ground in a dominating 48-14 victory over the Boilermakers.
The Washington State sophomore threw for 497 yards and five touchdowns as the host Cougars topped Arizona State, 38-24, to become eligible for a bowl game for the second time in Coach Mike Leach’s four years with the program.
The Washington State sophomore threw for 497 yards and five touchdowns as the host Cougars topped Arizona State , 38-24, to become eligible for a bowl game for the second time in Coach Mike Leach’s four years with the program.
The Washington State sophomore threw for 497 yards and five touchdowns as the host Cougars topped Arizona State, 38-24, to become eligible for a bowl game for the second time in Coach Mike Leach ’s four years with the program.
STACY COLEY The Miami junior wide receiver finished with 132 yards, including a 67-yard score, as the host Hurricanes became bowl-eligible by topping Virginia , 27-21.
This year, T brought her somewhere very different: to rural America , for an exploration of American sportswear.
The model Aya Jones was first discovered on Paris’s rue de Rivoli — and booked promptly as an exclusive in Prada ’s spring/summer 2015 show.
Aya Jones T he model Aya Jones was first discovered on Paris’s rue de Rivoli — and booked promptly as an exclusive in Prada’s spring/summer 2015 show.
The model Aya Jones was first discovered on Paris’s rue de Rivoli — and booked promptly as an exclusive in Prada’s spring/summer 2015 show.
The model Aya Jones was first discovered on Paris’s rue de Rivoli — and booked promptly as an exclusive in Prada’s spring/summer 2015 show.
The German model booked 20 shows the very first time she walked in New York Fashion Week.
The German model booked 20 shows the very first time she walked in New York Fashion Week.
Since then, she’s appeared in a campaign for Prada — and for T, she joined Aya Jones on a trip exploring the fashionable side of American sportswear .
Since then, she’s appeared in a campaign for Prada — and for T, she joined Aya Jones on a trip exploring the fashionable side of American sportswear.
The 26-year-old Chinese model Fei Fei Sun has, over the last five years, established herself as a well-known name in the industry.
The Ethiopian model Liya Kebede has been a successful model for years — but T fell in love with her all over again in 2015.
(Early in her career, she was chosen by Karl Lagerfeld to appear in his Chanel Shanghai show and, in 2012, became the first Asian face of Valentino.)
The 26-year-old Chinese model Fei Fei Sun has, over the last five years, established herself as a well-known name in the industry.
With the presidential race heating up, a torrent of politically charged commentary has flooded Facebook , the world’s largest social networking site, with some users deploying their “unfollow” buttons like a television remote to silence distasteful political views.
With the presidential race heating up, a torrent of politically charged commentary has flooded Facebook, the world’s largest social networking site, with some users deploying their “unfollow” buttons like a television remote to silence distasteful political views.
Coupled with the algorithm now powering Facebook’s news feed, the unfollowing is creating a more homogenized political experience of like-minded users, resulting in the kind of polarization more often associated with MSNBC or Fox News.
And it may ultimately deflate a central promise of the Internet: Instead of offering people a diverse marketplace of challenging ideas , the web is becoming just another self-perpetuating echo chamber.
She also removed the actress Anne Hathaway from her Instagram feed after Ms. Hathaway shared a posting supportive of Mrs. Clinton.
And John Thrasher of Cumberland, Md., lost touch with his father over his politics postings on Facebook.
Mike Massaroli, from Staten Island, says that his postings are often ignored and that he is occasionally unfollowed even by his fraternity brothers, who playfully cast him off as “ the dude who is voting for Bernie Sanders ” for his frequent praise of the Vermont senator.
Mike Massaroli, from Staten Island, says that his postings are often ignored and that he is occasionally unfollowed even by his fraternity brothers, who playfully cast him off as “the dude who is voting for Bernie Sanders” for his frequent praise of the Vermont senator.
“The fundamental principle underpinning news feed is the more you interact with specific types of content and content from specific places, the more likely you are to continue to see” that kind of content, said Andy Stone , a spokesman for Facebook.
But at the same time, more partisan political videos may trickle into news feeds as campaigns deploy Facebook’s new video advertising platform to reach specific groups.
And Facebook is ready to tap these intensifying political passions as a revenue stream.
Vincent Harris , the chief digital strategist for Senator Rand Paul’s campaign, equipped the candidate’s many followers with avatars, photographs, videos, memes and links to post on their Facebook walls on the day Mr. Paul announced that he was running for president.
Vincent Harris, the chief digital strategist for Senator Rand Paul’s campaign, equipped the candidate’s many followers with avatars, photographs, videos, memes and links to post on their Facebook walls on the day Mr. Paul announced that he was running for president .
Mr. Thrasher, who had the Facebook falling out with his father, created a separate list of conservative friends from his hometown to keep tabs on what “Republican friends were saying about the latest craze.” And Facebook counts its vast user base as evidence that it is much more than a political echo chamber.
“Even if the majority of people that you’re friends with have opinions that are similar to you,” Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, said last year, “your network of friends and friends of friends who you’ll hear from in your news feed is going to bring you more diverse opinions than you would have from any other type of media that you would have consumed.”
“Even if the majority of people that you’re friends with have opinions that are similar to you,” Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg, said last year, “ your network of friends and friends of friends who you’ll hear from in your news feed is going to bring you more diverse opinions than you would have from any other type of media that you would have consumed.”
But as the passions about the presidential race ratchet up and more people click the “unfollow” button, the discussion on the site tends to mimic the chatter of often-derided partisan news organizations on television, where like-minded audiences follow like-minded viewpoints.
When mastodons and other large mammals became extinct 10,000 years ago , squash and gourds could have, too, said Logan Kistler, a molecular anthropologist at the University of Warwick in England and one of the study’s authors.
When mastodons and other large mammals became extinct 10,000 years ago, squash and gourds could have, too, said Logan Kistler, a molecular anthropologist at the University of Warwick in England and one of the study’s authors.
When mastodons and other large mammals became extinct 10,000 years ago, squash and gourds could have, too, said Logan Kistler, a molecular anthropologist at the University of Warwick in England and one of the study’s authors.
When mastodons and other large mammals became extinct 10,000 years ago, squash and gourds could have, too, said Logan Kistler , a molecular anthropologist at the University of Warwick in England and one of the study’s authors.
When mastodons and other large mammals became extinct 10,000 years ago, squash and gourds could have, too, said Logan Kistler, a molecular anthropologist at the University of Warwick in England and one of the study’s authors.
Top contenders for the 141 st running of the Kentucky Derby are listed in order of preference, with comments provided by Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert of The New York Times.
Dortmund  Trainer: Bob Baffert Jockey: Martin Garcia Record: 6-6-0-0 Points: 170 Odds: 6-1 J.D.: This colt gets the edge over American Pharoah for faring better in California.
Churchill Downs recently adopted a point system to determine the Derby field, with points being earned by the top four finishers in designated prep races.
Dortmund  Trainer: Bob Baffert Jockey: Martin Garcia Record: 6-6-0-0 Points: 170 Odds: 6-1 J.D.: This colt gets the edge over American Pharoah for faring better in California.
Like his father, Big Brown , he will enter the Derby with a perfect record, making him my top choice.
J.D.: He twice finished a head behind my top choice, Dortmund , before winning the Sunland Derby in New Mexico.
Carpe Diem  Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: John Velazquez Record: 5-4-1-0 Points: 164 Odds: 10-1 J.D.: Seemingly the only real threat from the East, this colt has won races without working up much of a sweat.
Carpe Diem  Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: John Velazquez Record: 5-4-1-0 Points: 164 Odds: 10-1 J.D.: Seemingly the only real threat from the East, this colt has won races without working up much of a sweat.
He is going to like the Derby’s mile-and-a-quarter distance.
Carpe Diem  Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: John Velazquez Record: 5-4-1-0 Points: 164 Odds: 10-1 J.D.: Seemingly the only real threat from the East, this colt has won races without working up much of a sweat.
Materiality  Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: John Velazquez Record: 3-3-0-0 Points: 100 Odds: 12-1 J.D.: Materiality, the Florida Derby champion, is trying to do an awful lot in little time.
Materiality  Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: John Velazquez Record: 3-3-0-0 Points: 100 Odds: 12-1 J.D.: Materiality, the Florida Derby champion, is trying to do an awful lot in little time.
Materiality  Trainer: Todd Pletcher Jockey: John Velazquez Record: 3-3-0-0 Points: 100 Odds: 12-1 J.D.: Materiality, the Florida Derby champion, is trying to do an awful lot in little time.
Upstart  Trainer: Rick Violette Jockey: Jose Ortiz Record: 7-3-3-1 Points: 76 Odds: 18-1 J.D.: Melissa likes this horse better than I do.
Upstart  Trainer: Rick Violette Jockey: Jose Ortiz Record: 7-3-3-1 Points: 76 Odds: 18-1 J.D.: Melissa likes this horse better than I do.
The Dallas Cowboys signed La’el Collins, a former Louisiana State offensive tackle who had been a projected first-round pick in last week’s N.F.L. draft until his name came up in a police investigation.
Collins has never been named a suspect or person of interest in the shooting death of Brittney Mills , but the police acknowledged that they wanted to talk to him because he knew her.
Collins has never been named a suspect or person of interest in the shooting death of Brittney Mills, but the police acknowledged that they wanted to talk to him because he knew her. After he went undrafted, Collins met with the police, who said he answered all their questions.
After he went undrafted , Collins met with the police, who said he answered all their questions.
■ Ed Reed, a nine-time Pro Bowl safety, formally announced his retirement after signing a one-day contract with the Baltimore Ravens , the team that drafted him 24th over all in 2002.
A 20-year-old former community college student was being sought for the fatal shooting of a campus print shop director whom he used to work under, the authorities said Monday.
A 20-year-old former community college student was being sought for the fatal shooting of a campus print shop director whom he used to work under, the authorities said Monday.
The former student, Kenneth M. Stancil III , was accused of killing Ron Lane, who was shot as he arrived for his job Monday morning at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro.
The former student, Kenneth M. Stancil III, was accused of killing Ron Lane, who was shot as he arrived for his job Monday morning at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro.
The former student, Kenneth M. Stancil III, was accused of killing Ron Lane, who was shot as he arrived for his job Monday morning at Wayne Community College in Goldsboro.
As the narrator explains, “this was the first war where the losers would write history instead of the victors,” and so it is that we’ve heard about the Vietnam War mostly from the point of view of American soldiers, American politicians and American journalists .
Bon is pro-American, a veteran of the C.I.A.-sponsored Phoenix program of assassination; he leaves Saigon with the narrator on that plane.
In addition to announcing 211,000 new hires last month — a bit more than Wall Street had expected — the Labor Department also revised upward its earlier estimate of job creation in September and October by a total of 26,000 jobs.
“This is a green light from our perspective,” said Phil Orlando, chief equity strategist at Federated Investors .
The unemployment rate was unchanged at 5 percent .
After the release of the jobs report, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Patrick T. Harker , added his voice to the chorus of Fed officials who said it was time for the central bank to raise interest rates.
It is also near the average monthly increase of 199,000 in 2013 and 260,000 in 2014.
At 62.5 percent, the proportion of Americans in the labor force remains near multidecade lows.
The jobless rate for African-Americans rose by 0.2 percentage point in November to 9.4 percent, which is more than twice the 4.3 percent level for white Americans.
The jobless rate for African-Americans rose by 0.2 percentage point in November to 9.4 percent , which is more than twice the 4.3 percent level for white Americans.
The jobless rate for African-Americans rose by 0.2 percentage point in November to 9.4 percent, which is more than twice the 4.3 percent level for white Americans.
At 62.5 percent, the proportion of Americans in the labor force remains near multidecade lows.
Moreover, the economy is still 2.8 million jobs short of where it would have to be to match pre-recession employment levels while also absorbing new entrants into the work force, according to the Hamilton Project, a research group associated with the Brookings Institution in Washington.
Even if the current trend continues, that so-called “jobs gap” will not be closed until mid- 2017 .
In November, the government said wages rose by 0.2 percent , leaving the 12-month change in average hourly earnings 2.3 percent higher.
In October, that trend seemed to improve, with an unexpectedly strong 0.4 percentage point increase in average hourly earnings that pushed the 12-month gain to 2.5 percent even as the pace of inflation fell, mostly because of lower energy prices.
In October, that trend seemed to improve, with an unexpectedly strong 0.4 percentage point increase in average hourly earnings that pushed the 12-month gain to 2.5 percent even as the pace of inflation fell, mostly because of lower energy prices .
Speculation ran wild about which college program Kelly might helm next year after receiving his walking papers in Philadelphia .
But with two straight wins, including a 27-7 throttling of their division rival Giants, the Eagles sit atop the N.F.C. East.
N.F.L. Week 7 scores and highlights Four games into the 2015 season, the Eagles were 1-3 and fans were calling for Coach Chip Kelly’s head.
Their offense, which struggled mightily in its first four games, averaged 472 yards in its last two (it averaged only 294 in its first four).
And they are doing it despite the poor play of quarterback Sam Bradford , who tossed three interceptions against the Giants and is second in the league in interceptions over all with nine.
Allergan , the maker of Botox, said on Wednesday that it would pay about $2.1 billion in cash and shares for Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, which makes a treatment for double chins.
Allergan , the maker of Botox, said on Wednesday that it would pay about $2.1 billion in cash and shares for Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, which makes a treatment for double chins.
Allergan, the maker of Botox, said on Wednesday that it would pay about $2.1 billion in cash and shares for Kythera Biopharmaceuticals , which makes a treatment for double chins.
Allergan, the maker of Botox, said on Wednesday that it would pay about $2.1 billion in cash and shares for Kythera Biopharmaceuticals , which makes a treatment for double chins.
Allergan, the maker of Botox, said on Wednesday that it would pay about $2.1 billion in cash and shares for Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, which makes a treatment for double chins.
Hill-Rom, which is based in Chicago , said it expected that the combined company would have about $2.6 billion in revenue and that the deal would enhance the products it offers to health care providers.
“This is a significant step in our transformational journey” to become a stronger, more diversified organization, John J. Greisch , the Hill-Rom president and chief executive, said in a news release.
Separately, Hill-Rom said it would pay $1.625 billion in cash and issue about 8.1 million in shares to acquire Welch Allyn in an effort to enhance its scale .
Separately, Hill-Rom said it would pay $1.625 billion in cash and issue about 8.1 million in shares to acquire Welch Allyn in an effort to enhance its scale.
Separately, Hill-Rom said it would pay $1.625 billion in cash and issue about 8.1 million in shares to acquire Welch Allyn in an effort to enhance its scale.
The deal is subject to the approval of Kythera shareholders and regulators , and it is expected to close in the third quarter.
Kythera, which is based in Westlake Village, Calif ., was founded in 2005 and is focused on the aesthetic medicine market, including its treatment for submental fullness, also known as double chin.
The deal is subject to the approval of Kythera shareholders and regulators, and it is expected to close in the third quarter .
Kythera, which is based in Westlake Village, Calif., was founded in 2005 and is focused on the aesthetic medicine market, including its treatment for submental fullness, also known as double chin.
Kythera, which is based in Westlake Village, Calif., was founded in 2005 and is focused on the aesthetic medicine market , including its treatment for submental fullness, also known as double chin.
This was the decade, shading into the 1970s, whose architects created the Relaxation Cube, the walk-in Knowledge Box, inflatable Instant Cities and Microhouses for the masses.
If you think bell bottoms and beads were the beginning and end of 1960s countercultural design , “Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia” at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis has news.
This was the decade, shading into the 1970s , whose architects created the Relaxation Cube, the walk-in Knowledge Box, inflatable Instant Cities and Microhouses for the masses.
The Canadian designer Evelyn Roth crocheted heat-repelling car covers from discarded videotape film ; the Italian Ettore Sottsass cooked up a tabletop dispenser for incense, LSD, opium and laughing gas.
The Canadian designer Evelyn Roth crocheted heat-repelling car covers from discarded videotape film; the Italian Ettore Sottsass cooked up a tabletop dispenser for incense, LSD, opium and laughing gas.
The rest is up to Pierre-Paul, the Giants’ doctors and the team’s trainers .
The season begins Sunday night .
He’s done a lot of conditioning -type work.
Hopefully at some point in time, Jason will be ready to play, and we’ll get the green light.
But more importantly during Wednesday’s debate, Fiorina unleashed a scurrilous attack in her pitch to defund Planned Parenthood, saying of the attack videos released about the group: “I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes.
But more importantly during Wednesday’s debate, Fiorina unleashed a scurrilous attack in her pitch to defund Planned Parenthood, saying of the attack videos released about the group: “I dare Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama to watch these tapes.
“ In fact, the footage of the fetus was “stock footage” that “was added to the video to dramatize its content,” according to PolitiFact , which rated Fiorina’s comments as “mostly false.”
“ In fact, the footage of the fetus was “stock footage” that “was added to the video to dramatize its content,” according to PolitiFact, which rated Fiorina’s comments as “ mostly false. ” FactCheck.org also said: “We are aware of no video showing such a scene.”
As Talking Points Memo’s Josh Marshall put it Friday: “Fiorina has a habit of simply making things up.”
Stan continued: “But her feminism seems to begin and end with the fortunes of Fiorina herself, and seeing as she probably doesn’t rely on Planned Parenthood for her health care, she’s happy to deprive millions of women of that care by promoting outright lies about the organization, as in her false description of the video she referenced.”
When she became C.E.O. of Hewlett-Packard in 1999, she made the preposterous claim that “there is not a glass ceiling…
that “ there is not a glass ceiling… My gender is interesting but really not the subject of the story here.”
“The evil genius of Fiorina,” Stan wrote, “is her uncanny ability to play the gender warrior within the GOP while promoting the party’s misogyny.”
When she became C.E.O. of Hewlett-Packard in 1999, she made the preposterous claim that “there is not a glass ceiling… My gender is interesting but really not the subject of the story here.”
Take Mr. Wadhwa’s claim that women in tech often underplay their accomplishments and that they should adopt a brash tone.
His critics concede that women do sometimes underplay their strengths, but they point to another concern: Studies show that when women speak up in negotiations or other meetings, they are often penalized for doing so.
“I think that in 2015 we can give women better advice than ‘Behave more like men,’ ” said Cate Huston, a software engineer who has worked at Google and IBM.
In an article responding to the WNYC podcast , Mr. Wadhwa wrote that his findings were the product of two research. reports, but those do not mention the confidence problem.
“I think that in 2015 we can give women better advice than ‘Behave more like men,’ ” said Cate Huston, a software engineer who has worked at Google and IBM.
The Italian Olympic Committee requested two-year doping bans for 26 track and field athletes — several of whom were expected to compete at next year’s Rio de Janeiro Games.
The Italian Olympic Committee requested two-year doping bans for 26 track and field athletes — several of whom were expected to compete at next year’s
The list includes Fabrizio Donato, the bronze medalist in triple jump at the 2012 London Olympics, and Andrew Howe, the silver medalist in long jump at the 2007 world championships.
The list includes Fabrizio Donato, the bronze medalist in triple jump at the 2012 London Olympics, and Andrew Howe, the silver medalist in long jump at the 2007 world championships.
Five of the 26 had already qualified for the Rio Games; about 10 have retired.
HONG KONG —  China’s securities regulator plans to lift its moratorium on new stock market listings before the end of the year, the official news agency Xinhua said on Friday.
HONG KONG —  China’s securities regulator plans to lift its moratorium on new stock market listings before the end of the year , the official news agency Xinhua said on Friday.
HONG KONG —  China’s securities regulator plans to lift its moratorium on new stock market listings before the end of the year, the official news agency Xinhua said on Friday.
A spokesman for the regulator said that after “perfecting” the system for initial public offerings, China would allow an initial group of 28 companies to proceed with listings in the coming weeks and would seek to streamline and strengthen oversight of the listing process, Xinhua said.
A spokesman for the regulator said that after “perfecting” the system for initial public offerings, China would allow an initial group of 28 companies to proceed with listings in the coming weeks and would seek to streamline and strengthen oversight of the listing process, Xinhua said.
The move signals that the government is beginning to step back from the extraordinary measures it took over the summer to stop a steep sell-off in the country’s stock markets.
The move signals that the government is beginning to step back from the extraordinary measures it took over the summer to stop a steep sell-off in the country’s stock markets.
From its low in late August, the main Shanghai share index has risen 23 percent .
Getting the I.P.O. process right has proved challenging for Chinese regulators, who have suspended and resumed new listings several times in recent years when markets have become too volatile.
New listings are a favored target of speculators because, under current regulations, the shares are permitted to rise as much as 44 percent on their first day of trading.
As part of their increased oversight, financial regulators have been cracking down recently on insider trading , which analysts say is rampant on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets.
Suspicions of insider trading were cited this week in the arrest of the owner of one of the country’s top investment firms, Xu Xiang , a billionaire who has been called the Carl Icahn of China.
As part of their increased oversight, financial regulators have been cracking down recently on insider trading, which analysts say is rampant on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets.
In a separate development Friday evening, China’s central bank and securities regulator jointly published long-delayed guidelines for investment firms in mainland China and Hong Kong to gain access to each other’s markets.
Suspicions of insider trading were cited this week in the arrest of the owner of one of the country’s top investment firms, Xu Xiang, a billionaire who has been called the Carl Icahn of China.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said that two of its staff members were abducted by gunmen as they drove to work on Tuesday in Sana, Yemen’s capital.
The International Committee of the Red Cross said that two of its staff members were abducted by gunmen as they drove to work on Tuesday in Sana , Yemen’s capital.
It was the latest in a series of attacks in Yemen against the Red Cross, one of the few international humanitarian organizations that has continued operations in Yemen since a civil war started in March .
One of the workers, a Yemeni man, was later released, but the second, a Tunisian woman , was still being held, the group said in a statement.
Aron Johannsson, a striker for the United States men’s national soccer team , is on the verge of a transfer to Werder Bremen of Germany’s Bundesliga, his Dutch club announced Tuesday.
Aron Johannsson, a striker for the United States men’s national soccer team, is on the verge of a transfer to Werder Bremen of Germany’s Bundesliga , his Dutch club announced Tuesday.
The move will make Johannsson, 24 , one of the most high-profile American players in Europe, and it stops a migration of top American pros out of the top European leagues, at least temporarily.
The move will make Johannsson, 24, one of the most high-profile American players in Europe , and it stops a migration of top American pros out of the top European leagues, at least temporarily.
The move will make Johannsson, 24, one of the most high-profile American players in Europe, and it stops a migration of top American pros out of the top European leagues , at least temporarily.
Johannsson has played with the Dutch club AZ Alkmaar since 2013 , scoring 38 goals in 84 games across all competitions.
He will depart after having led the club to three important wins to end last season and propelling AZ into a surprising third-place finish that earned the team a place in the Europa League this season.
“Once they came and were interested, it was a pretty easy choice, because obviously I want to play for a better team in a better league, and the Bundesliga is one of the best leagues in the world ,” Johannsson said in a farewell interview posted online by AZ.
Clint Dempsey was the last American to establish himself in an elite league; his best season was in 2011-12 with Fulham, when he scored 17 goals in the Premier League and 23 over all.
On Tuesday, AZ announced that it had agreed to sell Johannsson’s rights to Werder Bremen .
Despite those wishes, many prominent Americans have left European clubs to sign multimillion-dollar deals with M.L.S. Dempsey returned in 2013, and he was soon followed by Michael Bradley, Jermaine Jones, Altidore, Mix Diskerud and Sacha Kljestan .
In 2013, Johannsson, who was born in Alabama but raised in Iceland , changed his international allegiance to the United States after years of representing Iceland at the youth level.
Since then, he has consistently been part of the national team, including the World Cup squad in 2014, when injuries limited him to one appearance .
The United States national team coach, Jurgen Klinsmann , has frequently said that he hopes his players push themselves to play in the best leagues — comments that have, at times, drawn the ire of M.L.S. officials.
Despite those wishes, many prominent Americans have left European clubs to sign multimillion-dollar deals with M.L.S. Dempsey returned in 2013 , and he was soon followed by Michael Bradley, Jermaine Jones, Altidore, Mix Diskerud and Sacha Kljestan.
The U.S. fears Russia is using their shared goal of defeating the Islamic State as a pretext for weakening other opponents of Syria’s embattled president.
The U.S. fears Russia is using their shared goal of defeating the Islamic State as a pretext for weakening other opponents of Syria’s embattled president.
We sum up who’s fighting whom five years into the Syrian crisis.
A long-awaited bipartisan proposal to overhaul the criminal justice system, to be unveiled in the Senate today , would reduce jail time for nonviolent offenders.
A long-awaited bipartisan proposal to overhaul the criminal justice system, to be unveiled in the Senate today, would reduce jail time for nonviolent offenders. It would cut a 10-year mandatory minimum to five years for those who meet certain criteria and would trim penalties for prior drug offenses.
Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership , a priority for President Obama, deadlocked two months ago.
Talks on the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a priority for President Obama, deadlocked two months ago.
• Oregon’s medicinal marijuana shops began sales to recreational users today.
• Oregon’s medicinal marijuana shops began sales to recreational users today.
• Oregon ’s medicinal marijuana shops began sales to recreational users today.
On “The Late Show,” which has no worries of being dropped, Secretary of State John Kerry is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS).
On “The Late Show,” which has no worries of being dropped, Secretary of State John Kerry is a guest (11:35 p.m. Eastern, CBS).
Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today.
Each person who has lived in the state for at least one year gets a $2,072 dividend from the Alaska Permanent Fund today.
Alaska began distributing the money, which comes from oil royalties, in 1982 .
As was his approach in the United States, Mr. Paulson advocates saving certain institutions, calling it “an unpleasant necessity” and suggesting that inside China, unlike the United States, there is “the political will to bail out failing financial institutions.”
Of course, the tricky part for China ’s government will be picking the winners and losers.
Also unlike the United States, it is not clear that the public will ever fully know the depths of a bank’s problems .
“Transparency in China too often means the government having all the information,” Mr. Paulson told me.
As was his approach in the United States , Mr. Paulson advocates saving certain institutions, calling it “an unpleasant necessity” and suggesting that inside China, unlike the United States, there is “the political will to bail out failing financial institutions.”
And in a move sure to make Apple old-timers squirm, the newest version of the iPad, which has an optional keyboard that attaches to the tablet, is even imitating some of the features of Microsoft’s competing product, called the Surface .
And in a move sure to make Apple old-timers squirm, the newest version of the iPad, which has an optional keyboard that attaches to the tablet, is even imitating some of the features of Microsoft’s competing product, called the Surface.
Because of the first iteration of the larger-screen iPhone 6 introduced last year, Apple’s fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 , when the company had an $18 billion profit, was the most profitable quarter ever for a publicly traded company.
But the center of this ever-expanding Silicon Valley giant is still the iPhone, which accounts for 56 percent of Apple’s profits.
Because of the first iteration of the larger-screen iPhone 6 introduced last year, Apple’s fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 , when the company had an $18 billion profit, was the most profitable quarter ever for a publicly traded company.
Timothy D. Cook, Apple’s chief executive , called the new iPad Pro “the most capable” tablet the company has ever created.
“It makes sense for Apple to reveal a new keyboard along with new, larger-screen iPads with faster processors,” said Toni Sacconaghi, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein .
“The message being that Apple is trying to push the iPad to be more of a PC replacement, a converged device of a tablet notebook that has broader computing powers.”
“It makes sense for Apple to reveal a new keyboard along with new, larger-screen iPads with faster processors,” said Toni Sacconaghi , an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein.
The product now comes with a higher price tag that starts at $150, up from $70 , indicating that the company is betting that consumers will think all of the new features are worth the higher price.
The new version of Apple TV also includes a remote control that could be used as a video game controller .
Now it is set to offer video games, shopping and travel tools through an expanded array of apps .
Jeff Williams, Apple’s senior vice president of operations, also talked about improvements to the Apple Watch, including a number of new apps like Facebook Messenger and AirStrip, a health care app that lets doctors coordinate patient care and monitor health data.
Jeff Williams , Apple’s senior vice president of operations, also talked about improvements to the Apple Watch, including a number of new apps like Facebook Messenger and AirStrip, a health care app that lets doctors coordinate patient care and monitor health data.
Young was an All-Star for Arizona in 2010 , when he was 26.
Manager Joe Girardi has found a way to get 10 players at least 70 plate appearances each, an important skill with a veteran roster.
Young was out of Sunday’s starting lineup, but even after a pinch-hit strikeout, he was hitting .313 with six homers and 12 runs batted in.
Young was out of Sunday’s starting lineup, but even after a pinch-hit strikeout, he was hitting .313 with six homers and 12 runs batted in.
Manager Joe Girardi has found a way to get 10 players at least 70 plate appearances each, an important skill with a veteran roster.
MOGADISHU, Somalia —  Somali troops ended a 16-hour siege at a hotel in Somalia’s capital on Saturday, during which gunmen killed 15 people, officials said.
The Shabab , a militant Islamist group that routinely strikes government and business sites here in the capital, claimed responsibility for the attack, which also left at least 13 people wounded, Somali officials said.
The five attackers killed 15 people, Mr. Hayir said: Somalia’s ambassador to Switzerland, a consultant for the Somali Central Bank, six civilians, three hotel guards and four government soldiers. All the gunmen were killed, Mr. Hayir added.
The attack began on Friday afternoon around 4 p.m., witnesses said, when a car bomber detonated explosives at a rear gate of the hotel , which is popular with government officials and foreigners.
An elite American-trained counterterrorism unit rescued 50 hostages being held by the gunmen at the Maka al-Mukarama Hotel , said Mohamed Abdi Hayir, the minister of information, tourism and culture.
A court in China’s western region of Xinjiang tried two brothers of an American reporter on charges of endangering state security and leaking secrets, according to a spokesman for Radio Free Asia , the journalist’s employer.
A court in China’s western region of Xinjiang tried two brothers of an American reporter on charges of endangering state security and leaking secrets, according to a spokesman for Radio Free Asia, the journalist’s employer.
The plight of Shohret Hoshur’s brothers — a third brother, Tudaxun , was convicted of endangering state security last year and sentenced to five years in prison — has become an issue between the two countries before President Xi Jinping’s summit meeting with President Obama in Washington next month.
No verdict has yet been announced in the trials of Shawket Hoshur on Tuesday and his younger brother Rexim Hoshur, which took place on Aug. 19, Rohit Mahajan, a spokesman for the United States government-funded R.F.A., said in an interview.
The plight of Shohret Hoshur’s brothers — a third brother, Tudaxun, was convicted of endangering state security last year and sentenced to five years in prison — has become an issue between the two countries before President Xi Jinping’s summit meeting with President Obama in Washington next month.
In 1971 , Yoko Ono gave herself an imaginary solo show at MoMA by means of a few cut-and-paste photographs and some strategically placed newspaper advertisements.
Enhanced by films and a soundtrack, the show is largely archival, with lots of works on paper, including the 151 hand-typed note cards that, in 1964, became “Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings,” and demonstrate how radical this artist’s early experiments with language and performance were.
Holland Cotter (Through Sept. 7 .
Enhanced by films and a soundtrack, the show is largely archival, with lots of works on paper, including the 151 hand-typed note cards that, in 1964 , became “Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings,” and demonstrate how radical this artist’s early experiments with language and performance were.
In 1971, Yoko Ono gave herself an imaginary solo show at MoMA by means of a few cut-and-paste photographs and some strategically placed newspaper advertisements.
As firefighters on Wednesday embarked on their sixth day of battling the largest of the many wildfires that have flared across the state, fire officials said the Rocky Fire, which has grown to consume nearly 70,000 acres here in the northern reaches of wine country, was still nowhere near under control and may not be until perhaps Monday.
Feeding on tinder-dry terrain and woodlands that have been parched by drought, the Rocky Fire is now 106 square miles and has forced the evacuation of 1,480 people; about 13,000 have been urged to leave their homes.
LAKEPORT, Calif. — As firefighters on Wednesday embarked on their sixth day of battling the largest of the many wildfires that have flared across the state, fire officials said the Rocky Fire, which has grown to consume nearly 70,000 acres here in the northern reaches of wine country, was still nowhere near under control and may not be until perhaps Monday.
But the fire is still only 20 percent contained, according to fire officials, and the flames are surging with unusual speed.
In the last three years, rain levels in California have been 24 to 30 inches below normal , according to the National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center, meaning the state has been missing about two years’ worth of rainfall.
“The younger guys, we have to keep pulling them back,” Captain Oatman said, noting that the eagerness of novices to put out the fire must be tamped by new safety precautions in the face of speeding flames.
On the ground, where crews are slashing down lines of trees and pulling up underbrush in an effort to scrape down to bare earth, where fire cannot catch, the changed fire behavior means that swaths have to be cut wider and that firefighters have less time during which it is safe to work.
On the ground , where crews are slashing down lines of trees and pulling up underbrush in an effort to scrape down to bare earth, where fire cannot catch, the changed fire behavior means that swaths have to be cut wider and that firefighters have less time during which it is safe to work.
On the ground, where crews are slashing down lines of trees and pulling up underbrush in an effort to scrape down to bare earth , where fire cannot catch, the changed fire behavior means that swaths have to be cut wider and that firefighters have less time during which it is safe to work.
The painstaking process of finding and eradicating hot spots will take place over the entire expanse of the fire’s path.
On Monday , the fire leapt across Highway 20, embers blowing from treetop to treetop, dismaying the firefighters, who had hoped to contain the blaze to one side of the road.
On Monday, the fire leapt across Highway 20, embers blowing from treetop to treetop , dismaying the firefighters, who had hoped to contain the blaze to one side of the road.
In the gymnasium of nearby Middletown High School , a few evacuees were sleeping on green cots in an impromptu Red Cross shelter, one of two in the area.
In the school’s theater, about a dozen people ate a meal of chicken and linguine , occasionally rising to scan a large printout of the day’s fire map on the wall, anxiously checking how close the angry red blotch was to their homes.
The Rocky Fire has a probability of ignition of 100 percent , almost unheard-of when the tinder is forest and scrub, as it is here.
Zaro ’s was not offered the opportunity to renew its lease, said Stuart Zaro, a co-president of the company and a grandson of its founder, Joseph Zaro.
Zaro’s was not offered the opportunity to renew its lease, said Stuart Zaro, a co-president of the company and a grandson of its founder, Joseph Zaro.
Zaro’s was not offered the opportunity to renew its lease, said Stuart Zaro, a co-president of the company and a grandson of its founder, Joseph Zaro.
Zaro’s was not offered the opportunity to renew its lease, said Stuart Zaro, a co-president of the company and a grandson of its founder, Joseph Zaro.
Zaro’s was not offered the opportunity to renew its lease, said Stuart Zaro, a co-president of the company and a grandson of its founder, Joseph Zaro .
Mr. Zaro said he was told by the management company, Olshan Properties , that a Boston Market would replace the bakery.
Mr. Zaro said he was told by the management company, Olshan Properties, that a Boston Market would replace the bakery.
Olshan did not reply to telephone and email messages seeking comment.
“They’re driving out all the middle-income businesses” from Grant Circle , he said, “and they’re going to bring us another greasy spoon or a fast-food restaurant.
Other customers who stopped in Zaro’s to grab a loaf of challah bread or a cheese Danish voiced similar concerns about changes in Parkchester.
The Bronx led the city’s five boroughs in the largest percentage of new chain stores from 2014 to 2015, up to 944 from 914.
The Bronx led the city’s five boroughs in the largest percentage of new chain stores from 2014 to 2015, up to 944 from 914.
Nur Moznu , a manager who has worked for Zaro’s for nine years, said many customers had come in to say they would miss the fresh bread and bagels.
Nur Moznu, a manager who has worked for Zaro’s for nine years, said many customers had come in to say they would miss the fresh bread and bagels .
The Bronx led the city’s five boroughs in the largest percentage of new chain stores from 2014 to 2015, up to 944 from 914 .
Several people had tears in their eyes as they wondered what they would do without people who knew their order before they opened their mouths.
“I can’t believe we have to leave,” Mr. Moznu said.
Several people had tears in their eyes as they wondered what they would do without people who knew their order before they opened their mouths.
Several people had tears in their eyes as they wondered what they would do without people who knew their order before they opened their mouths.
“I can’t believe we have to leave ,” Mr. Moznu said.
Though Zaro’s is also a chain and not a mom-and-pop operation, it has survived in a changing part of the Bronx — a place where stromboli and red velvet cupcakes coexist with challah and hamantaschen, even as the neighborhood has transformed from heavily Jewish to one predominately of black and Hispanic residents.
“The Bronx has been our home since 1927 — a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away
Though Zaro’s is also a chain and not a mom-and-pop operation, it has survived in a changing part of the Bronx — a place where stromboli and red velvet cupcakes coexist with challah and hamantaschen, even as the neighborhood has transformed from heavily Jewish to one predominately of black and Hispanic residents.
Though Zaro’s is also a chain and not a mom-and-pop operation, it has survived in a changing part of the Bronx — a place where stromboli and red velvet cupcakes coexist with challah and hamantaschen, even as the neighborhood has transformed from heavily Jewish to one predominately of black and Hispanic residents.
“ The Bronx has been our home since 1927 — a long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away,” Mr. Zaro said.
If there were a manual for transporting wolverines, Rule No. 1 would probably go something like this: Make sure the wolverine cannot get out of the cage. At Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday, it became clear that this precaution had not been taken.
A 40-pound male wolverine named Kasper was being shipped from a zoo in Norway to a conservation park in Alaska.
At Newark Liberty International Airport on Tuesday, it became clear that this precaution had not been taken.
A 40-pound male wolverine named Kasper was being shipped from a zoo in Norway to a conservation park in Alaska.
A 40-pound male wolverine named Kasper was being shipped from a zoo in Norway to a conservation park in Alaska .
“She said it was growling and stuff like that, but maybe they do that all the time, walk around and make noise,” Mike Miller , executive director of the conservation center, said.
A wildlife officer and a Port Authority police officer were summoned to Terminal C .
The veterinarian administered a shot of ketamine , a tranquilizer.
Kristiansand Zoo in Norway, which had sent Kasper, was closed on Wednesday evening when a reporter called, and no one there could be reached.
The veterinarian administered a shot of ketamine, a tranquilizer .
The weekend’s maneuvering probably allows Mr. Renzi to accelerate reforms of the economy, the political system and the judiciary.
The weekend’s maneuvering probably allows Mr. Renzi to accelerate reforms of the economy, the political system and the judiciary .
He mustn’t waste the chance as Italy is living on borrowed time .
He mustn’t waste the chance as Italy is living on borrowed time.
He mustn’t waste the chance as Italy is living on borrowed time.
Mr. Renzi, the leader of the center-left Democrats , has been relying on an uneasy pact with Mr. Berlusconi, the much-diminished leader of the center-right Forza Italia, since gaining power last year.
The Italian prime minister has needed his rival’s support partly because he does not have enough votes in the Senate , the country’s upper house, to push through an essential constitutional change — the removal of the Senate’s power to bring down governments.
Mr. Renzi, the leader of the center-left Democrats, has been relying on an uneasy pact with Mr. Berlusconi, the much-diminished leader of the center-right Forza Italia, since gaining power last year.
Mr. Renzi, the leader of the center-left Democrats, has been relying on an uneasy pact with Mr. Berlusconi , the much-diminished leader of the center-right Forza Italia, since gaining power last year.
That is important because the current system makes it hard to govern the country without elaborate deals .
By nominating Mr. Mattarella as president, a largely ceremonial post , Mr. Renzi simultaneously united his own party and divided Berlusconi’s.
By nominating Mr. Mattarella as president, a largely ceremonial post, Mr. Renzi simultaneously united his own party and divided Berlusconi’s.
By nominating Mr. Mattarella as president, a largely ceremonial post, Mr. Renzi simultaneously united his own party and divided Berlusconi’s .
Although Mr. Mattarella is a center-left politician, he has kudos with the Democrats’ left wing because he resigned from a government in 1990 when it passed legislation favorable to Berlusconi’s media interests.
Although Mr. Mattarella is a center-left politician, he has kudos with the Democrats’ left wing because he resigned from a government in 1990 when it passed legislation favorable to Berlusconi’s media interests.
Even worse for the aging tycoon , many of his own members of Parliament supported the new president.
They are frustrated because Mr. Berlusconi is more interested in sorting out his own legal and business problems than providing a dynamic vision to take the center-right back into power.
He still needs Mr. Berlusconi to push through legislation , especially to finalize the Senate reform.
If the pact between the two men is irreparably damaged , the prime minister could yet rue his Machiavellian maneuvers.
If the pact between the two men is irreparably damaged, the prime minister could yet rue his Machiavellian maneuvers.
Between 1987 and 1996, Ms. Simpson (whose birth name is Leslie and who prefers female pronouns when referring to her drag persona) took some 5,000 photographs of drag performers posing in clubs, on the street and on gay-pride parade floats, unwittingly creating a time capsule of an era when drag queens were the de rigueur jesters and goddesses of the underground.
Between 1987 and 1996, Ms. Simpson (whose birth name is Leslie and who prefers female pronouns when referring to her drag persona) took some 5,000 photographs of drag performers posing in clubs, on the street and on gay-pride parade floats, unwittingly creating a time capsule of an era when drag queens were the de rigueur jesters and goddesses of the underground.
Between 1987 and 1996, Ms. Simpson (whose birth name is Leslie and who prefers female pronouns when referring to her drag persona) took some 5,000 photographs of drag performers posing in clubs, on the street and on gay-pride parade floats, unwittingly creating a time capsule of an era when drag queens were the de rigueur jesters and goddesses of the underground.
The photos are alternately carefree and glamorous, with rising stars like RuPaul, Lady Bunny and Sweetie looking sultry for the camera, and Page Potter Reynolds (the transgender subject of Ms. Simpson’s 2013 photo book, “Pages”) exuding subversive charm in a clown wig .
The photos are alternately carefree and glamorous, with rising stars like RuPaul, Lady Bunny and Sweetie looking sultry for the camera, and Page Potter Reynolds (the transgender subject of Ms. Simpson’s 2013 photo book, “ Pages ”) exuding subversive charm in a clown wig.
Born in Gaylord, Minn., to a minister father and housewife mother, Ms. Simpson studied advertising and communications in New York, when she wasn’t partying at places like Danceteria, Area and other clubs of the moment .
Inspired by the East Village scene, she started dolling up in 1987 , aiming for a “flirty career girl” look, and soon became one of the scene’s reigning drag personalities.
Inspired by the East Village scene , she started dolling up in 1987, aiming for a “flirty career girl” look, and soon became one of the scene’s reigning drag personalities.
She started a feisty drag zine called My Comrade, which covered go-go boys, celebs and queer politics, and hosted a weekly drag party called Channel 69 at the Pyramid Club on Avenue A. Her stature grew when she performed at the outdoor drag festival Wigstock.
“I didn’t think of Linda as being a separate person from myself,” said Ms. Simpson, who makes a living from event hosting and performing .
Interpublic, which is based in New York , has done business in Russia for two decades through ADV, an advertising group that encompasses more than 40 agencies in countries including Russia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan.
“We have wanted to own these agencies for years,” said Michael I. Roth , the chairman and chief executive of Interpublic.
The advertising giant Interpublic Group of Companies is gaining a stronger foothold in Russia .
Interpublic, which is based in New York, has done business in Russia for two decades through ADV, an advertising group that encompasses more than 40 agencies in countries including Russia, Ukraine and Azerbaijan .
In a deal that has been brewing for years, Interpublic has acquired three Russian creative agencies from ADV , its longtime partner in the country.
Omnicom, for instance, announced in November that one of its divisions, DDB Worldwide, had acquired Grupo ABC, an advertising group in Brazil .
Omnicom, for instance, announced in November that one of its divisions, DDB Worldwide, had acquired Grupo ABC, an advertising group in Brazil.
Omnicom , for instance, announced in November that one of its divisions, DDB Worldwide, had acquired Grupo ABC, an advertising group in Brazil.
With the deal, Interpublic gains a majority stake in the Russian affiliates of three of its most well-known global creative agencies — McCann, Mullen Lowe and FCB.
Financial terms were not disclosed, but a person familiar with the deal said it was valued at between $10 million and $20 million; Interpublic sets aside $150 million a year for acquisitions.
may soon approve another series of domestic military base closings, after the Pentagon threatened earlier this month to cut nearly 90,000 jobs instead.
For years, the military has been trying to save money with new rounds of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC), the congressionally mandated process for shuttering underutilized domestic military installations.
BRAC, however, does not apply to the more than 700 United States bases overseas, including 174 in Germany, 113 in Japan and 83 in South Korea, as well as hundreds more in some 70 countries from Aruba to Kenya to Thailand.
BRAC, however, does not apply to the more than 700 United States bases overseas, including 174 in Germany, 113 in Japan and 83 in South Korea, as well as hundreds more in some 70 countries from Aruba to Kenya to Thailand.
BRAC, however, does not apply to the more than 700 United States bases overseas, including 174 in Germany, 113 in Japan and 83 in South Korea, as well as hundreds more in some 70 countries from Aruba to Kenya to Thailand.
A court sentenced a nurse to life in prison on Thursday for killing patients at a clinic with overdoses of heart medication that he confessed to administering because he enjoyed trying to revive them.
A court sentenced a nurse to life in prison on Thursday for killing patients at a clinic with overdoses of heart medication that he confessed to administering because he enjoyed trying to revive them .
The Oldenburg regional court found the 38-year-old nurse guilty of two counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder and another of serious bodily harm, said a court spokesman.
Prosecutors had accused the man, identified only as Niels H. , in line with German privacy rules, of three murders and two attempted murders at a clinic in the town of Delmenhorst.
The police are investigating about 200 deaths that occurred at hospitals where he worked.
“Moreover, the region in which we are situated, the Auvergne , had France’s largest force of Resistance fighters, ‘Maquis du Mont Mouchet.’”
By 2019 , every name in those records will be available to the public.
Starting this week, the government will begin releasing online 200,000 wartime collaboration records, which have been held at the Police Museum in Paris and have been off limits for 75 years.
Thierry Wirth , a Vichy historian and author, said that would provide a true picture of France’s “collective involvement.”
“The Vichy regime was situated here, in the free zone, but the records clearly show that the greatest numbers of collaborationists were, in fact, in the occupied zone , including Paris,” Mr. Wirth said.
It was also in August that Marine Le Pen , the leader of France’s far-right National Front, expelled her father, Jean-Marie, from the party he co-founded for refusing to repudiate its anti-Semitic past, which she fears will damage her chances in the 2017 presidential election.
In 2008 , the city hosted a European Union conference organized by Brice Hortefeux, President Nicolas Sarkozy’s minister of immigration and integration.
Napoleon III, believing that his rheumatism had been conquered there, commissioned the casino and the first grand hotels.
Local residents point out that the National Front never established a strong following here, and that the president of the Auvergne region, René Souchon , is a Socialist.
Local residents point out that the National Front never established a strong following here, and that the president of the Auvergne region, René Souchon, is a Socialist .
An assailant wearing medical garb and wielding a box cutter attacked a 16 -year-old girl who was walking to school in Queens on Wednesday morning
An assailant wearing medical garb and wielding a box cutter attacked a 16-year-old girl who was walking to school in Queens on Wednesday morning, the police said.
The victim, an exchange student from China whom the police did not publicly identify, was taken to Long Island Jewish Medical Center with wounds that Chief Boyce said were not considered to be life-threatening.
The victim, an exchange student from China whom the police did not publicly identify, was taken to Long Island Jewish Medical Center with wounds that Chief Boyce said were not considered to be life-threatening.
He said her sister and brother were with her at the hospital.
The attack occurred around 8:20 a.m ., when the victim, a student at the private Whitestone Academy, was “accosted from behind,” Chief Boyce said.
The attack occurred around 8:20 a.m., when the victim, a student at the private Whitestone Academy , was “accosted from behind,” Chief Boyce said.
It lasted “about 15 seconds ,” she said, and an ambulance came shortly afterward.
She was carrying a bag and walking east on 13th Avenue near 147th Street in the Whitestone neighborhood
As most Nationalist soldiers fled east to Taiwan in the face of Communist advances, the Kuomintang’s 93rd Division retreated west from the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan into Myanmar, then known as Burma .
The Liangs, like some 200 other families here, are the veterans or descendants of what is known as China’s Lost Army, a unit of the Kuomintang’s Nationalist Army, which lost to the Red Army of Mao Zedong in 1949.
As most Nationalist soldiers fled east to Taiwan in the face of Communist advances , the Kuomintang’s 93rd Division retreated west from the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan into Myanmar, then known as Burma.
As most Nationalist soldiers fled east to Taiwan in the face of Communist advances, the Kuomintang’s 93rd Division retreated west from the southwestern Chinese province of Yunnan into Myanmar, then known as Burma.
BAN RAK THAI, Thailand —  At night, traditional Chinese red lanterns illuminate the hotels, shop fronts and Yunnanese-style restaurants lining the main road in this highland village of just over 1,000 people.
The villages’ Chinese heritage has been played up in recent years as locals seek to cater to a small but growing number of tourists, mostly Thai , who come seeking cool weather, Chinese food and locally grown oolong tea.
“This is the man who conscripted me into the army in Myanmar when I was 11 ,” Mr. Huang said, speaking in southern-inflected Mandarin.
At the peak was a sparse, one-room museum that he built with funds from the Thai government to commemorate the Kuomintang Army.
At the peak was a sparse, one-room museum that he built with funds from the Thai government to commemorate the Kuomintang Army .
The villages’ Chinese heritage has been played up in recent years as locals seek to cater to a small but growing number of tourists, mostly Thai, who come seeking cool weather, Chinese food and locally grown oolong tea. Huang Jiada, who joined the Kuomintang during the Cold War after his family had fled to Myanmar, has been leading the effort to preserve Ban Rak Thai’s unique history.
Mr. Huang was inspired to build the museum after seeing the impressive Kuomintang history museum in Santikhiri, in Chiang Rai Province , the country’s most prominent Kuomintang village.
It is a sentiment shared by much of the older generation in Ban Rak Thai, who still speak of the past in terms of the traditional minguo calendar, which takes 1912 — the year the Republic of China was founded — as year one.
It is a sentiment shared by much of the older generation in Ban Rak Thai, who still speak of the past in terms of the traditional minguo calendar, which takes 1912 — the year the Republic of China was founded — as year one.
Regardless of what happens with China and Taiwan in the future, we are all Chinese people.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Two educators at a prestigious international school in Indonesia were freed from prison on Friday after an appeals court overturned their convictions and 10-year prison sentences on charges of sexually assaulting kindergartners , in a case that the school said was fabricated and that led to international concern about the competence of the country’s judicial system.
“We are relieved and grateful that justice can finally prevail,” one of the pair, Ferdinand Tjiong, told reporters as he and the other, Neil Bantleman , were mobbed by a throng of journalists and supporters after walking through the gates of Cipinang Penitentiary in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Two educators at a prestigious international school in Indonesia were freed from prison on Friday after an appeals court overturned their convictions and 10-year prison sentences on charges of sexually assaulting kindergartners, in a case that the school said was fabricated and that led to international concern about the competence of the country’s judicial system.
“We are relieved and grateful that justice can finally prevail,” one of the pair, Ferdinand Tjiong , told reporters as he and the other, Neil Bantleman, were mobbed by a throng of journalists and supporters after walking through the gates of Cipinang Penitentiary in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital.
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Two educators at a prestigious international school in Indonesia were freed from prison on Friday after an appeals court overturned their convictions and 10-year prison sentences on charges of sexually assaulting kindergartners, in a case that the school said was fabricated and that led to international concern about the competence of the country’s judicial system.
Ever since the Supreme Court permitted political committees to raise unlimited sums for independent spending , the super PAC has occupied a growing place in the political ecosystem.
The 2012 version of presidential super PACs mainly paid for ads .
Restore Our Future, the PAC supporting Mr. Romney, spent 97.6 percent of its $142 million in independent expenditures — messages advocating Mr. Romney’s election or the defeat of his opponents — on broadcast ads and mail.
Priorities USA Action, which backed Mr. Obama, spent almost exclusively on TV, radio and online advertising , according to Federal Election Commission records.
Some donors balked at giving large amounts of money for negative television ads, so a Democratic super PAC was created to help conduct opposition research.
When a girl’s voice chimes in, the reaction from other players often follows a certain script.
Ms. Wiseman, who studied gaming habits among middle- and high school-aged people, said girls face elevated scrutiny over their gaming skills.
Ms. Wiseman , who studied gaming habits among middle- and high school-aged people, said girls face elevated scrutiny over their gaming skills.
will often mute their voices.
The Pew survey, which was conducted this summer among a sample of about 2,000 adults, found that young men play games far more than other groups, with 77 percent of 18- to 29-year-old men saying they play, and 57 percent of young women.
“They just haven’t been acknowledged by gaming culture yet and they really aren’t catered to.” The Pew survey , which was conducted this summer among a sample of about 2,000 adults, found that young men play games far more than other groups, with 77 percent of 18- to 29-year-old men saying they play, and 57 percent of young women.
“Marginalized groups have always engaged in gaming,” Kishonna Gray , director of the Critical Gaming Lab at Eastern Kentucky University, said in an email.
The Pew survey, which was conducted this summer among a sample of about 2,000 adults, found that young men play games far more than other groups, with 77 percent of 18- to 29-year-old men saying they play, and 57 percent of young women.
Some in the gaming community have proposed a shift in the meaning of gamer to be akin to cinephile , a person with a deep knowledge and appreciation of the whole medium.
Video game experts said it was no surprise that women are shunning an association with gaming culture as the community of hard-core players has become increasingly identified with sexist attitudes among its fringe members.
The gamer identity was far less attractive to women, however, with 6 percent of them adopting the label compared with 15 percent of men.
The gamer identity was far less attractive to women, however, with 6 percent of them adopting the label compared with 15 percent of men.
That’s according to a new Pew Research Center survey that found 48 percent of women play video games, just shy of the 50 percent of men who play.
That’s according to a new Pew Research Center survey that found 48 percent of women play video games, just shy of the 50 percent of men who play.
In addition to the charter network and the school, the suit also named the New York City Department of Education and the New York State Education Department, asserting they failed to make Achievement First, a network with schools in Connecticut and Rhode Island as well as in New York City, live up to its responsibilities.
In addition to the charter network and the school, the suit also named the New York City Department of Education and the New York State Education Department, asserting they failed to make Achievement First, a network with schools in Connecticut and Rhode Island as well as in New York City, live up to its responsibilities.
In addition to the charter network and the school, the suit also named the New York City Department of Education and the New York State Education Department, asserting they failed to make Achievement First, a network with schools in Connecticut and Rhode Island as well as in New York City, live up to its responsibilities.
In addition to the charter network and the school, the suit also named the New York City Department of Education and the New York State Education Department, asserting they failed to make Achievement First , a network with schools in Connecticut and Rhode Island as well as in New York City, live up to its responsibilities.
In addition to the charter network and the school, the suit also named the New York City Department of Education and the New York State Education Department, asserting they failed to make Achievement First, a network with schools in Connecticut and Rhode Island as well as in New York City, live up to its responsibilities.
The suit comes at a time when charter schools, especially those in the Success Academy network, have come under scrutiny for their enforcement of strict behavior codes, suspending even the youngest students.
Charter schools are publicly financed, but privately run, and they are required, like regular public schools, to provide individual learning plans for children with special needs.
Charter schools are publicly financed, but privately run, and they are required, like regular public schools, to provide individual learning plans for children with special needs.
The suit comes at a time when charter schools, especially those in the Success Academy network, have come under scrutiny for their enforcement of strict behavior codes , suspending even the youngest students.
But advocates and families say that in both charters and traditional public schools, it can often be a struggle to ensure children with disabilities receive the services to which they are entitled.
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There was a lot of talk at the Republican debate about experience in running a government.
The Washington Post tried to assess how well the candidates who are governors did in their states.
You know, Jim Gilmore had a pretty good record.
We found a lot of good stuff on the web this week.
Here’s one for sports fans that our contributor Brendan Nyhan found: a scholarly article with lovely graphics on the structure of basketball defense .
Margot Sanger-Katz has written a lot on the news that Americans are consuming fewer calories; it’s mainly because they are drinking fewer sugary carbonated beverages. She found these maps of New York City showing where soda is most frequently consumed.
Aaron Carroll , who has been writing about a host of nutrition myths for The Upshot, passed on this graphic about the risks of consuming meat.
The maps also display a host of other economic and sociological factors. Aaron Carroll, who has been writing about a host of nutrition myths for The Upshot, passed on this graphic about the risks of consuming meat.
The maps also display a host of other economic and sociological factors. Aaron Carroll, who has been writing about a host of nutrition myths for The Upshot, passed on this graphic about the risks of consuming meat.
The sudden turn in the United States bond market seems to have little to do with American economic trends .
In the middle of April, the 10-year United States Treasury yield sank as low as 1.86 percent, according to FactSet data.
“What’s really going on is an overseas market is hitting the U.S. market,” said Guy LeBas, chief fixed-income strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott in Philadelphia.
“What’s really going on is an overseas market is hitting the U.S. market,” said Guy LeBas, chief fixed-income strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott in Philadelphia.
In the middle of April, the 10-year United States Treasury yield sank as low as 1.86 percent , according to FactSet data.
“The reason, of course, is that you expect somebody else to buy it off you.”
Whatever the cause, the shift came so fast that it forced banks to raise cash by selling Treasury bonds , traders said.
And that, in turn, helped increase long-term interest rates in the United States.
And that, in turn, helped increase long-term interest rates in the United States .
Peace, love and respect are excellent values for a theatrical production to promote, especially one directed at children.
But it takes more than good intentions to make a good show, and Illstyle and Peace Productions ’ “IMpossible IZZpossible,” which played over the weekend at BAM Fisher as part of the BAM Kids series, is an incoherent jumble.
But it takes more than good intentions to make a good show, and Illstyle and Peace Productions’ “IMpossible IZZpossible,” which played over the weekend at BAM Fisher as part of the BAM Kids series , is an incoherent jumble.
After the performance on Saturday afternoon, Brandon Albright , the Philadelphia-based company’s affable founder, director and choreographer, explained that the production was about the difficult process of achieving your dreams.
The chief distinction of the choreography lies in its effort to mix hip-hop styles with steps from tap, ballet and West African dance .
The performers’ impressive specialty steps — the flips, the windmills, the head spins and backspins — are sprinkled indiscriminately, losing the force they might have had.
The show is a string of unrealized ideas .
Spiritual striving is expressed not through dance but through slow-motion walking toward a video backdrop of heavenly clouds .
A snatch of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” teases with a hint of nostalgic pleasure; what follows instead are performers in fright masks doing power moves in front of images of war and of the twin towers burning.
Hip-hop dance can successfully address such heavy subject matter , but not like this.
According to Hertzberg, Didion “has always been at her most original when she writes about the state she knows best,” her native California .
Thomas Mallon, assessing “ Where I Was From ,” Didion’s 2003 book about her home state, called it “the work of someone who can still be very much herself, someone who is even now, arguably, a great American writer.”
It’s extremely feminist — to such an extreme that I think only a male writer could have gotten away with it.”
According to Hertzberg, Didion “has always been at her most original when she writes about the state she knows best,” her native California.
— Margaret Atwood on Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series, in an interview with Entertainment Weekly Tentative Speculation In 2003, Ken Kalfus published “ Our 9/11 ,” a story about a husband and wife who (happily) each believe that the other perished in the attacks when neither did.
The 2016 presidential campaign has barely begun, but it is already clear this will be the super contest of the “super PACs” — the fast evolving political money machines that are irresistible to candidates because they can legally raise unlimited money from donors seeking favor and influence.
The idea of a super PAC created to support an individual candidate was little more than an experiment four years ago when strategists for Mitt Romney tested its potential after misguided court decisions shattered federal limits on spending on elections.
President Obama , after initially denouncing unlimited contributions, used a super PAC in his re-election.
They will be able to benefit from funds far greater than the amounts allowed under current regulations, which limit contributions to a candidate’s formal campaign organization to $2,700 per donor in the primary contests and $2,700 in the general election.
They will be able to benefit from funds far greater than the amounts allowed under current regulations, which limit contributions to a candidate’s formal campaign organization to $2,700 per donor in the primary contests and $2,700 in the general election.
That’s the neighborhood in which the heroine, Alex ( Mary Elizabeth Winstead ), grew up and that, with her family, she still calls home.
She may not notice the carnival anymore, but the director, Chris Messina , takes time to gently point out some of the more picturesque sites, like the Venice sign that serves as a gateway to the Pacific and the arched walkways that Orson Welles immortalized in “Touch of Evil.”
An appealing portrait miniature of a woman who loses and finds her bearings, “Alex of Venice” takes place against that messy Los Angeles backdrop of beachside attractions and boardwalk crowds, millionaire mansions and homeless encampments known as Venice.
She may not notice the carnival anymore, but the director, Chris Messina, takes time to gently point out some of the more picturesque sites, like the Venice sign that serves as a gateway to the Pacific and the arched walkways that Orson Welles immortalized in “ Touch of Evil .
She may not notice the carnival anymore, but the director, Chris Messina, takes time to gently point out some of the more picturesque sites, like the Venice sign that serves as a gateway to the Pacific and the arched walkways that Orson Welles immortalized in “Touch of Evil.”
After reading Michiko Kakutani’s review of Harper Lee’s novel “ Go Set a Watchman ,” I couldn’t help but feel a sense of worry and sadness about the Atticus Finch the book holds in its pages.
As a native of Alabama, I had held up Atticus in my own mind as a redemptive figure, a symbol of hope, a hero who was brave enough to fight for what is right despite the poisonous and dangerous pools of racism long associated with whites in the Deep South.
He was a symbol of the good that I desperately wanted to believe was around me as a child growing up in the late 1960s and ’70s near Birmingham .
When “ To Kill a Mockingbird ” was published in 1960, the South, and the United States, needed the heroic story of Atticus Finch.
When “To Kill a Mockingbird” was published in 1960, the South, and the United States, needed the heroic story of Atticus Finch .
Troy, Mich .
It is one thing to defend an individual African-American, and another thing entirely to envision the demise of what was essentially a race-based caste system in the South.
As a (white) child growing up in Houston in the 1960s, I was taken to visit relatives in the rural Mississippi Delta , where I often heard adults whom I respected express opinions similar to those reported in the book.
Like the character Scout in “Watchman,” I found these views unfamiliar and repugnant.
Yet I can easily imagine some of those people, like the fictional Atticus, defending Tom Robinson in the 1930s and 20 years later vehemently rejecting desegregation.
Re “Some Are Shocked, Others Find Nuance in a Bigoted Atticus Finch ” (front page, July 12): Readers shouldn’t struggle to reconcile the inconsistencies between the Atticus Finch character in the two novels in light of their publishing history.
Re “Some Are Shocked, Others Find Nuance in a Bigoted Atticus Finch” (front page, July 12): Readers shouldn’t struggle to reconcile the inconsistencies between the Atticus Finch character in the two novels in light of their publishing history.
“Go Set a Watchman” and “To Kill a Mockingbird” were never written with the intention that they be viewed as part of an ongoing saga.
Readers should treat “Go Set a Watchman” as a historical artifact in the creative process of one of the great novels in American literature.
Readers should treat “Go Set a Watchman” as a historical artifact in the creative process of one of the great novels in American literature.
Darren Sproles returned a punt 83 yards for the Eagles’ second special-teams touchdown, giving Philadelphia a 21-point lead, but New England came charging back, with Tom Brady throwing for a score and then, after an onside kick, running the ball in from the 1 to cut the gap to 7 points with three minutes left.
Darren Sproles returned a punt 83 yards for the Eagles’ second special-teams touchdown, giving Philadelphia a 21-point lead, but New England came charging back, with Tom Brady throwing for a score and then, after an onside kick, running the ball in from the 1 to cut the gap to 7 points with three minutes left.
Darren Sproles returned a punt 83 yards for the Eagles’ second special-teams touchdown, giving Philadelphia a 21-point lead, but New England came charging back, with Tom Brady throwing for a score and then, after an onside kick, running the ball in from the 1 to cut the gap to 7 points with three minutes left.
New England’s second onside kick failed, but the Patriots forced a third-down fumble to give Brady one more chance.
New England’s second onside kick failed, but the Patriots forced a third-down fumble to give Brady one more chance.
Larry Fitzgerald topped 1,000 receiving yards in a season for the seventh time .
The Rams, who have lost five in a row, announced that 51,115 tickets had been distributed, a season low and about 15,000 shy of a sellout .
Larry Fitzgerald topped 1,000 receiving yards in a season for the seventh time.
BRONCOS 17, CHARGERS 3 Brock Osweiler hit Demaryius Thomas for a 3-yard score on the opening drive, and Danny Trevathan intercepted a Philip Rivers pass and returned it 25 yards for a touchdown as Denver won at San Diego.
Osweiler moved to 3-0 since taking over for the injured Peyton Manning .
TITANS 42, JAGUARS 39 Tennessee ended the N.F.L.’s longest home skid at 11 games .
TITANS 42, JAGUARS 39 Tennessee ended the N.F.L.’s longest home skid at 11 games.
The Titans had not won on their own field since Oct. 12, 2014, when a blocked field-goal attempt helped them beat, coincidentally, Jacksonville.
This time, the teams combined for six touchdowns in the fourth quarter.
Only one game since 1940 has featured more in a fourth quarter, according to Stats L.L.C. The Jaguars’ Blake Bortles threw for 322 yards and five touchdowns, setting a franchise record for touchdown passes in a season (27).
Phil Jimenez, an artist known for his work on Wonder Woman and the Amazing Spider-Man comics, says that many readers no longer want to see the effeminate stereotype of the gay man in comics.
Phil Jimenez , an artist known for his work on Wonder Woman and the Amazing Spider-Man comics, says that many readers no longer want to see the effeminate stereotype of the gay man in comics.
Mr. Jimenez, who was recently featured on an  installment of the PBS Digital Studios series “First Person” that looked at queerness in comics, applauded efforts by mainstream publishers to reach gay and lesbian readers , saying it was a smart business move.
Mr. Jimenez, who was recently featured on an  installment of the PBS Digital Studios series “First Person” that looked at queerness in comics, applauded efforts by mainstream publishers to reach gay and lesbian readers, saying it was a smart business move.
Diverse storytelling benefits all readers, gay or straight, Mr. Griepp of ICv2 said.
“A good story is enjoyable to everybody,” he said, pointing to the steady sales for Alison Bechdel ’s graphic memoir “Fun Home” as an example.
The book, about a lesbian cartoonist and her closeted gay father, has been a best seller since its release in 2007 , he said.
Jon Goldwater felt the need to modernize Archie Comics when he came aboard as publisher.
“It was crystal clear that Archie was not diverse,” he said, so he introduced Kevin Keller, a gay character, in 2010, eventually giving Kevin his own series.
The trend to portray true-to-life gay characters in works intended for a wider audience extends to comic books aimed at younger readers, too.
“We wanted to have queer characters but not oversexualize them,” says Shannon Watters , an editor at Boom!
“We wanted to have queer characters but not oversexualize them,” says Shannon Watters , an editor at Boom!
Studios, Lumberjanes is a series about the summer camp experiences of five girls, two of whom have a crush on each other.
The most expensive, by far, was dementia .
For a patient who died of heart disease it was $175,136 .
The average total cost of care for a person with dementia over those five years was $287,038 .
For a cancer patient it was $173,383 .
Medicare paid almost the same amount for patients with each of those diseases — close to $100,000 — but dementia patients had many more expenses that were not covered.
On average, the out-of-pocket cost for a patient with dementia was $61,522 — more than 80 percent higher than the cost for someone with heart disease or cancer.
On average, the out-of-pocket cost for a patient with dementia was $61,522 — more than 80 percent higher than the cost for someone with heart disease or cancer.
None of those costs were covered by Medicare.
For many families, the cost of caring for a dementia patient often “consumed almost their entire household wealth,” said Dr. Amy S. Kelley, a geriatrician at Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai in New York and the lead author of the paper published on Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
“It’s stunning that people who start out with the least end up with even less,” said Dr. Kenneth Covinsky, a geriatrician at the University of California in San Francisco.
Dementia patients, in contrast, need constant care for years .
More than half of patients with dementia — and three-quarters of those from racial minorities — spend down, using savings to pay for the nursing home until nothing is left.
Then Medicaid , the federal-state program for low-income people, takes over.
Dr. Benson lives in a nursing home in Webster Groves, Mo ., because Mrs. Benson can no longer care for him.
The first home he lived in cost $6,000 a month.
She spent about $65,000 of her own money and her mother’s in the five years before her mother died.
As for her mother’s money, by the time she died, “ it was gone ,” Ms. Olson said.
John Rakis, a consultant in New York, spent more than $189,000 in less than two years for caregivers and other expenses for his mother-in-law, 92, who has dementia and lives in a housing project in Manhattan.
He promised his wife, who died in January 2013 , that he would take care of her mother.
He promised his wife, who died in January 2013, that he would take care of her mother .
These products allow borrowers to close on a short-term construction loan , which covers the building phase, and the longer-term permanent financing in one transaction.
This all-in-one option is more convenient and less expensive than separate closings .
Lender nervousness might ease in coming months, however.
After pressure from industry leaders, who warned that lenders weren’t ready for the massive change and that consumers might suffer, the bureau announced plans to postpone the implementation date to Oct. 1 from Aug. 1.
The new rules are intended to make the mortgage process more transparent for consumers , mainly by providing them with simpler forms and giving them more time to review final loan terms before closing.
The issue is that short-term financing like construction loans, which are usually 12 months or less , is exempt from existing disclosure requirements under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, but disclosure requirements would apply under the new rules.
The issue is that short-term financing like construction loans, which are usually 12 months or less, is exempt from existing disclosure requirements under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act , but disclosure requirements would apply under the new rules.
The issue is that short-term financing like construction loans, which are usually 12 months or less, is exempt from existing disclosure requirements under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, but disclosure requirements would apply under the new rules.
Lenders need more guidance on the form these disclosures should take , Mr. Weinberg said.
The issue is that short-term financing like construction loans , which are usually 12 months or less, is exempt from existing disclosure requirements under the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act, but disclosure requirements would apply under the new rules.
And he’s been a really smart player for a long period of time, so if there’s anyone who can figure it out quickly, it would be Alex.” Rodriguez’s performance has moved him into the good graces of many, but not all, Yankees fans.
Rodriguez’s performance has moved him into the good graces of many, but not all, Yankees fans .
As Rodriguez noted recently, he has been a popular villain since 2001, when he signed a then-record $252 million free-agent contract with the Texas Rangers.
On the road, Rodriguez has been booed , though it often seems as if it is a matter of course.
As Rodriguez noted recently, he has been a popular villain since 2001, when he signed a then-record $252 million free-agent contract with the Texas Rangers.
Mrs. Geller, 27, is a litigation associate at the law firm Farber, Pappalardo & Carbonari in White Plains.
Mrs. Geller, 27, is a litigation associate at the law firm Farber, Pappalardo & Carbonari in White Plains.
Her mother is an oncologist at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, where she is also a clinical assistant professor, teaching palliative medicine to students from New York Medical College in Valhalla, N.Y.
The groom’s mother was the chief executive and his father was the owner and chairman of SLG Advertising , a company in Greenwich.
She graduated from Fordham and received a law degree cum laude from Pace University.
WASHINGTON —  When John A. Boehner announced his retirement on Friday , speculation about who would succeed him as speaker immediately centered on the No. 2 House Republican: Kevin McCarthy, a 50-year-old Californian who has had a rapid rise through the party ranks.
a 50 -year-old Californian who has had a rapid rise through the party ranks.
WASHINGTON —  When John A. Boehner announced his retirement on Friday, speculation about who would succeed him as speaker immediately centered on the No. 2 House Republican: Kevin McCarthy, a 50-year-old Californian who has had a rapid rise through the party ranks.
WASHINGTON —  When John A. Boehner announced his retirement on Friday, speculation about who would succeed him as speaker immediately centered on the No. 2 House Republican: Kevin McCarthy, a 50-year-old Californian who has had a rapid rise through the party ranks.
WASHINGTON —  When John A. Boehner announced his retirement on Friday, speculation about who would succeed him as speaker immediately centered on the No. 2 House Republican: Kevin McCarthy , a 50-year-old Californian who has had a rapid rise through the party ranks.
When Mr. Thomas retired in 2006 , Mr. McCarthy, who was serving in the California State Assembly, ran for his seat.
Mr. McCarthy rose quickly through the Republican ranks in part because of his fund-raising skills .
Along with Representatives Eric Cantor of Virginia and Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. McCarthy was part of a group of so-called Young Guns in 2010 who were crucial to Republicans’ regaining the majority.
Mr. Boehner said on Friday that he had planned to resign last year, but reversed his decision after the unexpected election loss of Mr. Cantor, the No. 2 Republican at the time, left Mr. Boehner without an obvious successor.
Mr. Boehner said on Friday that he had planned to resign last year, but reversed his decision after the unexpected election loss of Mr. Cantor , the No. 2 Republican at the time, left Mr. Boehner without an obvious successor.
But if Mr. Boehner was counting on his No. 2 to replace him, he did not give Mr. McCarthy much warning, telling him about his plans to retire only two minutes before giving the news to the entire House Republican conference.
“I had to tell him five times , because he didn’t believe me,” Mr. Boehner said.
While there appear to be no challengers to Mr. McCarthy for the speakership at this point, there is little doubt that Tea Party conservatives will be looking for a candidate to back.
While there appear to be no challengers to Mr. McCarthy for the speakership at this point, there is little doubt that Tea Party conservatives will be looking for a candidate to back.
But if Mr. Boehner was counting on his No. 2 to replace him, he did not give Mr. McCarthy much warning, telling him about his plans to retire only two minutes before giving the news to the entire House Republican conference .
I love the calm snarkiness of this essay, and it went right over the heads of some making comments here .
If there is ever a moment where I am made to feel like a consumer, it is when I have already bought a ticket and am waiting to board .
I don’t take it seriously since the costs of tickets is absurd anyway.
As an infrequent flier with a status somewhere between lead and copper, I am quite pleased with the fact that there are people willing to pay $1,000 for a round trip from N.Y.C. to San Diego, in return for an extra few inches of legroom and a free cocktail.
I love the calm snarkiness of this essay, and it went right over the heads of some making comments here.
I’m a Delta “Platinum” and I couldn’t care less about the status label.
What I want is comfort and convenience , just like everyone else who boards a plane.
But most of us are not 1 percenters — we just have jobs that require travel .)
As someone who flew more than 400,000/year internationally for work, I can definitely echo other travelers’ sentiments.
As far as I’m concerned, the people who equate their self-worth with their airline status can have it! I ended up giving the miles to family members and friends.
As far as I’m concerned, the people who equate their self-worth with their airline status can have it! I ended up giving the miles to family members and friends .
As someone who flew more than 400,000/year internationally for work , I can definitely echo other travelers’ sentiments.
In an informal poll of the audience at The New York Times DealBook conference at the Whitney Museum on Tuesday, more than half of the respondents said Wall Street banks were no more or less trustworthy than they were in 2008, when the financial crisis erupted, sending the global financial markets in to a tailspin.
In an informal poll of the audience at The New York Times DealBook conference at the Whitney Museum on Tuesday, more than half of the respondents said Wall Street banks were no more or less trustworthy than they were in 2008, when the financial crisis erupted , sending the global financial markets in to a tailspin.
In an informal poll of the audience at The New York Times DealBook conference at the Whitney Museum on Tuesday , more than half of the respondents said Wall Street banks were no more or less trustworthy than they were in 2008, when the financial crisis erupted, sending the global financial markets in to a tailspin.
There remains an illusion — on Wall Street and beyond — that only a small pool of talent is capable of working on Wall Street, said James P. Gorman , Morgan Stanley’s chairman and chief executive, who spoke in the morning at the conference about the future of finance.
There remains an illusion — on Wall Street and beyond — that only a small pool of talent is capable of working on Wall Street, said James P. Gorman, Morgan Stanley’s chairman and chief executive, who spoke in the morning at the conference about the future of finance .
The managing director class that will be inducted starting in January is being culled now, said Gary Cohn , president and chief operating officer, who added he had “no real concerns” about the culture of the bank.
The managing director class that will be inducted starting in January is being culled now, said Gary Cohn, president and chief operating officer, who added he had “no real concerns” about the culture of the bank .
The Goldman Sachs Group is in the middle of its biennial election of the next class of managing directors , an envied status that puts the lucky few just a breath away from the company’s loftiest title of partner.
Mr. Cohn said Goldman had learned to adapt and change over the years as its model shifted from a traditional private partnership to a global publicly traded company.
The managing director class that will be inducted starting in January is being culled now, said Gary Cohn, president and chief operating officer, who added he had “no real concerns” about the culture of the bank.
Asked whether the mostly male culture of Silicon Valley is likely to change, Mr. Sacca, one of Twitter’s major investors , said, “It’s changing, slowly.
Companies are almost entirely run by white guys.
You have black users overindexed to Twitter, and yet we don’t have any representation of that audience in the upper management or the board of that company, and that’s just weird.
Asked whether the mostly male culture of Silicon Valley is likely to change, Mr. Sacca, one of Twitter’s major investors, said, “It’s changing, slowly.
You have black users overindexed to Twitter, and yet we don’t have any representation of that audience in the upper management or the board of that company, and that’s just weird .
“What I worry about is how unidimensional computer science students have become as a result of the rigor of the curriculum ,” Mr. Sacca said.
“ They don’t get to study abroad. They don’t have summer jobs. They don’t wait on tables — what you get is a 23-year-old engineer at Google yelling at a chef because they ran out of pheasant that day.
Netflix’s chief executive and one of its founders, Reed Hastings , says he takes six weeks of vacation a year and hopes the company’s leave policies will inspire loyalty and trust with his workers.
Netflix ’s chief executive and one of its founders, Reed Hastings, says he takes six weeks of vacation a year and hopes the company’s leave policies will inspire loyalty and trust with his workers.
The company, which has long had unlimited vacation for employees, recently introduced unlimited parental leave .
We’ll never know what the first three days on the Beautiful Dreamer were like, but when Sarah Lotz’s satirical scream of a novel, DAY FOUR (Little, Brown, $26), opens, the cruise ship is figuratively dead on course for the Bermuda Triangle .
A fire has broken out in the engine room, and the chief engineer is too badly burned to stay at his post.
And what an unlovely group they are: the happy-slappy Australian cruise director; two friends who have made a suicide pact; a “sick, manipulative con artist” who develops true psychic abilities; and assorted ghosts.
If this tub ever makes it back to Miami , sign me up for the next cruise.
We’ll never know what the first three days on the Beautiful Dreamer were like, but when Sarah Lotz’s satirical scream of a novel, DAY FOUR (Little, Brown, $26), opens, the cruise ship is figuratively dead on course for the Bermuda Triangle.
⬥ “I’d be delighted,” replies John Delahunt , a student at Trinity College, when the young socialite Helen Stokes asks him to accompany her to a hanging.
That colorful street entertainment is one of many striking set pieces in THE CONVICTIONS OF JOHN DELAHUNT (Pegasus, $24.95), a remarkable first novel that Andrew Hughes has set in 1840s Dublin and based on crimes of that period.
⬥ “I’d be delighted,” replies John Delahunt, a student at Trinity College, when the young socialite Helen Stokes asks him to accompany her to a hanging .
At once a close character study and a sweeping panorama of the era of “dissectionists” who buy bodies for medical research and the “resurrectionists” who dig them up, this fascinating book is a stirring work of fiction and a perceptive chapter in Ireland ’s social history.
⬥ “I’d be delighted,” replies John Delahunt, a student at Trinity College, when the young socialite Helen Stokes asks him to accompany her to a hanging.
The photograph that Markisha McClenton posted on Instagram is a self-portrait, a close-up that is muted in dim light.
The photograph that Markisha McClenton posted on Instagram is a self-portrait, a close-up that is muted in dim light.
Her specialty is blood .
The #nightshift .
Instead, I stared at the matrix on my phone, my own red eyes scanning a tiny sample of some 670,000 photographs under #nightshift.
Marcelo Aguirre, a paramedic in Newark and suburban New Jersey.
He owns an AR-15, a ­9-millimeter­ and a shotgun, but the only thing he shoots on the night shift is his camera .
He works nights so he can study days; he wants to be a doctor .
“ Please ignore the siren ,” he said.
Twenty-four hours if you take a double.
Marcelo Aguirre, a paramedic in Newark and suburban New Jersey.
He works nights so he can study days; he wants to be a doctor .
He owns an AR-15, a ­9-millimeter­ and a shotgun, but the only thing he shoots on the night shift is his camera .
“ Please ignore the siren ,” he said.
Twenty-four hours if you take a double.
Marcelo Aguirre, a paramedic in Newark and suburban New Jersey.
He owns an AR-15, a ­9-millimeter­ and a shotgun, but the only thing he shoots on the night shift is his camera .
He works nights so he can study days; he wants to be a doctor .
Twenty-four hours if you take a double.
“ Please ignore the siren ,” he said.
Marcelo Aguirre, a paramedic in Newark and suburban New Jersey.
He works nights so he can study days; he wants to be a doctor .
“ Please ignore the siren ,” he said.
Twenty-four hours if you take a double.
He owns an AR-15, a ­9-millimeter­ and a shotgun, but the only thing he shoots on the night shift is his camera .
Marcelo Aguirre, a paramedic in Newark and suburban New Jersey.
“ Please ignore the siren ,” he said.
He owns an AR-15, a ­9-millimeter­ and a shotgun, but the only thing he shoots on the night shift is his camera .
He works nights so he can study days; he wants to be a doctor .
Twenty-four hours if you take a double.
Marcelo Aguirre, a paramedic in Newark and suburban New Jersey.
“ Please ignore the siren ,” he said.
He works nights so he can study days; he wants to be a doctor .
Twenty-four hours if you take a double.
He owns an AR-15, a ­9-millimeter­ and a shotgun, but the only thing he shoots on the night shift is his camera .
Marcelo Aguirre, a paramedic in Newark and suburban New Jersey.
He owns an AR-15, a ­9-millimeter­ and a shotgun, but the only thing he shoots on the night shift is his camera .
“ Please ignore the siren ,” he said.
He works nights so he can study days; he wants to be a doctor .
Twenty-four hours if you take a double.
“ Nightwalkers ,” Pierre Bell calls the men and women who find their peace after-hours.
The strange ones, the restless ones, the story­tellers .
He’s new to the night himself, working as a nurse’s aide on the behavior unit at an assisted-living home in Akron, Ohio .
Bell, a 28-year-old father of a 9-month-old , was sitting with the nightwalkers.
He’s new to the night himself, working as a nurse’s aide on the behavior unit at an assisted-living home in Akron, Ohio.
But Margrethe Vestager , the European Union’s competition commissioner, may not find the comparison entirely flattering.
The antitrust case against Google filed by European Union regulators on Wednesday will inevitably draw comparisons to the long-running prosecution of Microsoft, in which regulators on both sides of the Atlantic pursued the software giant for anticompetitive behavior.
The antitrust case against Google filed by European Union regulators on Wednesday will inevitably draw comparisons to the long-running prosecution of Microsoft, in which regulators on both sides of the Atlantic pursued the software giant for anticompetitive behavior.
The tech marketplace is fluid and unpredictable.
The antitrust case against Google filed by European Union regulators on Wednesday will inevitably draw comparisons to the long-running prosecution of Microsoft, in which regulators on both sides of the Atlantic pursued the software giant for anticompetitive behavior.
The antitrust case against Google filed by European Union regulators on Wednesday will inevitably draw comparisons to the long-running prosecution of Microsoft, in which regulators on both sides of the Atlantic pursued the software giant for anticompetitive behavior.
The antitrust case against Google filed by European Union regulators on Wednesday will inevitably draw comparisons to the long-running prosecution of Microsoft, in which regulators on both sides of the Atlantic pursued the software giant for anticompetitive behavior.
But Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s competition commissioner, may not find the comparison entirely flattering.
With more than a decade of hindsight, the theories supporting the case against Microsoft have all but fallen apart, and the pursuit of the company that makes Windows may suggest a reason for skepticism about this fight against Google: The tech marketplace is fluid and unpredictable .
“In the Microsoft case, if they’d just waited a while, the problems they thought they saw would have disappeared because technology, consumer behavior and the market demand changed enough to correct those problems,” said Geoffrey A. Manne, executive director of the International Center for Law and Economics , a policy research organization that has received funding from technology companies including, in the past, Google.
“In the Microsoft case, if they’d just waited a while, the problems they thought they saw would have disappeared because technology, consumer behavior and the market demand changed enough to correct those problems,” said Geoffrey A. Manne, executive director of the International Center for Law and Economics, a policy research organization that has received funding from technology companies including, in the past, Google.
“In the Microsoft case, if they’d just waited a while, the problems they thought they saw would have disappeared because technology, consumer behavior and the market demand changed enough to correct those problems,” said Geoffrey A. Manne, executive director of the International Center for Law and Economics, a policy research organization that has received funding from technology companies including, in the past, Google .
In a 2013 law review article comparing the antitrust pursuit against Google to the Microsoft case, Mr. Manne was more succinct: “Microsoft’s market position was unassailable ... until it wasn’t.”
The rise of mobile devices and the prevalence of apps could make the traditional search engine less central.
And if the regulators emerge victorious, they could end up constraining Google in a way that makes its services less useful to consumers — which would be a hollow victory indeed.
The similarities in the cases against Microsoft and Google are striking .
Microsoft once had a dominant position in the worldwide market for computer operating systems : Windows was installed on nearly 90 percent of desktop computers.
Google’s current position in the market for web search engines looks similarly unbeatable: The company claims nine out of every 10 searches in Europe.
In 1999 , Microsoft argued that bundling its web browser with its operating system was good for consumers who needed a way to easily get on the Internet.
In 1999, Microsoft argued that bundling its web browser with its operating system was good for consumers who needed a way to easily get on the Internet .
In retrospect, that looks defensible — today, every computer, tablet and smartphone ship with built-in browsers, because everyone believes they are an important aspect of the user experience of computers.
In retrospect, that looks defensible — today, every computer, tablet and smartphone ship with built-in browsers, because everyone believes they are an important aspect of the user experience of computers .
“The analogy I like to use is, complaining that Google is lifting its own vertical search engine over other vertical search engines would be like complaining that The New York Times is not carrying The Los Angeles Times’s sports section ,” said Danny Sullivan, founder of Search Engine Land, an online publication that tracks the search industry.
“The analogy I like to use is, complaining that Google is lifting its own vertical search engine over other vertical search engines would be like complaining that The New York Times is not carrying The Los Angeles Times’s sports section,” said Danny Sullivan, founder of Search Engine Land , an online publication that tracks the search industry.
“The analogy I like to use is, complaining that Google is lifting its own vertical search engine over other vertical search engines would be like complaining that The New York Times is not carrying The Los Angeles Times’s sports section,” said Danny Sullivan, founder of Search Engine Land, an online publication that tracks the search industry .
When people go to a search engine, they’re looking to search across everything. ” As Google pointed out in its response to the European filing, linking to its own services has not destroyed its rivals.
As powerful as Microsoft looked at the time, officials missed ways in which it was vulnerable.
For starters, they didn’t anticipate the rise of mobile devices .
The 1999 ruling against Microsoft found there were “no products, nor are there likely to be any in the near future” that people around the world could use as “substitutes” for Windows computers.
The 1999 ruling against Microsoft found there were “no products, nor are there likely to be any in the near future” that people around the world could use as “substitutes” for Windows computers. In fact, within a few years, unexpected rivals began making such substitutes.
In 2007 , Apple released the iPhone, and soon after, Google released the Android operating system, which Samsung, HTC, Motorola and other manufacturers used to take the smartphone global and mainstream.
The bigger threat for Google is that the web, the search company’s favored domain, has been increasingly overrun by the world of apps .
The bigger threat for Google is that the web , the search company’s favored domain, has been increasingly overrun by the world of apps.
People now spend more time in apps than in web browsers on their computers and their phones.
The rise of apps diminishes Google’s power to determine the fate of competing services .
But even if one believes that regulatory oversight weakened Microsoft, Mr. Manne, of the International Center for Law and Economics , points out that the prosecution could be the reason we’re here today — with Google as the monopoly power in search.
But even if one believes that regulatory oversight weakened Microsoft, Mr. Manne, of the International Center for Law and Economics, points out that the prosecution could be the reason we’re here today — with Google as the monopoly power in search.
“You had the rise of Google coming on the heels of the antitrust enforcement against Microsoft , and because of all this scrutiny, Microsoft was not as effective a competitor against Google as it could have been.”
Noting the potential for another giant, possibly Amazon , to gain a monopoly as a result of the charges against Google, Mr. Manne adds: “I think we would see that potential again here, and that’s exactly what we don’t want.”
Before a screening in New Delhi on Friday, Women in the World, a live-event series associated with The Times, hosted a discussion on the global refugee and migrant crisis moderated by the actress Cate Blanchett and featuring the photojournalist and frequent Times Magazine contributor Lynsey Addario among its guests.
In the weeks since New York Times Magazine readers had the opportunity to experience the magazine’s “The Displaced” virtual-reality film with Google Cardboard V.R. viewers delivered to subscribers, the film has been shown around the world.
In the weeks since New York Times Magazine readers had the opportunity to experience the magazine’s “The Displaced” virtual-reality film with Google Cardboard V.R. viewers delivered to subscribers, the film has been shown around the world.
Before a screening in New Delhi on Friday, Women in the World, a live-event series associated with The Times, hosted a discussion on the global refugee and migrant crisis moderated by the actress Cate Blanchett and featuring the photojournalist and frequent Times Magazine contributor Lynsey Addario among its guests.
Before a screening in New Delhi on Friday, Women in the World, a live-event series associated with The Times, hosted a discussion on the global refugee and migrant crisis moderated by the actress Cate Blanchett and featuring the photojournalist and frequent Times Magazine contributor Lynsey Addario among its guests.
Shooting images for the print magazine component of “The Displaced,” Addario accompanied Hana Abdullah, a 12-year-old Syrian girl now living in a refugee settlement in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley , for 21 hours a day, documenting her daily life.
Shooting images for the print magazine component of “The Displaced,” Addario accompanied Hana Abdullah, a 12-year-old Syrian girl now living in a refugee settlement in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, for 21 hours a day, documenting her daily life .
At one point, she found herself in a plum orchard where Hana worked with other child refugees.
Shooting images for the print magazine component of “The Displaced,” Addario accompanied Hana Abdullah, a 12-year-old Syrian girl now living in a refugee settlement in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, for 21 hours a day, documenting her daily life.
Addario and Blanchett discussed the crisis with the Iraqi-American journalist Zainab Salbi and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees spokeswoman Melissa Fleming .
Items for the calendar should be sent at least three weeks in advance to westweek@nytimes.com.
A guide to cultural and recreational events in the Hudson Valley .
Comedy KINGSTON Ulster Performing Arts Center Ron White .
Ulster Performing Arts Center, 601 Broadway .
Music and Dance BEACON Towne Crier Cafe Al Stewart, folk and pop .
CROTON-ON-HUDSON Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Hudson Valley Loren Stillman, alto saxophone, and Gary Versace, piano.
HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON The Purple Crayon Lyra Lynn, folk.
914-231-9077; purpl.org .
Catie Curtis, folk and rock .
Dead On Live , Grateful Dead tribute band.
TARRYTOWN Tarrytown Music Hall The Midtown Men, Broadway and pop.
877-840-0457 ; tarrytownmusichall.org.
TUCKAHOE Westchester Italian Cultural Center The Five O’ Clock Piano Duo , contemporary Italian.
An artist talk by Stephen Hannock .
$7 and $9 .
MOUNT VERNON St. Paul’s Church “Mourning Lincoln: Reactions to the Assassination of President Lincoln ,” lecture.
St. Paul’s Church, 897 South Columbus Avenue .
Free .
PURCHASE Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College An artist talk by Artie Vierkant.
PEEKSKILL Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art “Theological Explorations of Love and Lust,” lecture by Deanne Mincer.
914-788-0100 ; hvcca.org. PURCHASE Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College An artist talk by Artie Vierkant.
April 17 at 7:30 p.m .
writerscenter.org; 914-332-5953 .
Hudson Valley Writers’ Center, 300 Riverside Drive .
WHITE PLAINS ArtsWestchester Veera Hiranandani discusses her book “ The Whole Story of Half a Girl. ” April 11 at 2 p.m. Free.
WHITE PLAINS ArtsWestchester Veera Hiranandani discusses her book “The Whole Story of Half a Girl.” April 11 at 2 p.m. Free.
BRONX Lehman College Art Gallery “The Gee’s Bend Tradition,” group show.
$8 to $25; children under 2, free .
The Donald Gallery “A Place to Remember,” paintings by Emily Stedman .
518-828-1915; carriehaddadgallery.com .
HUDSON Davis Orton Gallery “Night Photography: From Cities to Towns to Way, Way Beyond.” Through May 10.
MAMARONECK Bullseye New York Gallery “Whispered,” glass and intaglio prints by Michael Rogers .
914-835-3794; bullseyeglass.com .
Bullseye New York Gallery, 115 Hoyt Avenue. 914-835-3794; bullseyeglass.com.
MOUNT KISCO Mount Kisco Public Library “Hudson River Moods,” landscape paintings by June Farnham .
MOUNT KISCO Mount Kisco Public Library “Hudson River Moods,” landscape paintings by June Farnham.
clayartcenter.org ; 914-937-2047.
clayartcenter.org; 914-937-2047 .
Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fridays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Duck Pond Gallery, at Town of Esopus Library, 128 Canal Street. esopuslibrary.org; 845-338-5580 .
POUGHKEEPSIE Vassar College, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center “ Through the Looking Glass: Daguerreotype Masterworks From the Dawn of Photography.”
845-437-5632; fllac.vassar.edu.
POUND RIDGE The Lionheart Gallery “Art by Whit,” Whit Conrad .
POUND RIDGE The Lionheart Gallery “Art by Whit,” Whit Conrad.
RHINEBECK Montgomery Row Second Level “Ocular Concepts,” photographs by Andrew Halpern .
Montgomery Row Second Level, 6423 Montgomery Street .
845-876-0543 ; montgomeryrow.com.
TUCKAHOE Westchester Italian Cultural Center “Identity: Horizons and Colors, Campania and the Amalfi Coast.” Through May 22.
Suggested donation, $5 and $10. Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, by appointment.
WEST NYACK Rockland Center for the Arts “Nature Inc.” Group show.
Mondays through Fridays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m. Rockland Center for the Arts, 27 South Greenbush Road .
845-358-0877; rocklandartcenter.org.
YONKERS Blue Door Gallery Group exhibition by the Manhattan Quilters Guild.
914-375-5100; bluedoorartcenter.org .
YONKERS Hudson River Museum “Frohawk Two Feathers: Kill Your Best Ideas, the Battle for New York and Its Lifeline, the Hudson River.” “Promoting the President: In Celebration of Washington’s Birthday.”
914-963-4550; hrm.org.
914-963-4550 ; hrm.org.
Amit Singhal , Google’s search chief, oversees the 200 or so factors that determine where websites rank in the company’s search engine, which means he decides if your website lives or dies.
Amit Singhal, Google’s search chief, oversees the 200 or so factors that determine where websites rank in the company’s search engine, which means he decides if your website lives or dies.
In a recent interview at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. , Mr. Singhal laid out a widely held thesis for why smartphones are fundamentally changing how people are consuming information: Phones have small screens that are annoying to type on, and people have grown so addicted to their phones that they carry them everywhere and go to bed with them by their side.
Also, in a shift with big implications for his company’s sway over the Internet, smartphone users spend the bulk of their time in mobile apps instead of the open web on which Google built its business.
Also, in a shift with big implications for his company’s sway over the Internet, smartphone users spend the bulk of their time in mobile apps instead of the open web on which Google built its business.
Venture capitalists are funding new search start-ups that treat information and the web as legacy products and that focus on actions and apps instead.
Venture capitalists are funding new search start-ups that treat information and the web as legacy products and that focus on actions and apps instead.
And while Google, with $65 billion in the bank, can buy any start-up it likes, one company it cannot buy — Apple — is also joining the mobile search fray.
On Thursday, Apple released an early, or “beta,” version of the next version of its iOS mobile software, giving iPhone and iPad users the ability to tap Apple’s own search engine for searches of music, apps and local services — allowing them to potentially bypass Google.
On Thursday, Apple released an early, or “beta,” version of the next version of its iOS mobile software, giving iPhone and iPad users the ability to tap Apple’s own search engine for searches of music, apps and local services — allowing them to potentially bypass Google .
Google is a mobile force in many different ways: In the United States and several other countries, search queries to Google on mobile devices now outrank search queries on desktop and laptop computers.
It has the world’s largest mobile operating system, Android .
Google is a mobile force in many different ways: In the United States and several other countries, search queries to Google on mobile devices now outrank search queries on desktop and laptop computers.
It makes billions of dollars a year selling apps through the Google Play Store and owns many of the world’s most popular apps, such as YouTube .
That lead, while still substantial, was down from 81 percent in 2012, a decline projected to continue as apps occupy more of people’s time.
“On a phone, the biggest intellectual difference is you don’t go to your search box as your first resort,” said Keith Rabois , a partner at the venture capital firm Khosla Ventures, who has invested in a search start-up called Relcy.
“On a phone, the biggest intellectual difference is you don’t go to your search box as your first resort,” said Keith Rabois, a partner at the venture capital firm Khosla Ventures, who has invested in a search start-up called Relcy .
John Lilly, a venture capitalist at Greylock Partners , said the real prize in mobile search was “whoever figures out what questions people really want to ask their phones while they are walking around, and how they will ask those questions.”
That is “very unlikely to look like it did five years ago, when you typed it into a box ,” he said.
“On a watch , it’s inconceivable that you would go to a search box perhaps at all.”
Mr. Singhal and his group are trying to get ahead of all this with a combination of offense and defense.
He and his team have moved to reinforce the golden goose that is Google’s web-based search engine by updating its ranking algorithms so that websites it deems mobile-unfriendly fall in search rankings.
And they have spent five years building products like the Knowledge Graph, which responds to queries with answers.
And they have spent five years building products like the Knowledge Graph , which responds to queries with answers.
That adds power to tools like voice search and produces instant results that smartphone users appreciate because if the answer is right, they can just glance at their phone and move on, without having to click anything .
In the recent interview, Mr. Singhal illustrated the evolution of Google’s search business by taking out his phone and asking questions about things like music and trivia.
In the recent interview, Mr. Singhal illustrated the evolution of Google’s search business by taking out his phone and asking questions about things like music and trivia .
 At one point he asked the phone about Rihanna to show off the company’s voice technology and demonstrate how mobile search results come with tappable actions such as the ability to play Rihanna music.
A moment later, in what appeared to be a well-practiced demonstration, he asked the phone, “Which person was struck by lightning seven times and survived?”
Mr. Singhal said that while mobile phones are changing the world quickly, people still want and need many of the same things, whether they are in apps or on the web.
For disease-causing parasites like tapeworms , roundworms and flukes, which may infest raw or undercooked fish, freezing can be the answer, but its effectiveness varies.
For disease-causing parasites like tapeworms, roundworms and flukes, which may infest raw or undercooked fish , freezing can be the answer, but its effectiveness varies.
For disease-causing parasites like tapeworms, roundworms and flukes, which may infest raw or undercooked fish, freezing can be the answer, but its effectiveness varies.
A. It can if the food gets cold enough and stays that way long enough, according to guidelines for the food industry from the Food and Drug Administration .
For disease -causing parasites like tapeworms, roundworms and flukes, which may infest raw or undercooked fish, freezing can be the answer, but its effectiveness varies.
In general, killing parasites requires freezing and storing fish at a surrounding temperature of minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit or colder for seven days; or freezing at a surrounding temperature of minus 31 degrees or colder until the fish is solid and storing at the same temperature for 15 hours; or freezing at a surrounding temperature of minus 31 degrees until the fish is solid and storing at minus 4 degrees or below for 24 hours.
Not all home refrigerator freezers get cold enough.
In general, killing parasites requires freezing and storing fish at a surrounding temperature of minus 4 degrees Fahrenheit or colder for seven days; or freezing at a surrounding temperature of minus 31 degrees or colder until the fish is solid and storing at the same temperature for 15 hours; or freezing at a surrounding temperature of minus 31 degrees until the fish is solid and storing at minus 4 degrees or below for 24 hours.
To be sure that your freezer will work for controlling parasites, do not rely on the thermostat, but use a good freezer thermometer .
The F.D.A. also warns that these techniques may not be suitable for particularly large fish, like those thicker than six inches .
“ We’re already living in poverty here. There are French people living in the street.
Besides, you don’t even know if there are jihadists among them
“We can’t take in everyone, can we?” Ms. Le Pen , after a month of inflammatory words on migrants in media appearances and speeches to supporters, only alluded to the issue as she launched her regional elections campaign, aboard a boat here in front of a gaggle of French journalists.
Ms. Le Pen, after a month of inflammatory words on migrants in media appearances and speeches to supporters, only alluded to the issue as she launched her regional elections campaign, aboard a boat here in front of a gaggle of French journalists.
Ms. Le Pen, after a month of inflammatory words on migrants in media appearances and speeches to supporters, only alluded to the issue as she launched her regional elections campaign, aboard a boat here in front of a gaggle of French journalists .
“Immigrants weigh on the economic life of our country, ” Jean-Marie Le Pen told an interviewer that year — words that could have come from his daughter.
“Immigration was its central theme,” writes the historian Valérie Igounet about the National Front’s early days.
“ Rejection of immigration , this is what it is has been for more than 40 years,” Laurent Bouvet, a political scientist who specializes in the National Front, said in an interview.
“Rejection of immigration, this is what it is has been for more than 40 years ,” Laurent Bouvet, a political scientist who specializes in the National Front, said in an interview.
“Rejection of immigration, this is what it is has been for more than 40 years,” Laurent Bouvet , a political scientist who specializes in the National Front, said in an interview.
JACKSON, Miss. —  The Mississippi state epidemiologist, Dr. Thomas E. Dobbs III , stood in a crowded room at the State Capitol this week and waited for a legislative verdict on the law that fostered what he regards as a public health triumph in a place that has few of them: the country’s highest immunization rate among kindergarten students.
The Mississippi state epidemiologist, Dr. Thomas E. Dobbs III, stood in a crowded room at the State Capitol this week and waited for a legislative verdict on the law that fostered what he regards as a public health triumph in a place that has few of them: the country’s highest immunization rate among kindergarten students.
But in recent weeks, the nearly unbending nature of Mississippi’s law requiring students to be vaccinated has been in jeopardy, with two dozen lawmakers publicly supporting an exemption for “ conscientious beliefs .”
The debate, coming as other states grappled with a measles outbreak, turned Mississippi into one more battleground between medical experts who champion vaccinations and parents who fear the government’s role in medical decision-making .
But in recent weeks, the nearly unbending nature of Mississippi’s law requiring students to be vaccinated has been in jeopardy, with two dozen lawmakers publicly supporting an exemption for “conscientious beliefs.”
That unwavering support from Capitol Hill is but one reason the C.I.A .
That unwavering support from Capitol Hill is but one reason the C.I.A.’s killing missions are embedded in American warfare and unlikely to change significantly despite President Obama’s announcement on Thursday that a drone strike accidentally killed two innocent hostages, an American and an Italian.
That unwavering support from Capitol Hill is but one reason the C.I.A.’s killing missions are embedded in American warfare and unlikely to change significantly despite President Obama ’s announcement on Thursday that a drone strike accidentally killed two innocent hostages, an American and an Italian.
That unwavering support from Capitol Hill is but one reason the C.I.A.’s killing missions are embedded in American warfare and unlikely to change significantly despite President Obama’s announcement on Thursday that a drone strike accidentally killed two innocent hostages, an American and an Italian.
Perhaps no single C.I.A. officer has been more central to the effort than Michael D’Andrea , a gaunt, chain-smoking convert to Islam who was chief of operations during the birth of the agency’s detention and interrogation program and then, as head of the C.I.A. Counterterrorism Center, became an architect of the targeted killing program.
Perhaps no single C.I.A. officer has been more central to the effort than Michael D’Andrea, a gaunt, chain-smoking convert to Islam who was chief of operations during the birth of the agency’s detention and interrogation program and then, as head of the C.I.A. Counterterrorism Center , became an architect of the targeted killing program.
Perhaps no single C.I.A. officer has been more central to the effort than Michael D’Andrea, a gaunt, chain-smoking convert to Islam who was chief of operations during the birth of the agency’s detention and interrogation program and then, as head of the C.I.A. Counterterrorism Center, became an architect of the targeted killing program.
Until last month, when Mr. D’Andrea was quietly shifted to another job, he presided over the growth of C.I.A. drone operations and hundreds of strikes in Pakistan and Yemen during nine years in the position.
Until last month, when Mr. D’Andrea was quietly shifted to another job, he presided over the growth of C.I.A. drone operations and hundreds of strikes in Pakistan and Yemen during nine years in the position.
It was two years ago that Mr. Obama gave a speech pledging to pull the targeted killing program from the shadows , and White House officials said they wanted to shift the bulk of drone operations from the C.I.A. to the Pentagon, with the stated intent of making the program somewhat more transparent.
It was two years ago that Mr. Obama gave a speech pledging to pull the targeted killing program from the shadows, and White House officials said they wanted to shift the bulk of drone operations from the C.I.A. to the Pentagon , with the stated intent of making the program somewhat more transparent.
But the intelligence committees have resisted the plan, in part because Mr. D’Andrea and other top agency officials have convinced lawmakers that the C.I.A. strikes are more precise than those conducted by the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command .
But the intelligence committees have resisted the plan, in part because Mr. D’Andrea and other top agency officials have convinced lawmakers that the C.I.A. strikes are more precise than those conducted by the Pentagon’s Joint Special Operations Command.
It was two years ago that Mr. Obama gave a speech pledging to pull the targeted killing program from the shadows, and White House officials said they wanted to shift the bulk of drone operations from the C.I.A. to the Pentagon, with the stated intent of making the program somewhat more transparent .
As part of a bureaucratic reshuffling last month by John O. Brennan, the C.I.A. director, Mr. D’Andrea has been replaced as head of the drone program by Chris Wood.
As part of a bureaucratic reshuffling last month by John O. Brennan, the C.I.A. director, Mr. D’Andrea has been replaced as head of the drone program by Chris Wood .
After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Mr. Wood held leadership roles in Alec Station , the group that led the hunt for Qaeda suspects and was central to the interrogation program.
He ultimately was in charge of that unit and would later serve as station chief in Kabul .
Unilever brought on the United Soybean Board and the Iowa Soybean Association , two trade groups, to give the program bona fides.
Three years into the program, 250 farmers responsible for 285,000 acres have signed up.
By participating in the program, they receive an extra 10 cents a bushel of soybeans from ADM, have access to additional state subsidies for certain eco-friendly farming techniques and receive education about sustainability.
The World Wildlife Fund signed up as a scientific consultant.
Unilever brought on the United Soybean Board and the Iowa Soybean Association, two trade groups, to give the program bona fides.
The company claims that efficiency upgrades to Unilever factories have created savings of 400 million euros, or $430 million , since 2008.
It is also aggressively marketing sustainable brands in the hope of increasing sales (including a paid post from Ben & Jerry’s on the website of The New York Times).
The company claims that efficiency upgrades to Unilever factories have created savings of 400 million euros, or $430 million, since 2008.
It is also aggressively marketing sustainable brands in the hope of increasing sales (including a paid post from Ben & Jerry’s on the website of The New York Times).
It is also aggressively marketing sustainable brands in the hope of increasing sales (including a paid post from Ben & Jerry’s on the website of The New York Times )
The Rainforest Alliance , which has been certifying farmers in the developing world for decades, now certifies the chocolate for Magnum ice cream bars, the vanilla in Breyers ice cream, and the leaves in Lipton tea bags.
The Rainforest Alliance, which has been certifying farmers in the developing world for decades, now certifies the chocolate for Magnum ice cream bars, the vanilla in Breyers ice cream, and the leaves in Lipton tea bags.
After Unilever began using certified tea, other big tea producers including Twinings and Tata followed suit.
“It’s more effective than anything else going on out there,” said Ana Paula Taveres , interim president of the Rainforest Alliance.
The Rainforest Alliance, which has been certifying farmers in the developing world for decades, now certifies the chocolate for Magnum ice cream bars, the vanilla in Breyers ice cream, and the leaves in Lipton tea bags.
A front-page news analysis by Scott Shane , for example, included this memorable paragraph, not in a quote but in the author’s own voice: “Every independent investigation of the strikes has found far more civilian casualties than administration officials admit.
(Mr. Shane’s knowledge comes in part from his book, due for September publication, on the 2011 drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born imam.)
(Mr. Shane’s knowledge comes in part from his book, due for September publication, on the 2011 drone strike that killed Anwar al-Awlaki , the American-born imam.)
Gradually, it has become clear that when operators in Nevada fire missiles into remote tribal territories on the other side of the world, they often do not know who they are killing, but are making an imperfect best guess.”
A front-page news analysis by Scott Shane, for example, included this memorable paragraph, not in a quote but in the author’s own voice: “Every independent investigation of the strikes has found far more civilian casualties than administration officials admit.
“The C.I.A. asked that Mr. D’Andrea’s name and the names of some other top agency officials be withheld from this article,” it said, “but The New York Times is publishing them because they have leadership roles in one of the government’s most significant paramilitary programs and their roles are known to foreign governments and many others.”
“ The C.I.A. asked that Mr. D’Andrea’s name and the names of some other top agency officials be withheld from this article,” it said, “but The New York Times is publishing them because they have leadership roles in one of the government’s most significant paramilitary programs and their roles are known to foreign governments and many others.”
The story named the program’s architect, Michael D’Andrea .
The revelations about American wrongdoing in the Senate torture report, and, earlier, about the National Security Agency’s surveillance abuses, have taught The Times a lesson, Mr. Baquet said.
“We’ve learned the perils of not monitoring and policing warfare ” as rigorously as possible, and of too readily agreeing to government requests to withhold information.
The revelations about American wrongdoing in the Senate torture report, and, earlier, about the National Security Agency ’s surveillance abuses, have taught The Times a lesson, Mr. Baquet said.
“We’ve learned the perils of not monitoring and policing warfare” as rigorously as possible, and of too readily agreeing to government requests to withhold information .
Although strikes come and go here, the violence of the Uber brawl seemed to shock even the French .
Yves Dusart in the newspaper L’Est Républicain, summed up, “ The French model , snug in its padded jewelry box, is cracking.”
While commentators deplored the thuggery of some cabdrivers, they deplored “L’uberisation” even more.
“The uberisation of the economy is a godless and lawless development model,” wrote Jean-Michel Bouguereau in La République des Pyrénées.
Yves Théard in Le Figaro warned that “the invasion of the digital economy” risked loosening the screws of the French economic model, with its emphasis on workers’ rights and social protection, “one by one.”
What startled France , a country where the customer is always wrong, was the revolt of the taxi rider.
For the last half year, many have turned away from cabs, loving the convenience of Uber and the way the drivers would open doors and not have the meter prematurely racking up the tab.
The French were stunned to learn that the fifth floor of the American Embassy, a few doors from the Élysée Palace, was a trompe l’oeil design hiding what they call the “big ears” of eavesdropping equipment pointed at François Hollande (and his actress girlfriend, Julie Gayet, who is stealthily hanging out at the Élysée).
French officials, pleased with the successful collaboration of the French and the U.S. against jihadists in Africa, Libya, Mali and Syria, were more inclined to treat the wiretapping as an old story.
I visited the Foreign Ministry at the Quai d’Orsay — bristling with emergency meetings on terrorism — to check on the status of French-American relations.
Amid the troubles besetting tourists coming to France, the ministry website had warnings for French tourists going to America: Do not act too “Latin,” with sexual behavior and jokes, and “ keep calm in all circumstances,” given America’s scorn for gun control, which the French find incomprehensible.
Amid the troubles besetting tourists coming to France, the ministry website had warnings for French tourists going to America: Do not act too “Latin,” with sexual behavior and jokes, and “keep calm in all circumstances,” given America’s scorn for gun control , which the French find incomprehensible.
They were also advised not to make any aggressive gestures at the police.
He shook his head at Courtney Love’s angry tweet that the Uber ferocity had made Paris more dangerous than Baghdad.
“I went to Tallahassee, ” he said proudly.
This exchange suggested some of the challenges facing Noreetuh’s chef, Chung Chow , along with his partners, Jin Ahn and Gerald San Jose.
Island seafood and produce fill the walk-ins at contemporary Honolulu restaurants like MW or the Pig and the Lady, but they rarely reach the island of Manhattan.
This exchange suggested some of the challenges facing Noreetuh’s chef, Chung Chow, along with his partners, Jin Ahn and Gerald San Jose .
Island seafood and produce fill the walk-ins at contemporary Honolulu restaurants like MW or the Pig and the Lady, but they rarely reach the island of Manhattan.
While islanders can be counted on to know exactly which local dish Alan Wong is playing around with, the average New Yorker has almost no idea what the residents of the 50th state eat.
Better still, the prices are low; just by sticking to your budget, you can drink at a higher level than usual.
Dinner will be particularly fun for wine lovers because Mr. Ahn has compiled an overachieving list of German rieslings, Burgundies in both colors, grower Champagnes and more far-flung treats.
Dinner will be particularly fun for wine lovers because Mr. Ahn has compiled an overachieving list of German rieslings, Burgundies in both colors, grower Champagnes and more far-flung treats. Better still, the prices are low; just by sticking to your budget, you can drink at a higher level than usual.
Noreetuh means “playground” in Korean, and the owners seem to want to give a party.
Noreetuh means “playground” in Korean, and the owners seem to want to give a party. But where did they find their DJ.?
CAIRO — At least 18 people were killed in political violence on Sunday, the fourth anniversary of the Arab Spring uprising , a reminder of the ruthless crackdown the military-backed government has used to silence any echoes of that revolt.
As many as 10 civilians were killed in clashes in the Matariya district, a frequent flash point on the northern edge of Cairo , and dozens of civilians were reportedly injured in clashes at scattered protests around the country.
And Shaimaa al-Sabbagh, 31 , a left-leaning poet and activist, was killed in Cairo.
After nearly 18 months of recurring police shootings at street protests since the military takeover in 2013 , it was the deaths of two others killed over the weekend that most captured Egypt’s attention.
Sondos Reda Abu Bakr , a 17-year-old high school student, was killed Friday by police officers firing birdshot at a demonstration in Alexandria in support of ousted President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood.
A forensic report said birdshot fired at close range had pierced her lung and heart , according to news reports.
When her group took up the Arab Spring chant for “bread, freedom and social justice,” a contingent of masked riot police officers as numerous as the marchers “fired bullets and gas within minutes,” according to a testimonial posted on Facebook by Azza Soliman, a prominent human rights lawyer who was nearby at the time.
Ms. Sabbagh was walking in a small group of fellow party members on Saturday with a wreath of flowers to lay in Tahrir Square to honor demonstrators killed there during previous protests, according to a witness account and a video recording of the scene.
Ms. Sabbagh was walking in a small group of fellow party members on Saturday with a wreath of flowers to lay in Tahrir Square to honor demonstrators killed there during previous protests , according to a witness account and a video recording of the scene.
On the anniversary last year, more than 50 people died in clashes with the police.
But the arresting stories of the two unarmed women, and most of all the vivid images of Ms. Sabbagh ’s death, have dramatized the police violence more effectively than any statistics, rights advocates say.
“The streets are becoming much less safe for Egyptian activists from any walk of the political spectrum than it was even last year,” he said.
“She is a member of a very tame opposition party, by no means a revolutionary, and yet she is subjected to this brutal force,” said Amr Abdel Rahman, a researcher with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights.
“She is a member of a very tame opposition party , by no means a revolutionary, and yet she is subjected to this brutal force,” said Amr Abdel Rahman, a researcher with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights.
“She is a member of a very tame opposition party, by no means a revolutionary, and yet she is subjected to this brutal force,” said Amr Abdel Rahman, a researcher with the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights .
Gamal Eid , executive director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, noted that only a small demonstration in support of President Sisi appeared to have escaped police violence.
“If you object to Sisi, your blood is permissible,” Mr. Eid said, arguing that Mr. Sisi’s police force was clenching its fist even more tightly than former President Hosni Mubarak’s — “with all its monstrosity.”
Gamal Eid, executive director of the Arabic Network for Human Rights Information, noted that only a small demonstration in support of President Sisi appeared to have escaped police violence.
“We are closer to the Gestapo in East Germany or the Savak political police of Iran ” under the Shah, Mr. Eid added.
ALMAR, Afghanistan —  At first, Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum tried to get help from his own government , lobbying the National Security Council to intervene as a Taliban offensive began making serious inroads on his home territory, a once relatively quiet northern region of Afghanistan.
ALMAR, Afghanistan —  At first, Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum tried to get help from his own government, lobbying the National Security Council to intervene as a Taliban offensive began making serious inroads on his home territory, a once relatively quiet northern region of Afghanistan.
ALMAR, Afghanistan —  At first, Vice President Abdul Rashid Dostum tried to get help from his own government, lobbying the National Security Council to intervene as a Taliban offensive began making serious inroads on his home territory, a once relatively quiet northern region of Afghanistan.
Activating a collection of private militias in addition to some Afghan police and army units, he went charging up north in July .
Back in his home province of Jowzjan , Mr. Dostum turned his pink palace into a command center and announced that he was coordinating the war efforts there and in the neighboring provinces of Faryab and Sar-i-Pul.
Back in his home province of Jowzjan, Mr. Dostum turned his pink palace into a command center and announced that he was coordinating the war efforts there and in the neighboring provinces of Faryab and Sar-i-Pul.
Back in his home province of Jowzjan, Mr. Dostum turned his pink palace into a command center and announced that he was coordinating the war efforts there and in the neighboring provinces of Faryab and Sar-i-Pul .
But in what is supposed to be a year that tests the ability of the Afghan security forces to fend off enemy threats on their own, his moves have also raised a serious question: Amid a territory-gobbling insurgent offensive, will the strongmen and former warlords prominent in the Afghan government honor the national security system, or will they remobilize militias that in the 1990s caused the chaos that gave rise to the Taliban in the first place?
Partly because of pressures from President Ashraf Ghani , government officials said, Mr. Dostum’s offensive has been downgraded to a morale-building tour of the national forces in Faryab, with the vice president and his two sons in uniform making the rounds.
Partly because of pressures from President Ashraf Ghani, government officials said, Mr. Dostum’s offensive has been downgraded to a morale-building tour of the national forces in Faryab, with the vice president and his two sons in uniform making the rounds.
Some areas that Mr. Dostum passed through and declared clear of Taliban, like Mir Shadi in Almar district , fell only days later to the militants, who set dozens of homes on fire, local officials said.
“There were up to 9,000 people gathered here,” Mr. Dostum said in his palace in Jowzjan after meetings with militia commanders.
“ The militias also beat and kill people; they ask for a share,” Mr. Qul said.
A senior security official acknowledged that the militias were harassing the locals, but said they had been warned “not to touch people’s property.”
A senior security official acknowledged that the militias were harassing the locals, but said they had been warned “not to touch people’s property.”
“It was a tradition here: when the Taliban raided a village, they would loot and burn houses ,” the official said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the trouble.
Mr. Chauvin was the first to explain chemical reactions involving petroleum compounds in which two molecules swap groups of atoms.
For years, chemists were unable to explain how the bonds were being rearranged .
The reactions, called metathesis (pronounced meh-TATH-eh-sis), which means “changing places,” break and then re-form strong “double bonds” between carbon atoms.
The reactions, called metathesis (pronounced meh-TATH-eh-sis), which means “changing places,” break and then re-form strong “double bonds” between carbon atoms .
That process generally requires high temperatures and immense pressures; metathesis, however, takes place under relatively mild conditions, is often quicker than conventional processes, consumes less energy and produces less waste — advantages for chemical companies and for the environment.
His parents were from the Tours region
In his biographical essay, Mr. Chauvin recounted fond memories of looking out of his bedroom window, over the family’s large garden, and watching barges ply the Lys River, where it separates France from Belgium, towed by horses or men.
His parents were from the Tours region, he said, descending “from long-established families in the little village of Beaumont-la-Ronce .”
In his biographical essay, Mr. Chauvin recounted fond memories of looking out of his bedroom window, over the family’s large garden, and watching barges ply the Lys River , where it separates France from Belgium, towed by horses or men.
In his biographical essay, Mr. Chauvin recounted fond memories of looking out of his bedroom window, over the family’s large garden, and watching barges ply the Lys River, where it separates France from Belgium, towed by horses or men.
Some 42 million American adults, 15 percent of women and 21 percent of men, still smoke.
Some 42 million American adults, 15 percent of women and 21 percent of men, still smoke.
Some 42 million American adults, 15 percent of women and 21 percent of men, still smoke.
The landmark surgeon general’s report in 1964 first declared that smoking caused lung and laryngeal cancer and chronic bronchitis.
For the past 50 years, the evidence about tobacco’s dangers has been mounting.
The brutal midterm electoral crushing, with Republicans gaining their largest House majority since Herbert Hoover , slapped him from his stupor.
He said it’s the fourth quarter of his presidency, “and I’m going to play offense .”
He’s decided to be Russell Wilson after throwing four interceptions.
But back to the miracle finish last Sunday, and the lesson beyond pro football: It’s not about the miracle, it’s about the finish .
No longer does he care about pleasing the insiders, or playing nice with the opposition, or conforming to the expectations of a lame duck.
Just 5 percent of his 2013 proposals became law — and that was before Republicans gained the Senate.
Just 5 percent of his 2013 proposals became law — and that was before Republicans gained the Senate .
The president’s proposals “are so out of touch you have to ask if there’s any point to the speech,” said Reince Priebus , chairman of the Republican National Committee.
The reliably dyspeptic Charles Krauthammer said the epitaph of the Obama presidency would be: “He couldn’t govern, but he sure knew how to campaign.”
Many have written him off .
Consider Idaho , arguably the reddest state in the union, where Republicans control everything but a handful of latte stands.
A handful of protesters held up the usual hate posters, one comparing him to Hitler .
To the surprise of the experts, Idahoans have embraced the private coverage available under the Affordable Care Act — “one of the most successful enrollments of any state,” as Kaiser Health News reported.
Consider Idaho, arguably the reddest state in the union, where Republicans control everything but a handful of latte stands.
Obama was in Boise on Wednesday , speaking to a crowd of more than 6,000 people at an event where all tickets were gone within an hour.
John Kasich of Ohio told a group of Montana Republicans this week that they would be crazy not to embrace the president’s program of health coverage for the poor.
“I gotta tell you, turning down your money back to Montana on an ideological basis, when people can lose their lives because they get no help, doesn’t make a lot of sense to me,” he said, in remarks reported by the Great Falls Tribune.
To the east, Gov. John Kasich of Ohio told a group of Montana Republicans this week that they would be crazy not to embrace the president’s program of health coverage for the poor.
When 80 people hold the same amount of wealth as 3.6 billion of the world’s poorest, that equation of inequality can catch the attention of even the most heartless.
The great issue of the early 21st century is how to elevate a stagnant middle class .
Long odds make for better endings.
The president is playing for a legacy .
But eventually, if Obama’s finish matches the flourish of the last two months , the United States will resemble the country he envisioned on Tuesday night.
“It’s amazing what you can bounce back from when you have to,” Obama said on Tuesday. He was quoting from a Minneapolis woman, invited to the speech, but it sounded like a motto for his last two years in office.
“ It’s amazing what you can bounce back from when you have to, ” Obama said on Tuesday.
Ms. Berman, 34 , will keep her name.
She works in New York as the finance director and a senior adviser for the campaign to re-elect Senator Gillibrand in 2018 .
She works in New York as the finance director and a senior adviser for the campaign to re-elect Senator Gillibrand in 2018.
Mr. Schrock, 29 , is a manager in the internal consulting group at Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company, in New York.
In May, he received an M.B.A. from Cornell , where he also received a doctoral degree in pharmacology.
Ellsbury has been out since May 20 with a sprained knee, and Gardner has shifted over to replace him in center field and at the top of the batting order.
Ellsbury has been out since May 20 with a sprained knee, and Gardner has shifted over to replace him in center field and at the top of the batting order.
with 61 runs and 15 stolen bases in 18 attempts, the other candidates are Detroit outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, Kansas City third baseman Mike Moustakas , Boston shortstop Xander Bogaerts and Minnesota second baseman Brian Dozier.
with 61 runs and 15 stolen bases in 18 attempts, the other candidates are Detroit outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, Kansas City third baseman Mike Moustakas, Boston shortstop Xander Bogaerts and Minnesota second baseman Brian Dozier.
with 61 runs and 15 stolen bases in 18 attempts, the other candidates are Detroit outfielder Yoenis Cespedes, Kansas City third baseman Mike Moustakas, Boston shortstop Xander Bogaerts and Minnesota second baseman Brian Dozier .
The long hike across the West Yorkshire moors passed over hills peppered with scrubby grass , through fields of heather and over jagged rocks and gurgling streams.
The long hike across the West Yorkshire moors passed over hills peppered with scrubby grass, through fields of heather and over jagged rocks and gurgling streams.
Along the way I’d been severely scolded by more than one chattering red grouse , and ignored by innumerable flocks of grazing sheep.
Along the way I’d been severely scolded by more than one chattering red grouse, and ignored by innumerable flocks of grazing sheep .
Eventually I’d made it all the way to Top Withens , a ruined farmhouse whose setting was said to have been the inspiration for Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights.”
“Everybody in the know drinks halves ,” said Leigh Linley, author of “Great Yorkshire Beer,” when I met him in the nearby city of Leeds the next day, referring to the half-pint serving glass, instead of the more traditional imperial pint.
“Everybody in the know drinks halves,” said Leigh Linley, author of “Great Yorkshire Beer,” when I met him in the nearby city of Leeds the next day, referring to the half-pint serving glass , instead of the more traditional imperial pint.
“Everybody in the know drinks halves,” said Leigh Linley , author of “Great Yorkshire Beer,” when I met him in the nearby city of Leeds the next day, referring to the half-pint serving glass, instead of the more traditional imperial pint.
“Everybody in the know drinks halves,” said Leigh Linley, author of “Great Yorkshire Beer,” when I met him in the nearby city of Leeds the next day, referring to the half-pint serving glass, instead of the more traditional imperial pint .
Indeed, I’d heard for years about the pleasures of Yorkshire beer, starting with storied ale breweries like Samuel Smith’s, founded in 1758 ,
My two days in Leeds included a number of modern taverns and extremely up-to-date craft brews , but I wanted to find out more about Yorkshire’s most traditional breweries, and what it was that made the half-pints of old-style bitter and mild so delicious.
My two days in Leeds included a number of modern taverns and extremely up-to-date craft brews, but I wanted to find out more about Yorkshire’s most traditional breweries , and what it was that made the half-pints of old-style bitter and mild so delicious.
My two days in Leeds included a number of modern taverns and extremely up-to-date craft brews, but I wanted to find out more about Yorkshire’s most traditional breweries, and what it was that made the half-pints of old-style bitter and mild so delicious.
Magic Rock’s IPAs were good, but I could hardly tell one from the other, and all of them seemed to be imitations of American beers, while the bitters and milds felt as much a part of the region as the moors and the old textile mills.
When I had emailed Timothy Taylor to request a tour, the response came back that they do not offer tours, instead suggesting that I visit the Black Sheep brewery in the remote North Yorkshire village of Masham.
Theakston’s best bitter and XB were excellent, with more of that yeast aroma I’d noticed at the Black Sheep.
But the big surprise was the brewery’s strong ale, Old Peculier, named after the Peculier of Masham, a legal district created by the Archbishop of York in the 12th century.
After a night in the beautiful walled city of York and an afternoon in Tadcaster, Samuel Smith’s hometown, I headed down to Sheffield, the South Yorkshire manufacturing city.
After a night in the beautiful walled city of York and an afternoon in Tadcaster, Samuel Smith’s hometown, I headed down to Sheffield, the South Yorkshire manufacturing city.
But the big surprise was the brewery’s strong ale, Old Peculier, named after the Peculier of Masham , a legal district created by the Archbishop of York in the 12th century.
David Ganek, a Manhattan socialite and art collector whose $4 billion Level Global was one of the funds raided, sued Mr. Bharara on Thursday, claiming that the government violated his constitutional rights by fabricating accusations against him.
David Ganek, a Manhattan socialite and art collector whose $4 billion Level Global was one of the funds raided, sued Mr. Bharara on Thursday, claiming that the government violated his constitutional rights by fabricating accusations against him.
And Sheldon Silver , the state assembly speaker whom Mr. Bharara recently indicted, has complained that the prosecutor’s office is fighting his case in the news media.
David Ganek, a Manhattan socialite and art collector whose $4 billion Level Global was one of the funds raided, sued Mr. Bharara on Thursday, claiming that the government violated his constitutional rights by fabricating accusations against him.
Bharara on Thursday, claiming that the government violated his constitutional rights by fabricating accusations against him.
While that accusation was vague, it was enough to convince a magistrate judge at the time that there was probable cause to approve the warrant.
an “ unindicted co-conspirator .
The warrant says that a Level Global analyst cooperating with the government had revealed to Mr. Ganek “the sources of the inside information.”
Mr. Ganek’s lawsuit contends that the warrant supporting the raid “falsely represented” that he was involved in insider trading .
Mr. Ganek and Mr. Chiasson were once star traders at SAC Capital, the former hedge fund founded by the billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen, and long a focal point of the government’s investigation.
Although SAC ultimately pleaded guilty to insider trading , the government never raided its offices, highlighting the rarity of such an aggressive move.
Mr. Ganek and Mr. Chiasson were once star traders at SAC Capital, the former hedge fund founded by the billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen , and long a focal point of the government’s investigation.
Mr. Ganek and Mr. Chiasson were once star traders at SAC Capital, the former hedge fund founded by the billionaire investor Steven A. Cohen, and long a focal point of the government’s investigation.
Although SAC ultimately pleaded guilty to insider trading, the government never raided its offices , highlighting the rarity of such an aggressive move.
Raj Rajaratnam, the hedge fund magnate whose insider trading conviction in 2011 represented the government’s first major victory, also challenged wiretapped evidence the government collected against him.
During the raid, one of the items the F.B.I. collected was a “list of artwork” belonging to Mr. Ganek in addition to a DVD that contained “extractions” from his iPhone and BlackBerry.
whose insider trading conviction in 2011 represented the government’s first major victory, also challenged wiretapped evidence the government collected against him.
He argued that the government’s wiretap application failed to disclose that the S.E.C. was already pursuing a conventional investigation.
During the raid, one of the items the F.B.I. collected was a “list of artwork ” belonging to Mr. Ganek in addition to a DVD that contained “extractions” from his iPhone and BlackBerry.
In less than 15 minutes, Mr. Bush managed to step on his message, to give Mr. Trump a boost and to offend Asian-Americans, a growing population that is every bit as important as Latinos in winning presidential elections .
In less than 15 minutes, Mr. Bush managed to step on his message, to give Mr. Trump a boost and to offend Asian-Americans, a growing population that is every bit as important as Latinos in winning presidential elections.
And he failed to give Latino voters any persuasive evidence that he had anything better to offer them than his opponents in a revoltingly xenophobic Republican campaign .
And he failed to give Latino voters any persuasive evidence that he had anything better to offer them than his opponents in a revoltingly xenophobic Republican campaign.
And he failed to give Latino voters any persuasive evidence that he had anything better to offer them than his opponents in a revoltingly xenophobic Republican campaign.
He should never let himself say the words “ anchor babies ” ever again.
He got in trouble for using that derogatory reference to the children of unauthorized immigrants in passing, in an interview, then dug himself a hole by defending his use of it.
He got in trouble for using that derogatory reference to the children of unauthorized immigrants in passing, in an interview, then dug himself a hole by defending his use of it.
He got in trouble for using that derogatory reference to the children of unauthorized immigrants in passing, in an interview, then dug himself a hole by defending his use of it.
On Monday , he dug deeper.
Though the phenomenon is real, Mr. Bush was blasted by Asian-American groups for repeating the slur.
Though the phenomenon is real, Mr. Bush was blasted by Asian-American groups for repeating the slur .
And, astoundingly, he handed Mr. Trump the opportunity to send out tweets like this:  “In a clumsy move to get out of his ‘anchor babies’ dilemma, where he signed that he would not use the term and now uses it, he blamed ASIANS.”
Though the phenomenon is real , Mr. Bush was blasted by Asian-American groups for repeating the slur.
And, astoundingly, he handed Mr. Trump the opportunity to send out tweets like this:  “In a clumsy move to get out of his ‘ anchor babies ’ dilemma, where he signed that he would not use the term and now uses it, he blamed ASIANS.”
It was such an unnecessary battle to wade into — maternity tourism is not what Mr. Trump and his enablers on the restrictionist right are talking about.
When they say “anchor babies,” they are talking about the browning of America, with its growing Latino population , and recasting it as a sinister plot by child-rearing Mexicans.
They want to upend the 14thAmendment , and the country’s family-based immigration laws, to keep the population as white as can be.
Maternity tourism by middle-class foreigners is a separate, much smaller issue ; changing the Constitution to stop it, as one immigrant rights advocate once put it, is like killing a fly with an Uzi.
They want to upend the 14thAmendment, and the country’s family-based immigration laws, to keep the population as white as can be .
Matthew L. Wing, a spokesman for Uber , a ride-hailing service, said, “The behavior in the video is wrong and unacceptable, and we appreciate the N.Y.P.D. investigating the incident.”
Matthew L. Wing, a spokesman for Uber, a ride-hailing service, said, “The behavior in the video is wrong and unacceptable, and we appreciate the N.Y.P.D. investigating the incident.”
Michael J. Palladino, the president of the Detectives’ Endowment Association , the union for city police detectives, defended the detective, saying “cops are just like everyone else” with complicated lives.
In the video footage, apparently from an encounter in the West Village, Detective Cherry can be seen berating the driver, Humayun Chaudhry, while standing at the driver’s door.
In the video footage, apparently from an encounter in the West Village, Detective Cherry can be seen berating the driver, Humayun Chaudhry , while standing at the driver’s door.
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “The Imitation Game” were named best original and adapted screenplay, respectively, at the Writers Guild of America Awards, given out Saturday in Los Angeles and New York.
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “The Imitation Game” were named best original and adapted screenplay, respectively, at the Writers Guild of America Awards, given out Saturday in Los Angeles and New York .
“The Grand Budapest Hotel” and “The Imitation Game” were named best original and adapted screenplay, respectively, at the Writers Guild of America Awards, given out Saturday in Los Angeles and New York .
“The Imitation Game” was written by Graham Moore and based on Andrew Hodges’s book about the British code-breaker Alan Turing.
Three United Nations agencies reported Thursday that 3.9 million people in South Sudan, roughly a third of the population, now face “severe food insecurity” because of the mayhem and disruptions caused by that country’s nearly two-year-old civil war.
Three United Nations agencies reported Thursday that 3.9 million people in South Sudan, roughly a third of the population, now face “severe food insecurity” because of the mayhem and disruptions caused by that country’s nearly two-year -old civil war.
Three United Nations agencies reported Thursday that 3.9 million people in South Sudan, roughly a third of the population, now face “severe food insecurity” because of the mayhem and disruptions caused by that country’s nearly two-year-old civil war .
Serge Tissot , the Food and Agriculture Organization’s representative in South Sudan, said in the statement that “livelihoods have been severely affected by high inflation rates, market disruption, conflict-related displacement and loss of livestock and agricultural production.”
Some families, the statement said, are subsisting on one meal a day of fish and water lilies.
In the old days, criminals liked their ransom payments in briefcases full of unmarked bills .
These days, there’s a new preferred method for hostage takers: the virtual currency Bitcoin .
The victims — who have ranged from ordinary computer users to financial firms and police departments — are told that their only way out is through a Bitcoin payment that is sometimes more than $20,000 .
In the old days, criminals liked their ransom payments in briefcases full of unmarked bills .
The victims — who have ranged from ordinary computer users to financial firms and police departments — are told that their only way out is through a Bitcoin payment that is sometimes more than $20,000.
One set of attackers, believed to be based in Russia and Ukraine , collected about $16.5 million in Bitcoins in a little over a month, primarily from victims in the United States, according to the security firm Sophos.
Criminals like the virtual currency because it can be held in a digital wallet that does not have to be registered with any government or financial authority — and because it can be easily exchanged for real money .
One set of attackers, believed to be based in Russia and Ukraine, collected about $16.5 million in Bitcoins in a little over a month, primarily from victims in the United States, according to the security firm Sophos.
At the moment, a single Bitcoin can be sold online or on the street for around $290 .
But the proliferation of ransom demands has provided an unhappy reminder of the virtual currency’s continuing appeal to the criminal underworld , long after the authorities shut down the online drug bazaar, Silk Road, where heroin and cocaine were sold using Bitcoin.
The authorities said victims of malware were steered to Coin.mx , a site run by the two men, to buy the Bitcoins to pay the ransom demanded by the malware.
But the proliferation of ransom demands has provided an unhappy reminder of the virtual currency’s continuing appeal to the criminal underworld, long after the authorities shut down the online drug bazaar, Silk Road , where heroin and cocaine were sold using Bitcoin.
The complaint suggested that the criminals also used the site to launder their proceeds .
Mr. Weisberg’s firm did not pay the ransom and repelled the bombardment of traffic with the help of one of its technical providers .
Seaport’s website ended up being down for a day and a half .
Mr. Weisberg’s firm did not pay the ransom and repelled the bombardment of traffic with the help of one of its technical providers.
Ted Weisberg, the president of the brokerage firm Seaport Securities, which was hit in June, said that he initially thought the message was a joke .
Ransom payments entered the digital world long before Bitcoin came on the scene .
Previously, though, the methods for paying attackers could be cumbersome and risky for the extortionist.
A credit card payment or bank transfer could easily be traced by the police, so the victims were usually asked to buy prepaid cards like Green Dot’s MoneyPak .
But in late 2013, the threat spread far beyond the virtual currency community when the first version of Bitcoin-fueled ransomware, known as CryptoLocker , began to spread around the globe.
Beyond these attacks, extortionists went after two longtime Bitcoin advocates last year, threatening to exploit personal information about the men’s families if they did not pay up.
The other victim, Roger Ver, threw off his attacker by offering a Bitcoin bounty of roughly $20,000 for his attacker’s arrest.
When one of the men, Hal Finney, refused to submit, the assailant called the local police and reported a murder at Mr. Finney’s home , resulting in a SWAT team taking over the home, the family has said.
When one of the men, Hal Finney, refused to submit, the assailant called the local police and reported a murder at Mr. Finney’s home, resulting in a SWAT team taking over the home , the family has said.
“Here they’re not going to have a lot of opportunities to engage with a presidential campaign,” Jeff Roe, Mr. Cruz’s campaign manager, said as his candidate spoke in St. Paul on Thursday, before heading to the South.
“Here they’re not going to have a lot of opportunities to engage with a presidential campaign,” Jeff Roe , Mr. Cruz’s campaign manager, said as his candidate spoke in St. Paul on Thursday, before heading to the South.
Here in Kennesaw, where Mr. Cruz delayed his event by several hours to travel to Washington for a vote, more than 1,000 people gathered in front of a Western-themed nightclub at a strip mall.
They got on a bus , were taken to the airplane hangar and waited in an unseasonable chill to cheer the senator when he arrived with his family by chartered plane.
Here in Kennesaw, where Mr. Cruz delayed his event by several hours to travel to Washington for a vote, more than 1,000 people gathered in front of a Western-themed nightclub at a strip mall.
“Put Hillary in jail !”
Mr. Adkins wondered if Mr. Cruz might be able to preserve the spirit of some of Mr. Trump’s more explosive proposals, like restricting Muslim entry into the country, which he said had veered “unconstitutional, a little.”
“He’s a Southern guy,” Frank Dolhan, 50 , said of Mr. Cruz in Kennesaw.
An event on Sunday in Trussville, Ala ., included residents who had attended Mr. Trump’s rally in nearby Birmingham last month.
“They have very similar messages,” said Steve McMunn , 63, who remains torn between the two.
The cap was criticized by many lawmakers last year when regulators imposed a penalty of $35 million on G.M. after it failed to report for more than a decade a deadly ignition defect.
The cap was criticized by many lawmakers last year when regulators imposed a penalty of $35 million on G.M. after it failed to report for more than a decade a deadly ignition defect.
It is now linked to at least 124 .
Last September , an investigation by The New York Times found that, during the last decade, the agency had often been slow to identify and act on safety defects, and reluctant to use its full legal powers against automakers.
The penalty was reported by Reuters and The Wall Street Journal .
Trinity Industries , which has been accused of making a guardrail that can malfunction and impale drivers, indicated on Friday that it would resume selling the product — days after the Virginia attorney general’s office said the guardrail had “failed miserably” in a crash test.
Trinity Industries, which has been accused of making a guardrail that can malfunction and impale drivers , indicated on Friday that it would resume selling the product — days after the Virginia attorney general’s office said the guardrail had “failed miserably” in a crash test.
Trinity Industries, which has been accused of making a guardrail that can malfunction and impale drivers, indicated on Friday that it would resume selling the product — days after the Virginia attorney general’s office said the guardrail had “failed miserably” in a crash test.
More than 30 states also suspended purchase of the guardrails units.
It has been almost a year since Trinity stopped shipping its guardrail system, called the ET-Plus, after a jury in a whistle-blower case found that the company had defrauded the federal government when it failed to disclose potentially hazardous changes it made in 2005.
Two cubs from the ice age were recently uncovered in the Siberian Arctic, perfectly frozen in the permafrost.
Named Uyan and Dina after the Uyandina river where they were recovered, the cubs still had their fur and whiskers.
Named Uyan and Dina after the Uyandina river where they were recovered, the cubs still had their fur and whiskers .
“It’s the first time in history that a cave lion, although it is a cub and not a grown-up animal, was found with all the fur, internal organs and soft parts of the body so well-preserved,” Valery Plotnikov , a researcher at the regional Academy of Sciences, said to The Associated Press.
Cave lions, the prehistoric relative of modern-day lions, are believed to have become extinct about 10,000 years ago .
The Siberian Times first reported news of the discovery in city of Yakutsk last month.
The cubs were unveiled at the Kingdom of Permafrost Museum in Yakutian last week.
The Siberian Times first reported news of the discovery in city of Yakutsk last month.
Heaps of mud, rock and ice entombed their corpses from the elements for thousands of years.
Placed on an ice-block pedestal , they looked like sleeping house cats bundled in thick brown coats.
Joey Logano won in a controversial finish at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama, sweeping the second round of Nascar’s playoffs and ending Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s championship chances.
The race ended under caution after Kevin Harvick stumbled on the final restart and triggered a multicar accident.
The field was frozen, and Earnhardt was denied a chance to race Logano for the win .
Logano went 3 for 3 in the second round of the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
■ Lewis Hamilton seized on a late mistake by his Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg to win the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Tex., and secure his third Formula One season championship.
He emerged saying the group “is united in strongly opposing the proposed deal ,” contending it “would pose a grave danger to the region and to the world, and would threaten the very survival of the state of Israel.”
He emerged saying the group “is united in strongly opposing the proposed deal,” contending it “would pose a grave danger to the region and to the world, and would threaten the very survival of the state of Israel .
He emerged saying the group “is united in strongly opposing the proposed deal,” contending it “would pose a grave danger to the region and to the world, and would threaten the very survival of the state of Israel.”
He emerged saying the group “is united in strongly opposing the proposed deal,” contending it “would pose a grave danger to the region and to the world, and would threaten the very survival of the state of Israel.”
He emerged saying the group “is united in strongly opposing the proposed deal,” contending it “would pose a grave danger to the region and to the world, and would threaten the very survival of the state of Israel.”
As the negotiations continued furiously in Lausanne, Switzerland, over the past week, Mr. Netanyahu made daily statements railing against them.
He emphasized Iran’s involvement in regional conflicts, most recently Yemen, and denounced an Iranian general’s declaration in recent days that “the destruction of Israel is nonnegotiable .
Israel is not a party to the talks, which aim to reach a final accord by June 30 , and at times he has complained of being left out of the loop.
As the negotiations continued furiously in Lausanne, Switzerland, over the past week, Mr. Netanyahu made daily statements railing against them.
While Mr. Netanyahu had not previously mentioned recognition in regard to Iran, he has made a similar call in recent negotiations with the Palestinians .
Asked on Friday about Mr. Netanyahu’s new demand, a State Department spokeswoman, Marie Harf , told reporters in Washington that the negotiations with Iran on the agreement were “only about the nuclear issue.”
Asked on Friday about Mr. Netanyahu ’s new demand, a State Department spokeswoman, Marie Harf, told reporters in Washington that the negotiations with Iran on the agreement were “only about the nuclear issue.”
In the Palestinian arena, Mr. Netanyahu has demanded not only the recognition of Israel ’s right to exist – something the leadership has already done — but recognition that Israel is the nation-state of the Jewish people.
Asked on Friday about Mr. Netanyahu’s new demand, a State Department spokeswoman, Marie Harf, told reporters in Washington that the negotiations with Iran on the agreement were “only about the nuclear issue.”
Asked on Friday about Mr. Netanyahu’s new demand, a State Department spokeswoman, Marie Harf, told reporters in Washington that the negotiations with Iran on the agreement were “only about the nuclear issue .”
PHOENIX —  The eye was inexorably drawn to LeBron James during his return to the Cleveland Cavaliers’ lineup on Tuesday night.
In a 107-100 loss to the Phoenix Suns — Cleveland’s sixth straight defeat and ninth in 10 games — James played so many roles it was as if he were channeling the actor Alan Cumming in his 2013 one-man Broadway show, “Macbeth.”
In a 107-100 loss to the Phoenix Suns — Cleveland’s sixth straight defeat and ninth in 10 games — James played so many roles it was as if he were channeling the actor Alan Cumming in his 2013 one-man Broadway show, “Macbeth.”
In a 107-100 loss to the Phoenix Suns — Cleveland’s sixth straight defeat and ninth in 10 games — James played so many roles it was as if he were channeling the actor Alan Cumming in his 2013 one-man Broadway show, “ Macbeth .”
PHOENIX —  The eye was inexorably drawn to LeBron James during his return to the Cleveland Cavaliers ’ lineup on Tuesday night.
Of course, in his first game back since a strained left knee and a sore lower back sidelined him for two weeks, James did do a decent impersonation of his kingly self.
Of course, in his first game back since a strained left knee and a sore lower back sidelined him for two weeks , James did do a decent impersonation of his kingly self.
Afterward, David Blatt , the embattled Cavaliers coach, described James’s performance as “terrific” and added, “I just thought he laid it out there.”
James’s first points at US Airways Center even came on a reverse dunk.
In all, James, who was averaging less than a dunk a game before his injuries, had three against the Suns, a formidable team with a 23-18 record.
The only time the Cavaliers really looked in sync was during their ritualistic exchange of elaborate pregame handshakes .
So on a night when James did everything but steal the trumpet out of Jesse McGuire’s hands and play the national anthem, the loss amplified the general sense of unease over the team’s composition and its compatibility with Blatt , a rookie N.B.A. coach.
So on a night when James did everything but steal the trumpet out of Jesse McGuire ’s hands and play the national anthem, the loss amplified the general sense of unease over the team’s composition and its compatibility with Blatt, a rookie N.B.A. coach.
So on a night when James did everything but steal the trumpet out of Jesse McGuire’s hands and play the national anthem, the loss amplified the general sense of unease over the team’s composition and its compatibility with Blatt, a rookie N.B.A. coach. His extended success overseas seems to be lost in translation with many of his players , who may not care what he achieved in Russia or Israel.
The same, however, could not be said of James’s teammates, who seemed disoriented during the game, with expressions as dull as old pennies.
James even found time to impersonate a statistician during the game, approaching the officials during a first-quarter timeout and arguing that a 2-point basket credited to his teammate Kevin Love should have been a 3-pointer.
James even found time to impersonate a statistician during the game, approaching the officials during a first-quarter timeout and arguing that a 2-point basket credited to his teammate Kevin Love should have been a 3-pointer.
James even found time to impersonate a statistician during the game, approaching the officials during a first-quarter timeout and arguing that a 2-point basket credited to his teammate Kevin Love should have been a 3-pointer.
James even found time to impersonate a statistician during the game, approaching the officials during a first-quarter timeout and arguing that a 2-point basket credited to his teammate Kevin Love should have been a 3-pointer.
James even found time to impersonate a statistician during the game, approaching the officials during a first-quarter timeout and arguing that a 2-point basket credited to his teammate Kevin Love should have been a 3-pointer.
The Cavaliers lost the ball 19 times, and their defense was again missing in action for too much of the game.
In choosing to leave Miami and return to Cleveland, James publicly preached patience but seemed intent on winning another title as soon as possible.
Indeed, James’s return could not fix what ails Love or point guard Kyrie Irving , whose ragged performance produced six assists and eight turnovers.
In choosing to leave Miami and return to Cleveland, James publicly preached patience but seemed intent on winning another title as soon as possible.
Indeed, James’s return could not fix what ails Love or point guard Kyrie Irving , whose ragged performance produced six assists and eight turnovers.
Not his Cavaliers, mind you, but the Ohio State Buckeyes .
Between Monday’s practice and Tuesday’s game, James traveled to and from Texas in a private jet to attend the College Football Playoff championship game.
“I’m a big supporter of the university
Not his Cavaliers, mind you, but the Ohio State Buckeyes .
Between Monday’s practice and Tuesday’s game, James traveled to and from Texas in a private jet to attend the College Football Playoff championship game .
Oil had rallied over the previous four days as traders speculated that low prices would force more energy companies to curtail exploration and production.
Oil had rallied over the previous four days as traders speculated that low prices would force more energy companies to curtail exploration and production.
Oil had rallied over the previous four days as traders speculated that low prices would force more energy companies to curtail exploration and production.
Brent crude , a benchmark for international oils used by many United States refineries, declined $3.75, or 6.5 percent, to close at $54.16 a barrel in London.
Major markets in Europe ended mixed.
Britain’s FTSE 100 closed with a loss of 0.2 percent.
France’s CAC 40 rose 0.4 percent and Germany’s DAX edged up 0.2 percent .
In the United States, Staples announced that it was buying Office Depot for $6 billion in a widely anticipated merger of the two largest office supply retailers.
The cash-and-stock deal comes a little more than a year after Office Depot merged with OfficeMax, and still needs approval from regulators.
But Robert Stern, one of the scientists at the Boston University center, told me that he expected a test to be developed within a decade that will be able to diagnose C.T.E .
But Robert Stern, one of the scientists at the Boston University center, told me that he expected a test to be developed within a decade that will be able to diagnose C.T.E. in living people.
Oh, and did I mention that the N.F.L. has agreed to pay the plaintiffs’ lawyers over $112 million ?
It’s hard not to view the settlement as the cynical effort by the N.F.L. to contain its potential C.T.E. liability; indeed, once the settlement is final, it will be nearly impossible for players — past, present and future — to be compensated if they are found to have the disease.
Even the plaintiffs’ expert has said that only 17 percent of the roughly 21,000 former players who have become part of the class will ever see any money.
Richard A. Friedman’s fascinating article begins with a casual dismissal of psychoanalysts as closed to new developments in science. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Most of the practicing analysts I know are eager to learn about the newest developments in biological psychiatry, neuroscience, developmental and experimental psychology, special education, sociology and occupational therapy.
The New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute many years ago developed a neuropsychoanalysis center to foster discussion between neuroscientists and psychoanalysts.
Most of the practicing analysts I know are eager to learn about the newest developments in biological psychiatry, neuroscience, developmental and experimental psychology, special education, sociology and occupational therapy. We have already entered a new era of multidisciplinary collaboration, so that we can understand and integrate the mutual influences of biology, environment and the development of the inner life with greater complexity and apply the new understanding to help our patients.
We have already entered a new era of multidisciplinary collaboration, so that we can understand and integrate the mutual influences of biology, environment and the development of the inner life with greater complexity and apply the new understanding to help our patients.
The development of United States infrastructure, meanwhile, was centered on road transport .
Their more consistent upkeep of rail systems has allowed European and Asian countries to devote a growing share of spending to state-of-the-art high-speed trains that run on dedicated rail lines fitted with sophisticated sensors and signal technology.
“In a way, it is a kind of historical accident ,” Mr. Perkins said.
Their more consistent upkeep of rail systems has allowed European and Asian countries to devote a growing share of spending to state-of-the-art high-speed trains that run on dedicated rail lines fitted with sophisticated sensors and signal technology .
“But putting that kind of rail access in retroactively is very expensive .”
The wreck killed 79 people when the train roared through a curve at 120 miles per hour, twice the posted speed limit, and derailed.
Like the Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, which killed eight and injured more than 200, the accident in Spain occurred on a section of track that was fitted with a speed-alert system but had not yet been upgraded with an automatic braking system.
The wreck killed 79 people when the train roared through a curve at 120 miles per hour , twice the posted speed limit, and derailed.
Like the Amtrak derailment in Philadelphia, which killed eight and injured more than 200, the accident in Spain occurred on a section of track that was fitted with a speed-alert system but had not yet been upgraded with an automatic braking system .
“We still live in the shadow of the accident in Spain,” said Christopher Carr , the director of safety at the European Railway Agency, which monitors and sets train safety standards.
The Minimalist was born, thanks in large part to the editor Rick Flaste .
For the next 13 years — 650 weeks, more or less, in a row — I never missed a deadline.
In 1991 , I wrote my first piece for the Living section, as it was known then, about how FedExing ingredients was changing the game for chefs.
In 1994 , Trish Hall, then the Living section’s editor, asked me if I wanted to write a column for the new Dining section.
In 1994, Trish Hall , then the Living section’s editor, asked me if I wanted to write a column for the new Dining section.
But on Thursday , members of the Vermont House and Senate elected the state’s governor — by secret ballot.
They chose Peter Shumlin , a Democrat, giving him his third two-year term.
But on Thursday, members of the Vermont House and Senate elected the state’s governor — by secret ballot .
In November, Mr. Shumlin won only 46.4 percent of the vote, not the 50 percent required by the Vermont Constitution to claim victory outright.
He was nearly toppled by Scott Milne , a little-known Republican businessman, who won 45.1 percent.
Mr. Milne had asked lawmakers to vote according to their districts’ choices in November, not the statewide popular vote.
If every legislator had done so, the outcome would have been a 90-90 tie , according to The Burlington Free Press.
Mr. Milne had asked lawmakers to vote according to their districts’ choices in November, not the statewide popular vote .
( One person did not vote on Thursday.)
But at least 20 members ended up voting against their constituents.
One was Representative Sam Young, Democrat of Glover, a town in northeastern Vermont near the Canadian border.
One was Representative Sam Young, Democrat of Glover, a town in northeastern Vermont near the Canadian border .
“ If Milne had won the election statewide, I would have voted for him, ” Mr. Young said.
His district, where many voters are unhappy about wind turbines favored by Mr. Shumlin , voted overwhelmingly for Mr. Milne, but on Thursday, Mr. Young voted for Mr. Shumlin.
At the dedication ceremony and concert this past weekend, the gifted young organist Christopher Houlihan proved that the family firm charged with the overhaul, Peragallo, has done an immaculate job.
This sanctuary, Brooklyn’s second Roman Catholic cathedral (the first was the Cathedral Basilica of St. James), has recently undergone an $18.5 million renovation, and it glistens with a clean, golden sheen.
the Cathedral Basilica of St. James ), has recently undergone an $18.5 million renovation, and it glistens with a clean, golden sheen.
Kieran E. Harrington explained on Sunday afternoon, as the open doors of the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph let the blare of Prospect Avenue into its sanctuary in Prospect Heights.
So Msgr. Kieran E. Harrington explained on Sunday afternoon, as the open doors of the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph let the blare of Prospect Avenue into its sanctuary in Prospect Heights.
When Monsignor Harrington started work at St. Joseph in 2008 , the organ had not been played in nearly 50 years.
Plumbers found the pipes for the voix humaine stop, and joked that they didn’t look as if they could carry water.
But the Peragallos have burnished the facade to a subtle glory, resurrecting the old instrument’s virtues and adding new voices to its three manuals.
When Monsignor Harrington started work at St. Joseph in 2008, the organ had not been played in nearly 50 years .
Dust clogged the ranks and dirt marred the case.
If you’re brining the bird, you can do that on Tuesday .
Pick up your turkey and set it in the refrigerator to thaw or keep .
Go shopping: potatoes both white and sweet ; squash; onions; bacon; cauliflower; apples; cranberries; a lot of unsalted butter; flour, both of the all-purpose variety (for pies) and of the finely milled sort (for gravy, because it doesn’t lump); cornmeal; eggs; a case of sparkling water; wine; bourbon; anything you’ll need that will keep for a few days in the pantry or fridge.
Go shopping: potatoes both white and sweet; squash; onions; bacon; cauliflower; apples; cranberries; a lot of unsalted butter; flour, both of the all-purpose variety (for pies) and of the finely milled sort (for gravy, because it doesn’t lump); cornmeal; eggs; a case of sparkling water; wine; bourbon; anything you’ll need that will keep for a few days in the pantry or fridge.
Are there some turkey wings in the butcher’s aisle ?
Get a few of those and you can make some stock tomorrow afternoon .
Get a few of those and you can make some stock tomorrow afternoon.
Get a few of those and you can make some stock tomorrow afternoon.
It will come in handy — and how — on Thursday .
Sunday, we’ll laze around eating eggs-in-a-hole , have leftovers for lunch, then make baked beans for dinner (omit the pork if you like) and eat it with the New England chef Matt Jennings’s delightfully funky take on Boston brown bread.
Sunday, we’ll laze around eating eggs-in-a-hole, have leftovers for lunch, then make baked beans for dinner (omit the pork if you like) and eat it with the New England chef Matt Jennings’s delightfully funky take on Boston brown bread.
Sunday, we’ll laze around eating eggs-in-a-hole, have leftovers for lunch, then make baked beans for dinner (omit the pork if you like) and eat it with the New England chef Matt Jennings’s delightfully funky take on Boston brown bread.
Sunday, we’ll laze around eating eggs-in-a-hole, have leftovers for lunch, then make baked beans for dinner (omit the pork if you like) and eat it with the New England chef Matt Jennings ’s delightfully funky take on Boston brown bread.
Save them to your recipe box .
That split is the same as the broadcasters now hold for the British rights to televise the Premier League , whose teams, including Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal, play in games that can attract a global audience of about three billion each week.
That split is the same as the broadcasters now hold for the British rights to televise the Premier League, whose teams, including Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal, play in games that can attract a global audience of about three billion each week .
The league is expected to receive at least an additional $3 billion when it sells the rights to international broadcasters, including those in the United States, later this year.
The battle to broadcast the English soccer games had set Sky, which is partly owned by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox , against BT, the former British telecommunications monopoly that has aggressively expanded into live sports programming as a way to promote its array of cable television and Internet services.
The battle to broadcast the English soccer games had set Sky, which is partly owned by Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox, against BT, the former British telecommunications monopoly that has aggressively expanded into live sports programming as a way to promote its array of cable television and Internet services.
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia —  Up and down the stairs of the five-star Radisson Blue Hotel , they moved from one meeting to another.
One rebel leader wore a baseball cap .
For a moment, it seemed like the momentum in this country — fractured by chronic instability in Darfur, violence in provinces like South Kordofan and Blue Nile , and simmering political tensions in the capital, Khartoum — was finally shifting.
For a moment, it seemed like the momentum in this country — fractured by chronic instability in Darfur, violence in provinces like South Kordofan and Blue Nile, and simmering political tensions in the capital, Khartoum — was finally shifting.
For a moment, it seemed like the momentum in this country — fractured by chronic instability in Darfur , violence in provinces like South Kordofan and Blue Nile, and simmering political tensions in the capital, Khartoum — was finally shifting.
Along with mounting economic pressures , it seemed that the government was willing to give ground for the sake of stability.
Similarly, the rebels, who form an alliance known as the Sudanese Revolutionary Front , came to the talks under a new political reality.
With the fall of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi in Libya and a civil war consuming South Sudan , the rebels no longer seemed as able to garner support from neighbors.
“The question is whether the government of Sudan, comprised of the ruling National Congress Party, the military and National Security under President Bashir, is cohesive to make the bold steps, which involve politically difficult sacrifices,” said Alex de Waal , executive director of the World Peace Foundation.
In the provinces of Blue Nile and South Kordofan, the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Movement-North , once part of the party that now governs the nation of South Sudan, has been fighting an insurgency since 2011.
Ibrahim Ghandour , a Sudanese government negotiator, attributed the failure of the talks to the rebels “being held hostage” to their alliances with one another.
Yasser Arman , a negotiator with the SPLM-N, said the government was not able to make firm decisions.
Ibrahim Ghandour, a Sudanese government negotiator , attributed the failure of the talks to the rebels “being held hostage” to their alliances with one another.
“It has unified the opposition,” said Mahjoub Mohamed Salih , editor in chief of Al-Ayam newspaper in Khartoum.
“It has unified the opposition,” said Mahjoub Mohamed Salih, editor in chief of Al-Ayam newspaper in Khartoum .
Coughlin , who has visited Fells, said Fells had had three consecutive days of progress after responding well to the new combination of antibiotics.
Coughlin, who has visited Fells, said Fells had had three consecutive days of progress after responding well to the new combination of antibiotics.
“And again, the response to the antibiotic is critical.” Defensive tackle Jonathan Hankins said the players were heartened to speak directly to Fells and to see him on a big screen in the team’s auditorium.
Defensive tackle Jonathan Hankins said the players were heartened to speak directly to Fells and to see him on a big screen in the team’s auditorium .
“I think these three straight days are really a wonderful sign, but there’s more tests to be done,” Coughlin said.
Coughlin said: “We dedicated the game to him.
We showed him the game ball that will be awarded to him.
EXTRA POINTS Wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and Rueben Randle have hamstring injuries that could jeopardize their readiness for the Giants’ next game, at Philadelphia on Oct. 19.
EXTRA POINTS Wide receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and Rueben Randle have hamstring injuries that could jeopardize their readiness for the Giants’ next game, at Philadelphia on Oct. 19.
Middle linebacker Jon Beason , who left Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers early in the first quarter with a concussion, was in “pretty good shape” on Monday morning, Coughlin said.
But the effort to restore full electricity supplies seemed to indicate an Israeli desire to reduce tensions with the Palestinians , or at least not have them escalate further.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is running for re-election on March 17 , is already under pressure because of acute tensions with the Obama administration over his plans to address a joint meeting of Congress next week about the nuclear talks with Iran.
Relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority took a turn for the worse after President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party signed a reconciliation agreement last April with Hamas, the Islamic militant group that controls Gaza, contributing to the breakdown of troubled American-brokered Middle East peace talks.
Relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority took a turn for the worse after President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party signed a reconciliation agreement last April with Hamas, the Islamic militant group that controls Gaza, contributing to the breakdown of troubled American-brokered Middle East peace talks.
Relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority took a turn for the worse after President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party signed a reconciliation agreement last April with Hamas , the Islamic militant group that controls Gaza, contributing to the breakdown of troubled American-brokered Middle East peace talks.
Breast-feeding mothers usually struggle to find a private space at the airpo rt to nurse their babies or pump their milk.
The Burlington, Vt.-based household and baby care company Seventh Generation was aware of that challenge and decided to take action by sponsoring the installation of four pumping and nursing pods in New York area airports: one in the JetBlue terminal at Kennedy Airport, two at Newark Liberty International Airport and one at La Guardia Airport.
Mamava, a brand dedicated to promoting the culture of breast-feeding, created the 4-foot-by-8-foot spaces, which are equipped with two benches and an electrical outlet. Their doors fully shut, and the rooms are large enough to fit a family of four plus luggage.
Mamava, a brand dedicated to promoting the culture of breast-feeding, created the 4-foot-by-8-foot spaces, which are equipped with two benches and an electrical outlet. Their doors fully shut, and the rooms are large enough to fit a family of four plus luggage.
A comment by the chairwoman of the Federal Reserve, Janet L. Yellen , suggesting that stocks were generally overvalued added to the selling pressure.
The yield on the 10-year United States Treasury note rose to 2.25 percent, its highest level in two months.
The yield on the 10-year United States Treasury note rose to 2.25 percent , its highest level in two months.
Markets started the day higher, propelled by a jump in energy stocks , but then quickly gave up the gains.
Some market experts say they think the Fed will have to increase its short-term rate relatively soon to fight inflation. The yield on the 10-year United States Treasury note rose to 2.25 percent, its highest level in two months.
“There are creeping worries that inflation, which was seen as nonexistent, will soon be part of landscape,” said Mark D. Luschini, chief investment strategist for Janney Montgomery Scott.
“There are creeping worries that inflation, which was seen as nonexistent, will soon be part of landscape,” said Mark D. Luschini , chief investment strategist for Janney Montgomery Scott.
“There are creeping worries that inflation, which was seen as nonexistent, will soon be part of landscape,” said Mark D. Luschini, chief investment strategist for Janney Montgomery Scott. “There is data suggesting the Federal Reserve will not be in a hurry to raise rates, but people are worried.”
“There are creeping worries that inflation, which was seen as nonexistent, will soon be part of landscape,” said Mark D. Luschini, chief investment strategist for Janney Montgomery Scott.
“There is data suggesting the Federal Reserve will not be in a hurry to raise rates, but people are worried.” Eight of the 10 industry sectors of the Standard & Poor’s 500-stock index ended the day lower, led by a 1.2 percent slump in telecommunications companies.
Disciplining Beckham could not have been easy for the N.F.L., which moved the Giants ’ next game, in Minnesota, to Sunday night from its original 1 p.m. scheduled start, in part to feature Beckham in prime time.
Disciplining Beckham could not have been easy for the N.F.L., which moved the Giants’ next game, in Minnesota, to Sunday night from its original 1 p.m .
Just last week, Beckham received the most votes of any wide receiver from fans in the league’s Pro Bowl balloting .
Disciplining Beckham could not have been easy for the N.F.L., which moved the Giants’ next game, in Minnesota , to Sunday night from its original 1 p.m. scheduled start, in part to feature Beckham in prime time.
Much of the buildup to the game against the Panthers centered on how Beckham, who has scored 25 touchdowns in 26 career N.F.L. games, would fare against Norman , Carolina’s top cornerback, who earlier this year limited the production of the top receiver on several other teams.
Much of the buildup to the game against the Panthers centered on how Beckham, who has scored 25 touchdowns in 26 career N.F.L. games, would fare against Norman, Carolina’s top cornerback, who earlier this year limited the production of the top receiver on several other teams.
Much of the buildup to the game against the Panthers centered on how Beckham, who has scored 25 touchdowns in 26 career N.F.L. games, would fare against Norman, Carolina’s top cornerback, who earlier this year limited the production of the top receiver on several other teams.
The Beckham-Norman matchup quickly turned into a ferocious confrontation, with the two players clashing in hand-to-hand combat as Beckham unsuccessfully tried to get open for passes from Giants quarterback Eli Manning .
Two plays later, Giants running back Shane Vereen ran up the middle for 19 yards.
Two plays later, Giants running back Shane Vereen ran up the middle for 19 yards.
That drew a second unnecessary-roughness penalty on Beckham .
Norman and Beckham clashed briefly at the start of the play until Norman drifted over to the area of the field where Vereen was being tackled.
Beckham ’s actions may have been motivated, in part, by frustration with Norman’s smothering defense and his own failings.
Beckham ’s actions may have been motivated, in part, by frustration with Norman’s smothering defense and his own failings.
But Beckham was the key to the final Giants drive, beating Norman for a touchdown to cap a comeback and tie the score at 35-35 with 1 minute 46 seconds left.
But Beckham was the key to the final Giants drive, beating Norman for a touchdown to cap a comeback and tie the score at 35-35 with 1 minute 46 seconds left.
Beckham ’s actions may have been motivated, in part, by frustration with Norman’s smothering defense and his own failings.
I think Odell took the higher road, and I’m proud of him for that.”
“He cried a little bit,” Manning said.
He credited Beckham for regaining his composure later in the game, and then Manning mentioned that the Panthers were in a zone defense for almost the entire game — except for when Beckham caught a fourth-quarter touchdown pass.
“It was probably the only time Norman played Odell man-to-man , and Odell beat him.”
Ms. Harper , who divorced her husband a decade ago, appears to have been by far the most significant figure in her son’s troubled life; neighbors say he rarely left their apartment.
In a series of online postings over a decade, Ms. Harper, a nurse , said she kept numerous firearms in her home and expressed pride in her knowledge about them, as well as in her son’s expertise on the subject.
She also opened up about her difficulties raising a son who used to bang his head against the wall, and said that both she and her son struggled with Asperger’s syndrome , an autism spectrum disorder.
Ms. Harper, who divorced her husband a decade ago , appears to have been by far the most significant figure in her son’s troubled life; neighbors say he rarely left their apartment.
Unlike his father , who said on television that he had no idea Mr. Harper-Mercer cared so deeply about guns, his mother was well aware of his fascination.
My 18 years worth of experience with and knowledge about Asperger’s syndrome is paying off.” Alexis Jefferson , who worked with Ms. Harper at a Southern California subacute care center around 2010, said the gunman’s mother sometimes confided the difficulties she had in raising her son, including that she had placed Mr. Harper-Mercer in a psychiatric hospital when he did not take his medication.
Alexis Jefferson, who worked with Ms. Harper at a Southern California subacute care center around 2010, said the gunman’s mother sometimes confided the difficulties she had in raising her son, including that she had placed Mr. Harper-Mercer in a psychiatric hospital when he did not take his medication.
And that’s where the big problem is, when he doesn’t take his medication .
Alexis Jefferson, who worked with Ms. Harper at a Southern California subacute care center around 2010, said the gunman’s mother sometimes confided the difficulties she had in raising her son, including that she had placed Mr. Harper-Mercer in a psychiatric hospital when he did not take his medication.
My 18 years worth of experience with and knowledge about Asperger’s syndrome is paying off.”
Ms. Jefferson said Ms. Harper had described bringing her son to the Del Amo Behavioral Health System in Torrance, Calif., near where they had lived before moving to Oregon.
Ms. Jefferson said Ms. Harper had described bringing her son to the Del Amo Behavioral Health System in Torrance, Calif., near where they had lived before moving to Oregon .
One piece of advice Ms. Harper dispensed online for a parent with an autistic infant was to start reading to the child as soon as possible and to use expressive gestures.
An online posting from six years ago included the unlikely revelation that she used to read to her son a book by Donald J. Trump, the real estate mogul now running for president, who recently suggested that childhood vaccines cause autism — a claim Ms. Harper dismisses in her postings.
An online posting from six years ago included the unlikely revelation that she used to read to her son a book by Donald J. Trump , the real estate mogul now running for president, who recently suggested that childhood vaccines cause autism — a claim Ms. Harper dismisses in her postings.
“Fact: Before my son was even born, I was reading out loud to him from Donald Trump’s ‘ The Art of the Deal ,’” she wrote.
And now my son invests in the stock market along with me, turns a profit and is working on a degree in finance .
In California, Mr. Harper-Mercer was enrolled at El Camino College from 2010 to 2012, but officials there would not confirm whether he obtained any degree or certification.
They would see him getting the mail or walking down the road to buy a soda at a market, but said he did not appear to have a job in Roseburg and stayed home most of the day.
Neighbors in the apartment building here where the mother and son lived said that Mr. Harper-Mercer rarely strayed far.
At night , when his mother went to her nursing jobs, a neighbor whose bedroom was directly below Mr. Harper-Mercer’s frequently heard him pacing until 3 or 4 in the morning, the neighbor said.
At night, when his mother went to her nursing jobs, a neighbor whose bedroom was directly below Mr. Harper-Mercer’s frequently heard him pacing until 3 or 4 in the morning, the neighbor said.
At night, when his mother went to her nursing jobs, a neighbor whose bedroom was directly below Mr. Harper-Mercer’s frequently heard him pacing until 3 or 4 in the morning, the neighbor said.
She complained to her own family about the noise, but never mentioned it to Mr. Harper-Mercer or his mother.
At night, when his mother went to her nursing jobs, a neighbor whose bedroom was directly below Mr. Harper-Mercer’s frequently heard him pacing until 3 or 4 in the morning , the neighbor said.
The young woman’s mother, who immigrated from the Philippines , said that she had shared Filipino meals with Ms. Harper, and that Ms. Harper had taught her how to drive.
The young woman’s mother, who immigrated from the Philippines, said that she had shared Filipino meals with Ms. Harper, and that Ms. Harper had taught her how to drive.
The young woman’s mother, who immigrated from the Philippines, said that she had shared Filipino meals with Ms. Harper, and that Ms. Harper had taught her how to drive .
She wrote a letter of support when Ms. Harper was applying for a $1,500 scholarship to continue her nursing studies .
a $1,500 scholarship to continue her nursing studies.
But in singling out Tunisia, whose 2011 street rebellion overthrew an entrenched dictatorship and launched the “Arab Spring,” the Norwegian Nobel committee also underscored the dismal failure of the uprisings that followed in other Arab states.
But in singling out Tunisia, whose 2011 street rebellion overthrew an entrenched dictatorship and launched the “ Arab Spring ,” the Norwegian Nobel committee also underscored the dismal failure of the uprisings that followed in other Arab states.
That, presumably, was the committee’s intent, to demonstrate that a national dialogue led by civic groups can lead a country to an outcome far more promising than the coup that put an end to Egypt’s democratic aspirations or the civil strife that sank Libya, Syria and Yemen into anarchic violence.
That, presumably, was the committee’s intent, to demonstrate that a national dialogue led by civic groups can lead a country to an outcome far more promising than the coup that put an end to Egypt ’s democratic aspirations or the civil strife that sank Libya, Syria and Yemen into anarchic violence.
But in singling out Tunisia, whose 2011 street rebellion overthrew an entrenched dictatorship and launched the “Arab Spring,” the Norwegian Nobel committee also underscored the dismal failure of the uprisings that followed in other Arab states.
In the summer of 2013, four organizations — the Tunisian General Labor Union, the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts, the Tunisian Human Rights League and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers — came together as the National Dialogue Quartet and mediated the formation of an interim government that would lead the country to new elections.
In the summer of 2013 , four organizations — the Tunisian General Labor Union, the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts, the Tunisian Human Rights League and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers — came together as the National Dialogue Quartet and mediated the formation of an interim government that would lead the country to new elections.
An Islamist government elected after the ouster of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali tried to push through a repressive constitution; there were street clashes and assassinations.
In the summer of 2013, four organizations — the Tunisian General Labor Union, the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts, the Tunisian Human Rights League and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers — came together as the National Dialogue Quartet and mediated the formation of an interim government that would lead the country to new elections .
In the summer of 2013, four organizations — the Tunisian General Labor Union, the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts, the Tunisian Human Rights League and the Tunisian Order of Lawyers — came together as the National Dialogue Quartet and mediated the formation of an interim government that would lead the country to new elections.
Only 19.9 percent of voters ages 18 to 29 cast ballots , the lowest youth turnout rate ever recorded, the report said.
She balks at claims by opponents that teenagers would just follow their parents’ political views.
Jillian Wu, a 17-year-old high school senior in San Francisco, said that granting 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote while they were still living with their parents would encourage a habit that continued once they left the nest.
Jillian Wu, a 17-year-old high school senior in San Francisco, said that granting 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote while they were still living with their parents would encourage a habit that continued once they left the nest .
Nationally, only 36 percent of eligible voters participated , a 72-year low for all federal elections, according to a report by the group.
The last time the voting age was a major issue was in 1971 , when lawmakers passed the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18 from 21, aligning it with the minimum age for military service during the Vietnam War.
The last time the voting age was a major issue was in 1971, when lawmakers passed the 26th Amendment, which lowered the voting age to 18 from 21, aligning it with the minimum age for military service during the Vietnam War .
The last time the voting age was a major issue was in 1971, when lawmakers passed the 26th Amendment , which lowered the voting age to 18 from 21, aligning it with the minimum age for military service during the Vietnam War.
In Maryland, Takoma Park lowered the voting age to 16 for municipal contests in 2013, and Hyattsville did so in 2015 , after local advocates pushed for changing it.
Mark Tapson, the editor in chief of Truth Revolt, a conservative website, said that Ms. Pelosi was trying to “rope in young voters” who may be more inclined to vote with popular culture idols, who tend to be liberal.
Mark Tapson, the editor in chief of Truth Revolt, a conservative website, said that Ms. Pelosi was trying to “rope in young voters” who may be more inclined to vote with popular culture idols, who tend to be liberal.
Mark Tapson, the editor in chief of Truth Revolt, a conservative website , said that Ms. Pelosi was trying to “rope in young voters” who may be more inclined to vote with popular culture idols, who tend to be liberal.
Mark Tapson, the editor in chief of Truth Revolt , a conservative website, said that Ms. Pelosi was trying to “rope in young voters” who may be more inclined to vote with popular culture idols, who tend to be liberal.
Charles Allen, a member of the Council of the District of Columbia , introduced legislation last month that would give 16- and 17-year-olds the right to vote in local and federal elections.
State Representative Javier Martínez , a Democrat in New Mexico, plans to introduce a bill in January that would lower the voting age to 16 in school board elections.
State Representative Javier Martínez, a Democrat in New Mexico , plans to introduce a bill in January that would lower the voting age to 16 in school board elections.
He and other teenagers said they already have a lot of responsibility because they can drive, work, pay taxes and be tried in adult court for some offenses .
To become law, the measure would require a majority of the district’s 13 council members to support it , and for Congress and the president not to overturn it.
A three-part series called “ Operation Wild ,” which began on Wednesday on PBS, brings us stirring stories of veterinary teams around the globe engaged in unusual high-tech efforts to save sick or injured wild animals.
The opening episode included the stories of an elephant in Laos that had been shot in the leg, a gorilla at a wildlife sanctuary in Cameroon with a damaged wrist, and an annual kite-flying festival in India that leaves hundreds of birds injured by the kite strings.
The opening episode included the stories of an elephant in Laos that had been shot in the leg, a gorilla at a wildlife sanctuary in Cameroon with a damaged wrist, and an annual kite-flying festival in India that leaves hundreds of birds injured by the kite strings.
A three-part series called “Operation Wild,” which began on Wednesday on PBS, brings us stirring stories of veterinary teams around the globe engaged in unusual high-tech efforts to save sick or injured wild animals.
The opening episode included the stories of an elephant in Laos that had been shot in the leg, a gorilla at a wildlife sanctuary in Cameroon with a damaged wrist, and an annual kite-flying festival in India that leaves hundreds of birds injured by the kite strings.
Perhaps it seems inefficient to put so much effort into helping individual animals, but the counterweight to that perception is that many of their problems are caused by humans .
A new entry comes along next Saturday on Animal Planet: “ Dr. Jeff , Rocky Mountain Vet.”
The rhinoceros, for instance, lost its horn to poachers .
It’s typical of these shows: heavy on cats and dogs , but with a smattering of more exotic domesticated animals.
In the premiere, for instance, a camel is gelded.
Laudomia Pucci, the interim chief executive of Emilio Pucci and Mr. Pucci’s daughter, attested to Mr. Fairchild’s particular mixture of kindness and cutting.
Laudomia Pucci, the interim chief executive of Emilio Pucci and Mr. Pucci’s daughter, attested to Mr. Fairchild’s particular mixture of kindness and cutting.
“He was extremely, extremely nice with my father, whenever he talked to him,” she said.
Laudomia Pucci, the interim chief executive of Emilio Pucci and Mr. Pucci’s daughter, attested to Mr. Fairchild’s particular mixture of kindness and cutting.
Laudomia Pucci , the interim chief executive of Emilio Pucci and Mr. Pucci’s daughter, attested to Mr. Fairchild’s particular mixture of kindness and cutting.
Laudomia Pucci, the interim chief executive of Emilio Pucci and Mr. Pucci’s daughter , attested to Mr. Fairchild’s particular mixture of kindness and cutting.
“ He was extremely, extremely nice with my father, whenever he talked to him ,” she said.
“But at the same time, he had that niceness and then this very dry sense of humor.”
“About two years ago , I saw him at the Ritz,” Donatella Versace, Mr. Versace’s younger sister and since his death the steward of his label, said in a note.
“About two years ago, I saw him at the Ritz ,” Donatella Versace, Mr. Versace’s younger sister and since his death the steward of his label, said in a note.
“About two years ago, I saw him at the Ritz,” Donatella Versace, Mr. Versace’s younger sister and since his death the steward of his label, said in a note.
“About two years ago, I saw him at the Ritz,” Donatella Versace, Mr. Versace’s younger sister and since his death the steward of his label , said in a note.
We did start our business in the B office building , and we found ourselves in that niche and felt very, very comfortable there.
B buildings are very management-intensive, because there are many, many tenants involved .
a high-quality office environment .
Q. Would you ever consider investing in Class A buildings ?
 A. Absolutely, but right now it would not be possible given the competition .
 A. That’s a building that we’ve owned since 1999 .
It’s about an 84,000-square-foot building, so it’s rather on the small side, and on that we’re spending $4 million.
It’s about an 84,000-square-foot building, so it’s rather on the small side, and on that we’re spending $4 million .
 A. We’re over 96 percent .
I was looking at the building and I said, well, if this building was for sale now and one of the major brokers had it on the market it would come with a high-gloss book and it would show all of the possibilities a buyer could do with the building.
 A. That’s a building that we’ve owned since 1999 .
It’s about an 84,000-square-foot building, so it’s rather on the small side, and on that we’re spending $4 million .
It’s about an 84,000-square-foot building, so it’s rather on the small side, and on that we’re spending $4 million.
 A. We’re over 96 percent .
I was looking at the building and I said, well, if this building was for sale now and one of the major brokers had it on the market it would come with a high-gloss book and it would show all of the possibilities a buyer could do with the building.
My biggest challenge in 2015 is to find assets to buy. Just before the Christmas break we just finished a recapitalization.
Just before the Christmas break we just finished a recapitalization.
We bought Prudential out of 28 West 44th Street — the Club Row Building.
We owned the building with them for three years and they were closing down a fund and they needed to exit the fund and we wanted to stay in the building.
We’ve also worked with a group of high-net-worth investors ; many of them are in the real estate business.
We’ve also worked with a group of high-net-worth investors; many of them are in the real estate business.
We have a pool right now of about 100 individuals.
 A. Since the competition for buying properties is so fierce , we have a two-prong approach: One is to make what we got the best we could, and 1156 Avenue of the Americas is the perfect example.
We’re going to keep our eye on Houston .
Liz Taylor, our stylish concierge and bar tender, has seen it all, but what touches her most is an old couple come to the Cortez to end their lives together .
Liz isn’t the only one who wants out; even vampire Iris has had enough: “Donovan was my one true love.
Like in other seasons, the mythology of “Hotel” is fairly standard: unfinished business means ghosts will be trapped wherever they died.
Besides, knowing the Countess, it’s just a matter of time before she slits my throat .”
Elegant in her cheongsam, the score remarkably similar to Shigeru Umebayashi’s “ Yumeji’s Theme ,” best known for its use in Wong Kar Wai’s luxurious film “In the Mood For Love,” Liz decides she’s had enough.
Speaking of children, Alex and John are reunited when Alex confesses that both she and Holden are in danger from the Countess unless the pack of rabid vampire children Alex inadvertently created are dealt with.
After luring the children into the hotel’s dungeon (where Ramona Royale is still lurking) the Lowes tumble into bed, much to Sally’s murderous fury.
“What we have is an addict’s high,” John explains to Sarah Paulson ’s junkie ghost.
But it always ends.” Alex, John and Holden leave the Cortez, hopefully to retrieve daughter Scarlett, as forgotten by them as by the show’s writers.
Speaking of children, Alex and John are reunited when Alex confesses that both she and Holden are in danger from the Countess unless the pack of rabid vampire children Alex inadvertently created are dealt with.
Remember Valentino , the Countess’s lost love whose back story we spent two episodes learning?
Forget undead, he’s officially dead thanks to Donovan’s jealousy .
While the Countess confronts Donovan, Liz is talking Iris into making a move: “You and I are women of a certain age.
Let us hope she was also right when she said, “My friend, the best is yet to come.”
While the Countess confronts Donovan, Liz is talking Iris into making a move: “You and I are women of a certain age.
The U.A.W. had been discussing creating a health care collective covering workers at all three companies for the purpose of saving money on the costs of medical care and prescription drugs.
The U.A.W. had been discussing creating a health care collective covering workers at all three companies for the purpose of saving money on the costs of medical care and prescription drugs.
Mr. Williams said he would present the tentative agreement on Wednesday to union officials from Fiat Chrysler facilities across the country.
will vote on the pact .
He said the vote would probably take place next week .
Earlier on Tuesday, workers at Fiat Chrysler’s sport utility vehicle plant in Detroit said they were hopeful that a deal that preserved jobs could be reached.
“I’m just hoping I can keep coming back every day so I can provide and build for my family,” said Jeremiah Meyerhoff, an entry-level worker at the plant who was hired three years ago and earns about $19 an hour. Another entry-level worker, Fred Alnajjar, said he hoped the new contract included raises for all union members.
Earlier on Tuesday, workers at Fiat Chrysler’s sport utility vehicle plant in Detroit said they were hopeful that a deal that preserved jobs could be reached.
Another entry-level worker, Fred Alnajjar, said he hoped the new contract included raises for all union members.
On paper, “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” should be dreadful .
On paper, Mr. Andrews’s book is lovely : sensitive and rueful and attuned to both the solipsism and the ethical seriousness of adolescence.
On paper, Mr. Andrews’s book is lovely: sensitive and rueful and attuned to both the solipsism and the ethical seriousness of adolescence .
The self-conscious narrator, the kooky parents and above all the dying girl — these elements are likely to raise alarms among grown-up admirers of the auteurs whom Earl and Greg mock and revere.
The self-conscious narrator, the kooky parents and above all the dying girl — these elements are likely to raise alarms among grown-up admirers of the auteurs whom Earl and Greg mock and revere .
But Mr. Gomez-Rejon turns down the melodramatic volume and slows the plot almost to the point of stasis .
(The music, by Brian Eno with contributions from Nico Muhly , is also wielded gently and judiciously).
“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” is about growing up, facing death, making and losing friends and other rites of passage , but it’s also, and more immediately, about drifting, hanging out, wasting time and succumbing to confusion.
“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” is about growing up, facing death, making and losing friends and other rites of passage, but it’s also, and more immediately, about drifting, hanging out, wasting time and succumbing to confusion .
While the filmmakers are not above trying to wring a few tears , they don’t wage an all-out assault on your feelings.
There is a notable absence of aggression and of the kind of manipulation that yanks adjectives like “devastating” from the laptops of unwitting reviewers.
The film is touching and small, but also thoughtful and assured in a way that lingers after the inevitable tears have been shed and the obvious lessons learned.
The film is touching and small, but also thoughtful and assured in a way that lingers after the inevitable tears have been shed and the obvious lessons learned .
The contemporary relevance of “Poliuto” is potentially strong, whether to the centenary of the Armenian genocide or to events in the Middle East. Ms. Clément updates the action, mostly to the interwar period.
Ms. Clément updates the action, mostly to the interwar period .
The costumes nod to dictatorships , maybe Nazi or Italian, less likely the Communism of Armenia.
Muddled projections by the videographers fettFilm point obliquely and fleetingly to the 1990s siege of Sarajevo , and to an international criminal court.
Towering stone pillars change position in Julia Hansen’s sets, suggesting the protean power of tyranny and the danger of lives lived in the shadows, but they transform awkwardly.
Severo finds out that Paolina has married, and in a secret meeting with him, she refuses to be unfaithful.
Aided by Callistene , whose machinations drive much of the plot, Poliuto finds them and vows revenge.
But when Callistene arrests Nearco, another Christian, Poliuto puts his faith before his love, and confesses his baptism .
Using a new critical edition by the scholars William Ashbrook and Roger Parker that excises all the French accretions, Ms. Clément’s production tries to tease out these gray areas.
Using a new critical edition by the scholars William Ashbrook and Roger Parker that excises all the French accretions, Ms. Clément’s production tries to tease out these gray areas .
Glen Sather, who has been at the helm of the Rangers since 2000, said Wednesday that he was relinquishing his role as general manager in favor of his assistant Jeff Gorton.
Glen Sather, who has been at the helm of the Rangers since 2000, said Wednesday that he was relinquishing his role as general manager in favor of his assistant Jeff Gorton .
They advanced to the Eastern Conference finals three times in the last four seasons, including a trip to the Stanley Cup finals in 2014, when they lost to the Los Angeles Kings in five games.
After missing the playoffs in Sather’s first four seasons, the Rangers have reached the postseason in nine of the last 10 years.
They advanced to the Eastern Conference finals three times in the last four seasons, including a trip to the Stanley Cup finals in 2014, when they lost to the Los Angeles Kings in five games.
The French President, François Hollande , says France is “at war” against “a jihadi army.”
Since 2013 , ISIS has come to terrorize the world.
More than two years ago, after President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons, Hollande was ready to bomb Syria alongside President Obama.
The French President, François Hollande , says France is “at war” against “a jihadi army.”
If the President Obama he finds is the same Obama who spoke in Turkey on Monday, the French president will be disappointed.
Raqqa is much closer to Europe than Tora Bora.
This border-straddling ISIS sanctuary must be eliminated, just as the Afghan safe haven of Al Qaeda was after 9/11 (before the disastrous distraction of Iraq).
Kurdish militias — not the U.S. military by any means — have made rapid inroads.
ISIS has effective terrorists but indifferent soldiers .
“Let’s assume we send 50,000 troops into Syria,” he said in Turkey.
One ideal place to be this summer is the slender terrace overlooking Manhattan at Charritos, a restaurant in Weehawken specializing in the colorful dishes of Oaxaca, a region in southern Mexico.
For those unfamiliar with Oaxacan cuisine, it is known for chocolate-infused moles, which Charritos does serve, and grasshoppers, which it does not. From this tiny terrace perched on the Palisades, you can peer as far north as the George Washington Bridge and as far south as the Verrazano.
One ideal place to be this summer is the slender terrace overlooking Manhattan at Charritos, a restaurant in Weehawken specializing in the colorful dishes of Oaxaca, a region in southern Mexico .
One ideal place to be this summer is the slender terrace overlooking Manhattan at Charritos, a restaurant in Weehawken specializing in the colorful dishes of Oaxaca, a region in southern Mexico.
The guacamole is pulverized at the table in the traditional molcajete , the stone bowl with a pebbly surface that allows bits of jalapeño, onion and other ingredients to retain texture and, some chefs think, more flavor.
Cooked vertically in the manner of a gyro, the meat preparation for the dish was likely influenced by Lebanese immigrants who brought gyro-style lamb to Mexico.
My favorite appetizers, however, were the tacos al pastor, three junior-size tacos filled with pungent cubes of pork that were well seasoned with dried chilies and achiote paste, a thick, spicy red sauce, and then roasted beneath a wedge of juicy pineapple.
The Oaxacan costeño chilies in the red mole imparted a tangy, citrus essence, but the lingering flavor from the stuffed tamales was that of masa, the fluffy corn dough prepared by Uzziel Arias’s mother and his Aunt Divina.
One answer is that issuing debt is a way to pay for useful things, and we should do more of that when the price is right.
The United States suffers from obvious deficiencies in roads, rails, water systems and more; meanwhile, the federal government can borrow at historically low interest rates.
The answer, according to M.I.T. ’s Ricardo Caballero and others, is that the debt of stable, reliable governments provides “safe assets” that help investors manage risks, make transactions easier and avoid a destructive scramble for cash.
The answer, according to M.I.T.’s Ricardo Caballero and others, is that the debt of stable, reliable governments provides “safe assets” that help investors manage risks, make transactions easier and avoid a destructive scramble for cash.
In the years before the 2008 financial crisis Wall Street claimed to have invented whole new classes of safe assets by slicing and dicing cash flows from subprime mortgages and other sources.
He was also a choreographer , an actor, a painter — the list goes on.
With a towering height ( 6-foot-6 ) and personality to match, he made his presence known all over New York for over 50 years.
With a towering height (6-foot-6) and personality to match, he made his presence known all over New York for over 50 years.
He died last fall , but Mr. Holder’s legacy is alive and well as Lincoln Center Out of Doors pays tribute with free events on Saturday to commemorate what would have been his 85th birthday.
A screening of the 2009 documentary “Carmen & Geoffrey,” about Mr. Holder’s prolific career and his relationship with his wife, the dancer Carmen de Lavallade , will be preceded by a discussion with the filmmakers (and husband and wife)
The company’s work has roots in Afro-Caribbean dance — a fit for Mr. Holder, who emigrated from Trinidad.
The company’s work has roots in Afro-Caribbean dance — a fit for Mr. Holder, who emigrated from Trinidad .
Next up on the program is Ms. de Lavallade herself, who at 84 will perform the 1972 solo “The Creation,” which Mr. Holder scored and choreographed (with vocals by the Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble).
Next up on the program is Ms. de Lavallade herself, who at 84 will perform the 1972 solo “The Creation,” which Mr. Holder scored and choreographed (with vocals by the Ebony Ecumenical Ensemble).
The company’s work has roots in Afro-Caribbean dance — a fit for Mr. Holder , who emigrated from Trinidad.
(Saturday’s events: panel discussion, 1 p.m ., and screening, 2 p.m., at 144 West 65th Street, Lincoln Center, and a performance at 7:30 p.m., Damrosch Park; lcoutofdoors.org.)
(Saturday’s events: panel discussion, 1 p.m., and screening, 2 p.m. , at 144 West 65th Street, Lincoln Center, and a performance at 7:30 p.m., Damrosch Park; lcoutofdoors.org.)
(Saturday’s events: panel discussion, 1 p.m., and screening, 2 p.m., at 144 West 65th Street, Lincoln Center , and a performance at 7:30 p.m., Damrosch Park; lcoutofdoors.org.)
(Saturday’s events: panel discussion, 1 p.m., and screening, 2 p.m., at 144 West 65th Street, Lincoln Center, and a performance at 7:30 p.m. , Damrosch Park; lcoutofdoors.org.)
(Saturday’s events: panel discussion, 1 p.m., and screening, 2 p.m., at 144 West 65th Street, Lincoln Center, and a performance at 7:30 p.m., Damrosch Park ; lcoutofdoors.org.)
Before going upstairs, don’t miss Mr. Holder’s two Tony Awards on the opposite wall.
For anyone planning to catch SummerStage’s free performances of “The Wiz: A Celebration in Dance and Music,” from Aug. 12-14 , the collection is a good warm-up that may leave you whistling “Ease on Down the Road.”
Then head to the final leg of the exhibition, which is mostly about the show behind those Tonys: “The Wiz.” You’ll find Mr. Holder’s sketches for the costumes, as well as photos from rehearsals and the costume for the lead character, Dorothy.
You’ll find Mr. Holder’s sketches for the costumes , as well as photos from rehearsals and the costume for the lead character, Dorothy.
The letter was signed by eight other members of the Top Level Group .
The letter was signed by eight other members of the Top Level Group.
London The writers are, respectively, a former British defense secretary and the former leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.
London The writers are, respectively, a former British defense secretary and the former leader of the Liberal Democrats in the House of Lords.
We, members of the Top Level Group of U.K. Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation, believe that the agreement reached between the six world powers and Iran is a major step toward building stability and peace in the Middle East.
We, members of the Top Level Group of U.K. Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation, believe that the agreement reached between the six world powers and Iran is a major step toward building stability and peace in the Middle East .
In effect, it sharply reduces the amount of enriched uranium Iran can hold and freezes further enrichment for 10 to 15 years .
We, members of the Top Level Group of U.K. Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Nonproliferation, believe that the agreement reached between the six world powers and Iran is a major step toward building stability and peace in the Middle East.
The agreement is comprehensive and covers the main areas of concern over Iran’s nuclear program.
Keeping it fully within the structures of the Nonproliferation Treaty is an important element in building the rule of law in a region that is being torn apart by national, religious and local conflict.
Iran is a major regional power.
We trust also that they appreciate that these views are shared by a majority of the United States’ most loyal allies, including the members of the European Union and the European members of NATO .
We very much hope that our legislative colleagues in the United States Congress , in their deliberations on these issues, will bear in mind the multilateral nature of the agreement, the value of sustaining that coalition for its successful implementation, and the views that we have expressed.
The displays, despite large cartoonish illustrations, require close reading, and many are accompanied by thought-provoking questions about the gray areas in liability.
the 1992 suit by a 79-year-old woman who was badly burned in the groin and thighs when she spilled a cup of scalding McDonald’s coffee.
Though the language is not shrill, a common element in the showcased disputes is what the museum’s labels describe as strenuous efforts by companies to deceive the public about risks .
Pointedly included is the case that became a symbol to some of consumer overreach and trial lawyer greed: the 1992 suit by a 79-year-old woman who was badly burned in the groin and thighs when she spilled a cup of scalding McDonald’s coffee.
In the misguided popular lore, the display says, the woman was driving when the coffee spilled ( she was not ), she was not badly injured (she was, with third-degree burns that put her in the hospital for eight days and caused permanent scarring), she was out to fleece McDonald’s
(the company rejected her initial request for just $20,000 to cover medical expenses ) and she received millions (she received less than $500,000).
In the misguided popular lore, the display says, the woman was driving when the coffee spilled (she was not), she was not badly injured (she was, with third-degree burns that put her in the hospital for eight days and caused permanent scarring ), she was out to fleece McDonald’s
The museum is in a former bank in this struggling town, dotted with abandoned factories but on the path of weekend visitors to more prosperous areas.
When he first described his vision for the museum, in 1998, he had hoped to raise $5 million within a year or two.
The other day I walked part of the 606, Chicago’s down-home twist on the chic High Line in New York: a 2.7-mile elevated park along a derelict freight track, wending east-west across a mix of industrial and residential areas.
But it connects ground-level neighborhood parks and belongs to a larger, humanizing campaign by Chicago’s mayor, Rahm Emanuel , to green up gritty areas of the city.
The other day I walked part of the 606, Chicago’s down-home twist on the chic High Line in New York: a 2.7-mile elevated park along a derelict freight track , wending east-west across a mix of industrial and residential areas.
Rough, ready, community-friendly, the 606 speaks to Chicago’s heart .
Gottfried Ludewig is a young member of the Berlin City Parliament from the center-right Christian Democratic Union, Angela Merkel’s party.
Gottfried Ludewig is a young member of the Berlin City Parliament from the center-right Christian Democratic Union , Angela Merkel’s party.
Gottfried Ludewig is a young member of the Berlin City Parliament from the center-right Christian Democratic Union, Angela Merkel’s party.
The real struggle is over civic identity .
Neither he nor Tim Edler would divulge the project’s projected cost, which must be many, many millions of dollars.
“Urban development and politics here should be like music in the city, where you have both the Philharmonic and nightclubs like Berghain
But the real embarrassment is the dirty canal .
Architectural preservationists fret that stairways cut into the canal’s retaining walls will tamper with a World Heritage Site, altering the work of a cultural hero, the neo-Classical architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel , who conceived the museum quarter.
Architectural preservationists fret that stairways cut into the canal’s retaining walls will tamper with a World Heritage Site, altering the work of a cultural hero, the neo-Classical architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who conceived the museum quarter.
Architectural preservationists fret that stairways cut into the canal’s retaining walls will tamper with a World Heritage Site, altering the work of a cultural hero, the neo-Classical architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel, who conceived the museum quarter.
As for fears about noisy Berliners partying late into summer nights there, the Flussbad may require what Times Square’s pedestrian plazas do: more policing and sanitation .
But that’s the trade-off for making a more popular and accessible public space .
As for fears about noisy Berliners partying late into summer nights there, the Flussbad may require what Times Square ’s pedestrian plazas do: more policing and sanitation.
It would be good for the city, too, to recuperate a long-abject waterway at its center, and keep faith with its post-Wall soul .
World Series Game 1: After some speculation that rain could force a delay, the game has begun, with the New York Mets facing the Royals .
The Cleveland Cavaliers (with LeBron James starting his 13th season) lost to the Bulls in Chicago, 97-95, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Hawks in Atlanta, 106-94.
The pro basketball season got underway: The Cleveland Cavaliers (with LeBron James starting his 13th season) lost to the Bulls in Chicago, 97-95, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Hawks in Atlanta, 106-94.
The New Orleans Pelicans are playing the Golden State Warriors in Oakland, Calif. _______
The pro basketball season got underway: The Cleveland Cavaliers (with LeBron James starting his 13th season) lost to the Bulls in Chicago, 97-95, and the Detroit Pistons beat the Hawks in Atlanta , 106-94.
A federal judge granted class-action status on Tuesday to a lawsuit that questions the employment classification of Uber drivers, paving the way for a legal challenge that could strike at the heart of the ride-hailing company’s business model.
“The court concludes that a number of Uber’s class certification arguments are problematic,” Judge Edward M. Chen of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco wrote in the 68-page ruling.
“The court concludes that a number of Uber’s class certification arguments are problematic,” Judge Edward M. Chen of the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California in San Francisco wrote in the 68-page ruling.
The ruling will allow a jury to decide whether some Uber drivers should be considered employees or 1099 contract workers , named after a tax designation, which does not require the company to pay payroll taxes or apply minimum wage and overtime laws to the drivers.
A federal judge granted class-action status on Tuesday to a lawsuit that questions the employment classification of Uber drivers , paving the way for a legal challenge that could strike at the heart of the ride-hailing company’s business model.
The case, which made headlines in December , incited local officials to temporarily ban the ride-hailing service in the Delhi region after details emerged that the driver, Shiv Kumar Yadav, had previously been detained on suspicion of raping another female passenger in 2011.
The case, which made headlines in December, incited local officials to temporarily ban the ride-hailing service in the Delhi region after details emerged that the driver, Shiv Kumar Yadav, had previously been detained on suspicion of raping another female passenger in 2011 .
While officials said that case was ultimately closed and Mr. Yadav was acquitted , the fallout around the episode raised questions about Uber’s security screening process for drivers.
Douglas Wigdor , a lawyer representing the plaintiff, who filed as Jane Doe, also declined to comment.
The case, which made headlines in December, incited local officials to temporarily ban the ride-hailing service in the Delhi region after details emerged that the driver, Shiv Kumar Yadav, had previously been detained on suspicion of raping another female passenger in 2011.
Shannon Liss-Riordan, a lawyer representing the drivers, called the ruling “a major victory for Uber drivers.”
Uber has contested the suit since its filing , asserting that the company is in the technology and logistics business, and is essentially an online marketplace that matches willing riders with available drivers.
In July, the company came out strongly against the class-action suit, presenting testimonials from more than 400 drivers who say they appreciate Uber’s flexibility.
Uber has contested the suit since its filing, asserting that the company is in the technology and logistics business , and is essentially an online marketplace that matches willing riders with available drivers.
With the timing of a comic, Mr. Robinson told the answer as a joke on himself: “It’s a spreadsheet.” As intended, this got a laugh from ProPublica’s journalists, who live in the numbers-heavy world of today’s investigative reporting, where databases and spreadsheets have replaced the rumbling of the presses beneath the floor.
As intended, this got a laugh from ProPublica’s journalists, who live in the numbers-heavy world of today’s investigative reporting, where databases and spreadsheets have replaced the rumbling of the presses beneath the floor.
As intended, this got a laugh from ProPublica’s journalists , who live in the numbers-heavy world of today’s investigative reporting, where databases and spreadsheets have replaced the rumbling of the presses beneath the floor.
Digital tools are a boon to reporting, and digital distribution can make a story go global, but digital-era economics have devastated newspaper staffs.
Digital tools are a boon to reporting, and digital distribution can make a story go global, but digital-era economics have devastated newspaper staffs.
At The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C., the top editor, Mitch Pugh, has created a four-person investigative team in a newsroom of only 72 staffers.
At The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C., the top editor, Mitch Pugh , has created a four-person investigative team in a newsroom of only 72 staffers.
At The Post and Courier in Charleston, S.C., the top editor, Mitch Pugh, has created a four-person investigative team in a newsroom of only 72 staffers.
Their series on deadly domestic violence brought reform — and won this year’s Pulitzer for Public Service.
Their series on deadly domestic violence brought reform — and won this year’s Pulitzer for Public Service .
The future is in flux.
“People don’t know of corruption unless it’s disclosed to them,” said Martin Baron, the Globe’s editor during the church investigation, now editor of The Washington Post .
That enduring appetite for investigative journalism may hold the key.
What is certain is that citizens value investigative work .
“People don’t know of corruption unless it’s disclosed to them,” said Martin Baron , the Globe’s editor during the church investigation, now editor of The Washington Post.
Last week’s suspension of some electronic state tax filings because of a sudden increase in fraudulent returns highlights the need for consumers to track potential misuse of their personal information, especially at tax time.
In tax-refund fraud, criminals file a tax return using someone else’s Social Security number to collect a refund.
Social Security number to collect a refund .
Taxpayers often learn of the fraud when they file a legitimate return , only to find one has already been processed in their name.
It can take weeks or months before the situation is resolved and taxpayers receive their rightful refund.
The Utah State Tax Commission said on Thursday that it had identified 28 fraudulent returns and flagged about 8,000 as potentially fraudulent; it said 18 other states were also affected.
The Utah State Tax Commission said on Thursday that it had identified 28 fraudulent returns and flagged about 8,000 as potentially fraudulent
The Utah State Tax Commission said on Thursday that it had identified 28 fraudulent returns and flagged about 8,000 as potentially fraudulent; it said 18 other states were also affected.
The Minnesota Department of Revenue stopped accepting electronic filings from TurboTax on Thursday and resumed accepting them Saturday afternoon, after TurboTax put new security measures in place.
The Minnesota Department of Revenue stopped accepting electronic filings from TurboTax on Thursday and resumed accepting them Saturday afternoon, after TurboTax put new security measures in place.
If you filed your federal taxes last year from Florida, Georgia or the District of Columbia , which are considered high-risk areas for tax-related identity theft, you can apply for the federal PIN under an I.R.S. pilot program even if you haven’t been a victim.
Otherwise, Haywood Talcove , chief executive of LexisNexis Government, advises filing your tax return as soon as possible to reduce the chance that a thief will file a fake return in your name first; changing the username and password you use for your online tax filing program is a good idea too, he added.
Otherwise, Haywood Talcove, chief executive of LexisNexis Government, advises filing your tax return as soon as possible to reduce the chance that a thief will file a fake return in your name first; changing the username and password you use for your online tax filing program is a good idea too, he added.
Also, be aware that the I.R.S. doesn’t initiate contact by email ; so any such message is likely fraudulent, and recipients shouldn’t divulge any information in response, said Doug Shadel, an expert with AARP Fraud Watch Network.
Also, be aware that the I.R.S. doesn’t initiate contact by email; so any such message is likely fraudulent, and recipients shouldn’t divulge any information in response, said Doug Shadel, an expert with AARP Fraud Watch Network .
There’s little individuals can do about information stolen in broad data breaches, like the one recently reported at the health insurer Anthem, Ms. Velasquez said.
But you can take steps, like declining to provide your Social Security number unless it is a requirement; shredding documents with any personal information before disposing of them ; and storing sensitive documents, like tax returns, in a locked file.
But you can take steps, like declining to provide your Social Security number unless it is a requirement; shredding documents with any personal information before disposing of them; and storing sensitive documents, like tax returns, in a locked file .
It’s also important to keep your computer’s anti-malware and virus programs up to date .
But you can take steps, like declining to provide your Social Security number unless it is a requirement ; shredding documents with any personal information before disposing of them; and storing sensitive documents, like tax returns, in a locked file.
It was the 70th time since 2008 that the Supreme Court has declined to consider a lawsuit challenging a federal, state or local gun regulation.
This creates a big opportunity for Americans to put pressure on their state and local leaders, especially since Congress refuses to approve even uncontroversial measures like universal background checks for gun sales, which are supported by nearly nine in 10 Americans.
This creates a big opportunity for Americans to put pressure on their state and local leaders, especially since Congress refuses to approve even uncontroversial measures like universal background checks for gun sales, which are supported by nearly nine in 10 Americans.
Until that changes, states and cities have the constitutional authority and moral obligation to protect the public from the scourge of gun violence.
Until that changes, states and cities have the constitutional authority and moral obligation to protect the public from the scourge of gun violence .
■ Sam Querrey, a semifinalist last week in Memphis, injured his back midmatch and retired from the Delray Beach Open in Florida while leading Alejandro Gonzalez, 6-3, 1-2.
■ Sam Querrey, a semifinalist last week in Memphis, injured his back midmatch and retired from the Delray Beach Open in Florida while leading Alejandro Gonzalez , 6-3, 1-2.
“It was just one sudden movement, and I jerked my back,” said Querrey, who will have an M.R.I. exam before deciding whether he can represent the United States in the first round of the Davis Cup against Britain in Glasgow from March 6 to 8 .
“It was just one sudden movement, and I jerked my back,” said Querrey, who will have an M.R.I. exam before deciding whether he can represent the United States in the first round of the Davis Cup against Britain in Glasgow from March 6 to 8.
■ Sam Querrey, a semifinalist last week in Memphis, injured his back midmatch and retired from the Delray Beach Open in Florida while leading Alejandro Gonzalez, 6-3, 1-2.
I turned out to be completely wrong in questioning his ability to return Starbucks to financial strength; its market value today is around $72 billion, up from $5.3 billion in 2008.
I turned out to be completely wrong in questioning his ability to return Starbucks to financial strength; its market value today is around $72 billion , up from $5.3 billion in 2008.
ANTHONY WINSTON East Brunswick, N.J. To the Editor: As a Democrat who supports Israel, I am saddened and dismayed that its prime minister would use the podium of one of our most hallowed political institutions to bad-mouth a deal that has not even been struck.
Your claim that the negotiations place tough constraints on Iran rings hollow, based on the permissibility of Iran’s keeping its nuclear installations and the large number of centrifuges still allowed.
Furthermore, a 10-year limit to an agreement makes it almost worthless.
As a Democrat who supports Israel, I am saddened and dismayed that its prime minister would use the podium of one of our most hallowed political institutions to bad-mouth a deal that has not even been struck.
Your claim that the negotiations place tough constraints on Iran rings hollow, based on the permissibility of Iran’s keeping its nuclear installations and the large number of centrifuges still allowed.
At the same time he made the Republican side of the aisle react like a bunch of sixth graders cheering for Justin Bieber , since the net effect of the speech was to diminish the efforts by the administration to suppress Iran’s hunger for nuclear capacity and make President Obama look weak.
At the same time he made the Republican side of the aisle react like a bunch of sixth graders cheering for Justin Bieber, since the net effect of the speech was to diminish the efforts by the administration to suppress Iran’s hunger for nuclear capacity and make President Obama look weak.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech was a fascinating demonstration of political savvy — Israeli political savvy.
At the same time he made the Republican side of the aisle react like a bunch of sixth graders cheering for Justin Bieber, since the net effect of the speech was to diminish the efforts by the administration to suppress Iran’s hunger for nuclear capacity and make President Obama look weak.
At the same time he made the Republican side of the aisle react like a bunch of sixth graders cheering for Justin Bieber, since the net effect of the speech was to diminish the efforts by the administration to suppress Iran’s hunger for nuclear capacity and make President Obama look weak.
Equally problematic for the Patriots, their banged-up offensive line cannot seem to block anyone and now must keep J.J. Watt and Jadeveon Clowney off quarterback Tom Brady.
Perhaps Coach Bill Belichick should consider sitting Brady for his own protection and concede this one.
Equally problematic for the Patriots, their banged-up offensive line cannot seem to block anyone and now must keep J.J. Watt and Jadeveon Clowney off quarterback Tom Brady .
Perhaps Coach Bill Belichick should consider sitting Brady for his own protection and concede this one.
Equally problematic for the Patriots, their banged-up offensive line cannot seem to block anyone and now must keep J.J. Watt and Jadeveon Clowney off quarterback Tom Brady.
In two opinions, five justices accepted Mr. Yates’s argument that fish were not the sort of tangible objects with which the law was concerned.
Their analysis was based on a close reading of the words and structure of the law .
Mr. Jones, an officer with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and a federal deputy, measured the fish and placed the 72 he deemed too small in a crate.
Mr. Jones, an officer with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and a federal deputy, measured the fish and placed the 72 he deemed too small in a crate.
But Mr. Yates had the fish thrown overboard and replaced with larger ones. A second inspection in port aroused suspicions, and a crew member eventually told law enforcement officials what had happened.
In dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the real issue in the case, Yates v. United States, No. 13-7451, was that the law is too harsh.
Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. concurred on similar grounds.
In dissent, Justice Elena Kagan wrote that the real issue in the case, Yates v. United States, No. 13-7451 , was that the law is too harsh.
“A fish is, of course, a discrete thing that possesses physical form,” Justice Kagan wrote, citing as authority the Dr. Seuss classic “One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish.”
It does not matter, she said, that what Mr. Yates destroyed was not a document. “A person who hides a murder victim’s body is no less culpable than one who burns the victim’s diary,” she wrote.
“A fisherman, like John Yates, who dumps undersized fish to avoid a fine is no less blameworthy than one who shreds his vessel’s catch log for the same reason.”
“A fisherman, like John Yates, who dumps undersized fish to avoid a fine is no less blameworthy than one who shreds his vessel’s catch log for the same reason.” Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony M. Kennedy and Clarence Thomas joined Justice Kagan’s dissenting opinion.
“When a Man Loves a Woman” was his first recording for Atlantic Records, after a patient at the hospital introduced him to the record producer Quin Ivy.
(The Recording Industry Association of America began certifying records as gold in 1958 .)
He called its composition a “miracle.”
It reached No. 1 on the pop charts in 1966 and sold more than a million copies, becoming the label’s first gold record.
“When a Man Loves a Woman” was his first recording for Atlantic Records , after a patient at the hospital introduced him to the record producer Quin Ivy.
“Knowing you have a little extra security is very comforting and helpful,” said Ms. Friedman, who is from Fair Lawn, N.J. The introduction of the program, called Bridge to Success, comes as law school graduates across the country face increasing competition in a depressed job market that is only slowly recovering from the economic downturn.
“This builds on the overall approach that we’ve taken to be very student-centric, to listen to what students need,” said Nicholas W. Allard , dean of Brooklyn Law School.
He said it was the school’s strong financial standing, including an endowment of $133 million as of May, that made the program possible.
The introduction of the program, called Bridge to Success , comes as law school graduates across the country face increasing competition in a depressed job market that is only slowly recovering from the economic downturn.
“This builds on the overall approach that we’ve taken to be very student-centric, to listen to what students need,” said Nicholas W. Allard, dean of Brooklyn Law School .
During the recession, the legal sector — which is not confined to lawyers — shed about 60,000 jobs, and only about 20,000 have been added back, said James G. Leipold, executive director of the National Association for Law Placement, citing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
During the recession, the legal sector — which is not confined to lawyers — shed about 60,000 jobs, and only about 20,000 have been added back, said James G. Leipold, executive director of the National Association for Law Placement, citing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
During the recession, the legal sector — which is not confined to lawyers — shed about 60,000 jobs, and only about 20,000 have been added back, said James G. Leipold , executive director of the National Association for Law Placement, citing data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Among the lawyers affected by the cuts, those with two to three years of experience were hit particularly hard, said David P. Miranda , president of the New York State Bar Association.
Indeed, law school enrollment across the country dropped 30 percent over the past four years
Though not eligible for the program, Jared Brenner , 25, a recent Brooklyn Law School graduate with a job offer from a large firm to do transactional work for start-up companies, believed it would encourage students to take risks after leaving school.
For Brian Hoffman , 25, who, like Ms. Friedman, has started a two-year program at Brooklyn Law School, the tuition-reimbursement program provides some reassurance.
A more common approach, he said, was for schools to finance fellowships for students, often at nonprofits, to help them gain experience until they can find full-time jobs.
Brooklyn Law School graduates could pursue their passion , he said, knowing that the school would provide some financial relief if that pursuit proved fruitless.
The United States was torn by assassinations, violence in the cities, the war in Vietnam.
The United States was torn by assassinations, violence in the cities, the war in Vietnam .
In 2015, catastrophes in the Middle East spread misery and terror the world over.
Apollo 8 helped end the year on a note of hope and grace.
Our coarsened politics , so expert at keeping the populace fearful and distraught, got ever louder and cruder in the heat of a presidential race.
He will also be under increased pressure from the other big winner of the election, the Scottish National Party , to revisit the question of independence for Scotland.
“A small majority can quickly turn into a bed of nails,” said Fraser Nelson, editor of The Spectator magazine .
Backbenchers in Mr. Cameron’s own party , many of them farther to the right than he is on questions of immigration and Britain’s membership in the European Union, “will be his real opposition,” Mr. Nelson said.
Those start with his pledge to hold a referendum by the end of 2017 on Britain’s continued membership in the European Union.
In 1992 , for example, Prime Minister John Major, also a Conservative, had a larger majority than Mr. Cameron does now, but saw it shrink steadily as the party fought over Europe and the Maastricht Treaty on further integration.
Times are different, argued Alan Duncan, a Conservative legislator, saying that his colleagues would be careful not to undermine the victory Mr. Cameron has brought them .
Still, if Mr. Cameron, as expected after negotiations with Brussels, decides to support Britain’s staying in the European Union, it is very likely that a sizable number of Tory backbenchers will oppose him and campaign to leave Europe.
And angry or disappointed party legislators are a great danger for small parliamentary majorities.
As laid out in the Conservative manifesto, the cuts would be deep outside certain protected areas like the National Health Service, and might be about 30 billion pounds , or about $49 billion.
Even the most optimistic Conservatives were talking about winning 300 seats, which pollsters thought was hallucinatory.
Mr. Osborne is respected, but his economic theology is not shared by every Tory , which could also lead to defections and close votes.
Mr. Osborne is driven by a Thatcherite belief in the value of a smaller state to free up individual and corporate enterprise and encourage those able to work to do so, and such cuts could create political tensions, and even unrest , in the country.
As laid out in the Conservative manifesto, the cuts would be deep outside certain protected areas like the National Health Service, and might be about 30 billion pounds , or about $49 billion.
Even the most optimistic Conservatives were talking about winning 300 seats, which pollsters thought was hallucinatory.
Mr. Osborne is respected, but his economic theology is not shared by every Tory , which could also lead to defections and close votes.
Mr. Osborne is driven by a Thatcherite belief in the value of a smaller state to free up individual and corporate enterprise and encourage those able to work to do so, and such cuts could create political tensions, and even unrest , in the country.
Watson, of the Pittsburgh Pirates , retired Abreu on a fly ball to left.
Watson , of the Pittsburgh Pirates, retired Abreu on a fly ball to left.
Matheny, the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals , had already used four right-handed relievers and went against the percentages to a dangerous hitter.
Matheny, the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals , had already used four right-handed relievers and went against the percentages to a dangerous hitter.
Matheny , the manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, had already used four right-handed relievers and went against the percentages to a dangerous hitter.
The new commissioner, Rob Manfred , is emphatically in favor of keeping the link between the sport’s so-called jewel events.
The new commissioner , Rob Manfred, is emphatically in favor of keeping the link between the sport’s so-called jewel events.
The new commissioner, Rob Manfred, is emphatically in favor of keeping the link between the sport’s so-called jewel events .
Even so, compared with the N.F.L., N.B.A. and N.H.L. frolics, this All-Star event most closely resembles the competition in an actual game.
The scores are familiar, and while Major League Baseball cannot help using silly caps — this year’s have horizontal stripes across the front — at least the players still wear their regular uniforms for the game.
Outfielder Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins would be an obvious starter for the N.L., having won the league’s player of the month award for June with a .344 average and 12 home runs.
Outfielder Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins would be an obvious starter for the N.L., having won the league’s player of the month award for June with a .344 average and 12 home runs.
Outfielder Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins would be an obvious starter for the N.L., having won the league’s player of the month award for June with a .344 average and 12 home runs.
Outfielder Giancarlo Stanton of the Miami Marlins would be an obvious starter for the N.L., having won the league’s player of the month award for June with a .344 average and 12 home runs.
But Stanton had surgery to repair a broken bone in his hand last Sunday and will miss several weeks.
Our contributor Kevin Carey has written an important and eye-opening piece on this subject, and I encourage you to read it.
To attend, say, the University of North Carolina — regardless of what you study — is supposed to mean something different from attending nearby Duke, North Carolina State or a faraway college.
He starts the piece with a notorious football scandal but goes far beyond sports and scandal.
Let us know what you think of his argument, in the comments section at the bottom or through Facebook or Twitter .
David Leonhardt
Dolan announced that Thomas, a Hall of Fame point guard , would serve as president of the W.N.B.A.’s Liberty, the city’s women’s basketball team.
Dolan announced that Thomas, a Hall of Fame point guard, would serve as president of the W.N.B.A.’s Liberty , the city’s women’s basketball team.
A year before that, a jury found that Thomas had sexually harassed a team executive in the crudest of terms. The executive, now known professionally as Anucha Browne, testified that Thomas had used misogynistic slurs.
When she complained to top officials at the Garden, Dolan personally insisted on firing her. Who among us does not believe in repentance and second chances?
“We did not believe the allegations then and we don’t believe them now,” the statement noted.
“We did not believe the allegations then and we don’t believe them now,” the statement noted. “ We feel strongly that Isiah Thomas was held responsible for sordid allegations that were completely unrelated to him, and for which M.S.G. bore responsibility.”
The facts of the Browne harassment case are no longer “allegations.”
You appeal a verdict or accept it , at which point, like freshly poured concrete, it quickly hardens into accepted fact.
You appeal a verdict or accept it, at which point, like freshly poured concrete, it quickly hardens into accepted fact.
After the verdict, Dolan and Thomas made a show of suggesting that the jury was gullible and that they would appeal.
During the trial, Dolan took puffed-chest pride in testifying that he had decided to fire Browne all on his own, without talking to his corporate counsel. “All decisions at the Garden I make on my own,” he said.
“I will appeal.” He did not .
“I’m very innocent,” Thomas said immediately afterward, tapping his chest for emphasis.
The jury found that Dolan’s decision constituted a retaliatory firing and violated federal law .
Six of the seven jurors wanted Thomas held financially responsible.
He can thank a lone holdout for the fact that the damage was only to his reputation , and not to his bank account.
He can thank a lone holdout for the fact that the damage was only to his reputation, and not to his bank account.
Yes, O.K., sorry, but not really. Six of the seven jurors wanted Thomas held financially responsible.
For Catholics, pastoral care for real people often trumps strong teaching — for example, when communion is offered to political leaders and military officials who lead a war judged to be unjust, like the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
For Catholics, pastoral care for real people often trumps strong teaching — for example, when communion is offered to political leaders and military officials who lead a war judged to be unjust, like the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
But divorced and remarried Catholics have been denied communion.
Mr. Douthat misses the central point of debate, which is the degree to which all Christians who are thinking about what God requires should consider the experience, including intimate experience, of living neighbors.
Mr. Douthat misses the central point of debate, which is the degree to which all Christians who are thinking about what God requires should consider the experience , including intimate experience, of living neighbors.
To the Editor: Re “Letter to the Catholic Academy ” (column, Nov. 1): Ross Douthat is wrong about Pope Francis.
Spurious arguments that the pope tried to manipulate the synod are vastly outweighed by evidence that he tried hard to encourage free debate and deliberation.
To the Editor: Re “Letter to the Catholic Academy” (column, Nov. 1): Ross Douthat is wrong about Pope Francis .
Spurious arguments that the pope tried to manipulate the synod are vastly outweighed by evidence that he tried hard to encourage free debate and deliberation.
DAVID PASINSKI Fayetteville, N.Y.
In the 1960s I met with the Jesuit head of theology at my former university.
When he heard my medical history with childbirth, which included emergency surgery, seven transfusions and the last rites with the first birth, he said: “I fail to see how God will be honored by four motherless children.
You should use birth control. ”
Ross Douthat has a serious argument.
Catholicism is not the religion of health and wealth but a commitment to the “narrow gate” that leads to eternal life.
My Irish grandmother, who completed third grade, had a more accurate understanding of the “sense of the faithful” than many of the agenda-driven academics I have met.
Experience in the streets does teach a level of reality that I embrace after 67 years as a priest and more than 40 years as a licensed psychologist.
At 94, I welcome confrontational thinking.
Mr. Atassi scrutinizes Mr. Saleh’s ordinary side, filming him asleep, legs poking from under a comforter, or flinching at the sound of shelling, when he is not giving interviews over Skype to a Western journalist who tells him, “Your voice is very important.”
He also Skypes with his wife , now unexpectedly trapped back in Douma by a government siege.
He also Skypes with his wife, now unexpectedly trapped back in Douma by a government siege.
Mr. Saleh tells the camera, presciently, that if anything happens to her, “it would break me more than anything else.”
Finally, realizing that he can contribute nothing in Raqqa, Mr. Saleh departs for Turkey. There, he appears diminished, an old man on his first subway ride, just after his first airplane flight, stuck at a turnstile, trying to work the electronic fare card.
Instead, the film’s emotional climax comes as Mr. Homsi himself reaches Istanbul , released from captivity and torture by the Islamic State.
He and Mr. Saleh , ask themselves if their revolution is to blame for the Islamists’ rise, and their country’s destruction.
Instead, the film’s emotional climax comes as Mr. Homsi himself reaches Istanbul, released from captivity and torture by the Islamic State.
Mr. Homsi tries to reassure Mr. Saleh that he was right to flee, saying an older man would break if arrested by jihadists or the secret police, especially a man so “pure inside.”
In September of this year , Volkswagen, then the world’s largest automaker, admitted to installing software designed to cheat on emissions tests, setting off one of the largest corporate scandals in the industry’s history.
In September of this year, Volkswagen , then the world’s largest automaker, admitted to installing software designed to cheat on emissions tests, setting off one of the largest corporate scandals in the industry’s history.
In September of this year, Volkswagen , then the world’s largest automaker, admitted to installing software designed to cheat on emissions tests, setting off one of the largest corporate scandals in the industry’s history.
In September of this year, Volkswagen, then the world’s largest automaker, admitted to installing software designed to cheat on emissions tests , setting off one of the largest corporate scandals in the industry’s history.
Mr. Hatz declined to comment through a spokesman at Porsche, where he has served on the management board as chief of research and development .
He mused about dropping muscular diesel engines into sporty cars like the Audi R8 coupe — “My dream is an R8 with a diesel engine,” he said at the Los Angeles auto show in 2007.
At the same time, he had to bring engines to market that could meet a complex suite of toughening regulations in the United States, particularly in California and other states like New York that opt to follow California’s more stringent air quality rules.
He mused about dropping muscular diesel engine s into sporty cars like the Audi R8 coupe — “My dream is an R8 with a diesel engine,” he said at the Los Angeles auto show in 2007.
His remarks were filmed by DrivingtheNation.com , an auto website.
While Mr. Hatz was referring to carbon dioxide regulations, and Volkswagen’s cheating scandal is centered on smog-forming pollutants, managing both kinds of emissions presents an interlocking puzzle for automakers.
While Mr. Hatz was referring to carbon dioxide regulations, and Volkswagen’s cheating scandal is centered on smog-forming pollutants , managing both kinds of emissions presents an interlocking puzzle for automakers.
“Perhaps we have just small Korean and Japanese cars in this country,” he said.
And he was dismissive of the prospects for the big Detroit automakers .
Publicly, Mr. Hatz supported the technology, which Mercedes markets as Bluetec .
“Bluetec technology allows us to demonstrate Audi’s commitment to always being at the very forefront of diesel technology,” he said in remarks at the Detroit auto show at the beginning of 2007 .
“Bluetec technology allows us to demonstrate Audi’s commitment to always being at the very forefront of diesel technology,” he said in remarks at the Detroit auto show at the beginning of 2007.
But internal friction within the company was already building.
Mr. Bernhard unexpectedly did not attend that auto show, and soon resigned.
Mr. Hatz’s viewpoint won out and the technology-sharing arrangement was soon scrapped.
The run-up to the vote also amounted to a low point for Jeremy Corbyn, the new leader of the opposition Labour Party.
The run-up to the vote also amounted to a low point for Jeremy Corbyn, the new leader of the opposition Labour Party .
While Mr. Corbyn opposes British military action over Syria , some of Labour’s senior figures, including the party’s spokesman on foreign affairs, Hilary Benn, supported it, and Mr. Corbyn was forced to allow his lawmakers to vote freely on the issue in an effort to avoid a intraparty clash amid threatened resignations.
While Mr. Corbyn opposes British military action over Syria, some of Labour’s senior figures, including the party’s spokesman on foreign affairs , Hilary Benn, supported it, and Mr. Corbyn was forced to allow his lawmakers to vote freely on the issue in an effort to avoid a intraparty clash amid threatened resignations.
In an impassioned speech that won a rousing reception Wednesday night, Mr. Benn argued that “every state has the right to defend itself” and asked “why would we not uphold the settled will of the United Nations ?”
He found the resources to commit to the 2 percent threshold, committed to buying F-35 fighter jets and maritime patrol planes for Britain’s new aircraft carriers, and vowed to renew Britain’s submarine-based nuclear deterrent.
He found the resources to commit to the 2 percent threshold, committed to buying F-35 fighter jets and maritime patrol planes for Britain’s new aircraft carriers, and vowed to renew Britain’s submarine-based nuclear deterrent .
He is now seeking to follow through on his promise to expand airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria .
Mr. Cameron has announced an increase in military spending in real terms of 3 percent over the next four years, including for special forces, intelligence gathering and a doubling of Britain’s drone fleet.
Nevertheless, after the recent conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, Britons remain wary about involvement in Syria, and Mr. Cameron has had to spend considerable effort cajoling lawmakers — including in his own party — to support him.
He has also said that further military action was necessary to stem terrorist acts like the ones that struck Paris on Nov. 13, leaving 130 dead, and that it would be an essential component of any diplomatic solution to the Syrian civil war, which has displaced up to half that country’s population.
He has also said that further military action was necessary to stem terrorist acts like the ones that struck Paris on Nov. 13 , leaving 130 dead, and that it would be an essential component of any diplomatic solution to the Syrian civil war, which has displaced up to half that country’s population.
He has also said that further military action was necessary to stem terrorist acts like the ones that struck Paris on Nov. 13, leaving 130 dead, and that it would be an essential component of any diplomatic solution to the Syrian civil war, which has displaced up to half that country’s population.
He has also said that further military action was necessary to stem terrorist acts like the ones that struck Paris on Nov. 13, leaving 130 dead, and that it would be an essential component of any diplomatic solution to the Syrian civil war, which has displaced up to half that country’s population.
Mr. Cameron also argued that airstrikes on Islamic State in Syria will not make Britain any more vulnerable .
One day, a gendarme, Balducci (Vincent Martin) , rides up on horseback to Daru’s schoolhouse with an Arab prisoner, Mohamed (Reda Kateb), on foot.
Balducci explains that the prisoner, who’s never named in the Camus story, has cut the throat of a cousin (“like a sheep”) and now Daru needs to take Mohamed to another town for some French justice and certain death.
One day, a gendarme, Balducci (Vincent Martin), rides up on horseback to Daru’s schoolhouse with an Arab prisoner, Mohamed (Reda Kateb) , on foot.
Balducci explains that the prisoner, who’s never named in the Camus story, has cut the throat of a cousin (“like a sheep”) and now Daru needs to take Mohamed to another town for some French justice and certain death. Daru refuses, but when Balducci rides off, the teacher is left with Mohamed and a quandary.
One day, a gendarme, Balducci ( Vincent Martin ), rides up on horseback to Daru’s schoolhouse with an Arab prisoner, Mohamed (Reda Kateb), on foot.
One day, a gendarme, Balducci (Vincent Martin), rides up on horseback to Daru’s schoolhouse with an Arab prisoner, Mohamed ( Reda Kateb ), on foot.
Mohamed refuses to flee .
One day, a gendarme , Balducci (Vincent Martin), rides up on horseback to Daru’s schoolhouse with an Arab prisoner, Mohamed (Reda Kateb), on foot.
Balducci explains that the prisoner, who’s never named in the Camus story, has cut the throat of a cousin (“ like a sheep ”) and now Daru needs to take Mohamed to another town for some French justice and certain death.
With the director of photography Guillaume Deffontaines , Mr. Oelhoffen conveys the striking, multicolored glories of this rough landscape, with all its sun-shot gradations of red and brown, without descending into picture-postcard banality.
(The movie was shot in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco .)
(The movie was shot in the Atlas Mountains of Morocco.)
Many of the movie’s most effective scenes involve the men just walking through this extraordinary landscape, the warring splendor and harshness of their surroundings — equally inviting and foreboding — as seemingly at odds as the attraction-repulsion that initially defines Daru and Mohamed’s relationship.
With the director of photography Guillaume Deffontaines, Mr. Oelhoffen conveys the striking, multicolored glories of this rough landscape, with all its sun-shot gradations of red and brown, without descending into picture-postcard banality.
At one point, they come across a small detachment of Algerian guerrillas that includes Slimane ( Djemel Barek ), a former army compatriot of Daru’s, and which for a short, eventful interlude swallows the travelers up.
At one point, they come across a small detachment of Algerian guerrillas that includes Slimane (Djemel Barek), a former army compatriot of Daru’s, and which for a short, eventful interlude swallows the travelers up.
Although astringent by mainstream movie standards, “ Far From Men ” is shored up with increasingly personalized conversations between Daru and Mohamed that explain the men, their lives and times.
Although astringent by mainstream movie standards, “Far From Men” is shored up with increasingly personalized conversations between Daru and Mohamed that explain the men, their lives and times.
Both Mr. Kateb and Mr. Mortensen, who deliver their dialogue in Arabic and French (Mr. Mortensen also speaks a little Spanish ), are generous performers and they share the screen easily.
A. Before, I loved it that it happened on public roads .
But Monza was always a track in a park.
Reims was a road race , and you could imagine the Germans coming over in tanks but it was race cars going in the other direction.
It wasn’t much of a circuit, it was only a triangle , very, very fast and there was a wrinkle here and there.
It was part of the Champagne country
Duodenoscopes have been implicated in similar outbreaks at other hospitals.
In 2013, 39 patients at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill., were infected with carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), also the cause of the infections in Los Angeles.
In January, officials at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle acknowledged that 32 patients had been infected with CRE by duodenoscopes from November 2012 to early 2014.
In January, officials at Virginia Mason Hospital in Seattle acknowledged that 32 patients had been infected with CRE by duodenoscopes from November 2012 to early 2014.
Eleven patients died, but it is not clear that the infections were the cause, as they had other serious medical problems.
John Haberstock, a spokesman for Pentax Medical, said its cleaning protocols achieved a “high level disinfection of duodenoscopes .”
Even when health care providers “appear to be doing everything right, there has been transmission of CRE,” said Dr. Arjun Srinivasan, the associate director for health care associated infection prevention programs at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention .
John Haberstock, a spokesman for Pentax Medical, said its cleaning protocols achieved a “high level disinfection of duodenoscopes.” Diane Rainey , a spokeswoman for Fujifilm, said the company’s instructions to providers “are appropriate to maintain patient safety.”
Diane Rainey, a spokeswoman for Fujifilm , said the company’s instructions to providers “are appropriate to maintain patient safety.”
A duodenoscope is a long, flexible tube with a tiny camera at the tip.
It is typically inserted down the throat of an anesthetized patient to examine the very small ducts that drain the liver or gallbladder.
The inner tubing is intricate and difficult to clean, and can harbor up to 10 billion individual bacteria, said William A. Rutala , an infection control specialist at University of North Carolina Hospitals.
The inner tubing is intricate and difficult to clean, and can harbor up to 10 billion individual bacteria, said William A. Rutala, an infection control specialist at University of North Carolina Hospitals.
By contrast, a surgical forceps may have roughly 100 bacteria on its surface after use in the operating room, he said, and is easily cleaned with heat, detergents and high-pressure sprays.
Ronald Reagan U.C.L.A. Medical Center and Advocate Lutheran General Hospital have begun sterilizing their instruments with a gas called ethylene oxide.
At the moment, however, the F.D.A. is not willing to recommend ethylene oxide sterilization on a routine basis.
At the moment, however, the F.D.A. is not willing to recommend ethylene oxide sterilization on a routine basis. “ This agent itself could potentially be quite toxic , not only if not thoroughly aired afterward but in the longer term to people doing the cleaning,” Dr. Ostroff said.
The F.D.A. is investigating numerous additional measures, such as sterilizing the devices with toxic gas or sampling them for microbiological cultures periodically .
The F.D.A. is investigating numerous additional measures, such as sterilizing the devices with toxic gas or sampling them for microbiological cultures periodically.
“I just thought rock was about theater , and rather old variety theater, at that.”
Years later, he and Tim Rice recorded the original 1970 concept album for “Jesus Christ Superstar” — hailed, in its own time, as revolutionary and denounced as sacrilegious — at London’s Olympic Studios, next door to Led Zeppelin.
Years later, he and Tim Rice recorded the original 1970 concept album for “Jesus Christ Superstar” — hailed, in its own time, as revolutionary and denounced as sacrilegious — at London’s Olympic Studios, next door to Led Zeppelin.
Years later, he and Tim Rice recorded the original 1970 concept album for “Jesus Christ Superstar” — hailed, in its own time, as revolutionary and denounced as sacrilegious — at London’s Olympic Studios , next door to Led Zeppelin.
And they got their own taste of pop stardom the following year, when they traveled to New York for its Broadway debut.
But Mr. Lloyd Webber recalls his first viewing of that show, produced by Robert Stigwood and directed by Tom O’Horgan, as “the worst day of my life.”
But Mr. Lloyd Webber recalls his first viewing of that show, produced by Robert Stigwood and directed by Tom O’Horgan , as “the worst day of my life.”
Four decades later, Mr. Lloyd Webber and his company, the Really Useful Group, allow no such leeway with their worldwide productions of “ Phantom,” “Superstar” and “Cats,” which was recently revived on the West End and is being eyed for a Broadway return.
“If he hears about a hot show, he’ll be there,” said Alastair, 23, a junior A&R manager at that label.
“If he hears about a hot show, he’ll be there,” said Alastair, 23 , a junior A&R manager at that label.
The movie “School of Rock,” written by Mike White and directed by Richard Linklater, was also played frequently in the Lloyd Webber household, with Alastair estimating that he has watched it “about 40 times.”
The movie “ School of Rock ,” written by Mike White and directed by Richard Linklater, was also played frequently in the Lloyd Webber household, with Alastair estimating that he has watched it “about 40 times.”
The movie “School of Rock,” written by Mike White and directed by Richard Linklater, was also played frequently in the Lloyd Webber household, with Alastair estimating that he has watched it “ about 40 times. ”
Glenn Slater, the “School of Rock” lyricist, said he thought Mr. Lloyd Webber “had a little more self-doubt” as he decided between writing in the mode of 1960s classic rock or 1970s heavy metal.
Glenn Slater, the “School of Rock” lyricist, said he thought Mr. Lloyd Webber “had a little more self-doubt” as he decided between writing in the mode of 1960s classic rock or 1970s heavy metal .
Mr. Slater , who also worked on “Love Never Dies,” said that he suggested to Mr. Lloyd Webber, “We should think of it like Meat Loaf or Jim Steinman: huge, operatic, over-the-top rock.”
Mr. Slater, who also worked on “Love Never Dies,” said that he suggested to Mr. Lloyd Webber, “We should think of it like Meat Loaf or Jim Steinman : huge, operatic, over-the-top rock.”
It can be read as an ode to Mr. Lloyd Webber’s rock ’n’ roll coming-of-age, containing snippets of the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (an inescapable radio hit from his adolescence); Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” (a nod to that band’s lead singer, Ian Gillan, the original Jesus of “Superstar”); and “Walk on the Wild Side,” by Lou Reed (whose music was ubiquitous on his early visits to New York).
It can be read as an ode to Mr. Lloyd Webber’s rock ’n’ roll coming-of-age, containing snippets of the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (an inescapable radio hit from his adolescence); Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” (a nod to that band’s lead singer, Ian Gillan , the original Jesus of “Superstar”); and “Walk on the Wild Side,” by Lou Reed (whose music was ubiquitous on his early visits to New York).
It can be read as an ode to Mr. Lloyd Webber’s rock ’n’ roll coming-of-age, containing snippets of the Rolling Stones’ “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” (an inescapable radio hit from his adolescence); Deep Purple’s “Smoke on the Water” (a nod to that band’s lead singer, Ian Gillan, the original Jesus of “Superstar”); and “Walk on the Wild Side,” by Lou Reed (whose music was ubiquitous on his early visits to New York).
The Musical .
But thematically, Mr. Slater said, he could understand why Mr. Lloyd Webber might relate to the material.
The composition of the musical (in which Alex Brightman plays the Dewey Finn character) happened quickly, between June and December of 2014.
Auditions for its school-aged characters were held at the start of this year, and over the summer, a series of test shows were held at the Gramercy Theater, a sticky-floored rock club in Midtown Manhattan.
Auditions for its school-aged characters were held at the start of this year, and over the summer, a series of test shows were held at the Gramercy Theater , a sticky-floored rock club in Midtown Manhattan.
Auditions for its school-aged characters were held at the start of this year, and over the summer, a series of test shows were held at the Gramercy Theater, a sticky-floored rock club in Midtown Manhattan .
The poetics of damage permeates ­David Treuer ’s elegantly bitter fourth novel, “Prudence,” which unites a distinctly modern sociopolitical perspective with a more old-fashioned moral rigor about the ­consequences of emotional cowardice, complicity and repression.
The poetics of damage permeates ­David Treuer’s elegantly bitter fourth novel, “Prudence,” which unites a distinctly modern sociopolitical perspective with a more old-fashioned moral rigor about the ­consequences of emotional cowardice, complicity and repression.
On the evidence here, Treuer believes in bravery .
Cowardice can kill people.
This ­author values honor .
On Sunday, you can head to Spectrum, a very cozy space on the Lower East Side , for Morton Feldman’s late, visionary Piano and String Quartet, featuring the pianist Joseph Branciforte and string players drawn from several ensembles: Christopher Otto, Pauline Kim Harris, John Pickford Richards and Mariel Roberts.
On Sunday, you can head to Spectrum, a very cozy space on the Lower East Side, for Morton Feldman’s late, visionary Piano and String Quartet, featuring the pianist Joseph Branciforte and string players drawn from several ensembles: Christopher Otto, Pauline Kim Harris, John Pickford Richards and Mariel Roberts.
( 9 p.m. , 121 Ludlow Street, second floor, spectrumnyc.com.)
(9 p.m., 121 Ludlow Street, second floor, spectrumnyc.com.)
Switzerland has extradited some people wanted for financial fraud by countries like Russia, despite criticism from human rights groups concerned that they would not receive a fair trial in their homeland.
Switzerland has extradited some people wanted for financial fraud by countries like Russia, despite criticism from human rights groups concerned that they would not receive a fair trial in their homeland.
At the request of the United States, Switzerland arrested Yevgeny Adamov , the former head of the Russian atomic energy ministry, in 2005.
At the request of the United States, Switzerland arrested Yevgeny Adamov , the former head of the Russian atomic energy ministry, in 2005.
Switzerland has extradited some people wanted for financial fraud by countries like Russia , despite criticism from human rights groups concerned that they would not receive a fair trial in their homeland.
Mr. Medvedchuk, who was the longtime chief of staff to former President Leonid D. Kuchma , is a polarizing figure in Ukraine, known for his ruthlessness in politics and for his checkered past as a young lawyer in the Soviet Union.
His role in a Soviet crackdown on dissidents ahead of the 1980 Olympics is widely believed to have contributed to the death of a Ukrainian poet and human rights activist, Vasyl Stus .
His role in a Soviet crackdown on dissidents ahead of the 1980 Olympics is widely believed to have contributed to the death of a Ukrainian poet and human rights activist, Vasyl Stus .
Mr. Medvedchuk, who was the longtime chief of staff to former President Leonid D. Kuchma, is a polarizing figure in Ukraine, known for his ruthlessness in politics and for his checkered past as a young lawyer in the Soviet Union.
Five years later, Mr. Stus, who had been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature , died at the age of 47 in a forced labor camp in Russia.
Mr. Sverstiuk, who himself spent seven years as a political prisoner in Soviet labor camps and five years in exile in Siberia , died in December at 86.
Mr. Sverstiuk, who himself spent seven years as a political prisoner in Soviet labor camps and five years in exile in Siberia, died in December at 86 .
“A man with such a past cannot be a public figure,” Mr. Sverstiuk said of Mr. Medvedchuk in the interview, adding: “In short, he is a sinister character.
“He acted more like a prosecutor than a defense lawyer,” Yevhen Sverstiuk, an essayist and author who knew Mr. Stus , said in an interview last year.
He had recently served as president of the Ukrainian PEN Center, a chapter of the international writers’ association .
In July 2013, Mr. Putin sat next to Mr. Medvedchuk at an event the group held in Kiev and gave a speech about the deep historical ties between Russia and Ukraine , including “the common spiritual values that make us a single people.”
Throughout that fall, Ukrainian Choice ran an aggressive anti-gay ad campaign warning against decayed values in the West .
In July 2013, Mr. Putin sat next to Mr. Medvedchuk at an event the group held in Kiev and gave a speech about the deep historical ties between Russia and Ukraine, including “the common spiritual values that make us a single people.”
As a member of Parliament from 1997 to 2002 , he was known to express pro-European views, and had strong working relationships with officials in Poland.
As a member of Parliament from 1997 to 2002, he was known to express pro-European views , and had strong working relationships with officials in Poland.
Despite the moves, the markets have been shaky.
On July 27, stocks in Shanghai dropped 8.5 percent, which was the market’s biggest daily drop in eight years.
On July 27 , stocks in Shanghai dropped 8.5 percent, which was the market’s biggest daily drop in eight years.
On July 27, stocks in Shanghai dropped 8.5 percent, which was the market’s biggest daily drop in eight years.
“We have to think differently,” said Michael Connor , the deputy secretary of the Interior Department, which includes the Bureau of Reclamation.
“We have to think differently,” said Michael Connor, the deputy secretary of the Interior Department, which includes the Bureau of Reclamation .
The science of climate change shows that in the future, there will be less still.
There are now millions more people who want water, but there is far less of it .
There are now millions more people who want water , but there is far less of it.
For most of the 1900s, the bureau’s system — which grew into the largest wholesale water utility in the country — worked.
There are now millions more people who want water, but there is far less of it.
There are now millions more people who want water, but there is far less of it.
The science of climate change shows that in the future, there will be less still.
“We have to think differently,” said Michael Connor , the deputy secretary of the Interior Department, which includes the Bureau of Reclamation.
Under orders from the White House , the Bureau of Reclamation has begun studies on the impact of global warming on 22 Western water basins and is drawing up multidecade plans to begin rebuilding its Western water management systems.
Under orders from the White House, the Bureau of Reclamation has begun studies on the impact of global warming on 22 Western water basins and is drawing up multidecade plans to begin rebuilding its Western water management systems.
But a new water infrastructure across half of the United States could cost taxpayers billions of dollars — at a moment when Republicans are still focused on cutting taxes and lowering government spending.
But a new water infrastructure across half of the United States could cost taxpayers billions of dollars — at a moment when Republicans are still focused on cutting taxes and lowering government spending.
But a new water infrastructure across half of the United States could cost taxpayers billions of dollars — at a moment when Republicans are still focused on cutting taxes and lowering government spending.
The bureau is in the meantime coming under fire from lawmakers of both parties for failing to meet the challenges of today’s searing drought.
The bureau is in the meantime coming under fire from lawmakers of both parties for failing to meet the challenges of today’s searing drought .
Representative Kevin McCarthy , the majority leader and a Republican from California’s parched inland, has criticized the bureau’s efforts in his state.
Lawmakers like Mr. McCarthy are particularly furious that the bureau and the State of California continue to direct scarce water into rivers to support fish habitat , even as farms wither and families struggle to make do with less water.
Lawmakers like Mr. McCarthy are particularly furious that the bureau and the State of California continue to direct scarce water into rivers to support fish habitat, even as farms wither and families struggle to make do with less water.
In Denver , the visitors who had been hoping for a stinky celebration had gotten luckier.
Visitors in the Chicago crowd didn’t get outright stench, but they did get a hands-on experience: Dr. Still and Mr. Pollak began passing around pieces of Spike’s spathe to the visitors.
On Tuesday, they said that Spike was beginning to emit a more putrid odor — a bad sign regarding nearly anything else in the world, but a good sign for this plant — and that visiting hours would be extended until Thursday .
They described the scent as rotting cabbage, dead mice and, oddly, Italian sausage when they stepped close to lean into the blooming flower, named Stinky .
Stinky lasted a few days before it crumpled and entered a dormant phase.
Spike will be moved on Thursday back into a production greenhouse, where it will either pollinate (unlikely) or enter a dormant phase.
Think of these huge plants as the giant panda of the plant world: Researchers are trying to increase the genetic diversity of the fragile plants, but their erratic blooming schedule can make it difficult.
Spike will be moved on Thursday back into a production greenhouse, where it will either pollinate ( unlikely ) or enter a dormant phase.
In the case of Spike, officials at the Denver Botanic Gardens rushed to ship frozen pollen to help Spike bloom, but they also offered practical advice.
“One of the big things that we learned was how to deal with crowd control ,” Mr. Pollak said.
Stars shine overhead, and rivers flow nearby in songs by Joan Shelley, who performed on Thursday night at Union Pool in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Stars shine overhead, and rivers flow nearby in songs by Joan Shelley, who performed on Thursday night at Union Pool in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Stars shine overhead, and rivers flow nearby in songs by Joan Shelley, who performed on Thursday night at Union Pool in Williamsburg , Brooklyn.
Her music is folky and pastoral , with a sense of scale that makes her humble about her place in mankind and the universe, and her songs are serene but never complacent.
In “Electric Ursa,” the title song of her current album ( No Quarter Records ), Ms. Shelley sang, “Under your stars, your earthless movement/We are only feeble humans.”
Ms. Shelley is from Louisville, Ky ., where she has recorded in duos and groups; “Electric Ursa” is her second solo album.
Ms. Shelley is from Louisville, Ky., where she has recorded in duos and groups; “ Electric Ursa ” is her second solo album.
Although Ms. Shelley leads a full band on her albums, at Union Pool, her backup was ample with just two acoustic guitars — her own and Nathan Salsburg ’s — and the occasional vocal harmonies of Glen Dentinger.
Although Ms. Shelley leads a full band on her albums, at Union Pool, her backup was ample with just two acoustic guitars — her own and Nathan Salsburg’s — and the occasional vocal harmonies of Glen Dentinger. A few cyclical, undulating, fingerpicked chords were enough for each song, with Ms. Shelley pinpointing the rhythm and Mr. Salsburg entwining it with touches of filigree.
Mr. Salsburg, also from Louisville, had started the evening with guitar instrumentals (including a folkified version of the Smiths’ “ Reel Around the Fountain ”); Nathan Bowles, a banjoist and singer who also shared the bill, joined Ms. Shelley’s group for one song.
Although “Electric Ursa” was released just last September , Ms. Shelley devoted much of her set to new songs that were no less resonant and, perhaps, a little more concrete.
Although “Electric Ursa” was released just last September, Ms. Shelley devoted much of her set to new songs that were no less resonant and, perhaps, a little more concrete.
One, with a melody that would have suited the Carter Family, captured the moment in a breakup when the thought of freedom balances a sense of loss.
In that song, and throughout the set, she was open yet composed, never pushing or overplaying the music; she let the songs speak for themselves .
Although “ Electric Ursa ” was released just last September, Ms. Shelley devoted much of her set to new songs that were no less resonant and, perhaps, a little more concrete.
Today’s consumers deserve better care, and to provide it, directives need to be created, updated, accessible and incorporated into treatment .
“Vincent” wrote a directive, but as Dr. Zitter acknowledges, since it hadn’t been updated in 10 years, there was concern about its relevancy .
“Vincent” wrote a directive, but as Dr. Zitter acknowledges, since it hadn’t been updated in 10 years , there was concern about its relevancy.
If Vincent had included video messages or identified agents who could speak on his behalf , doctors might have been able to better understand and incorporate his goals.
If the person can’t communicate clearly during the health crisis, an updated, digitally accessible advance medical directive is the next best thing.
Security forces disrupted what was described as a “large-scale attack” in Burkina Faso , arresting 13 suspects and seizing weapons and bomb-making materials in the west near Mali’s border, the security minister said Friday.
Security forces disrupted what was described as a “large-scale attack” in Burkina Faso, arresting 13 suspects and seizing weapons and bomb-making materials in the west near Mali’s border, the security minister said Friday.
News of the arrests comes two days before the West African nation holds elections, capping a turbulent period that began with a popular uprising in October 2014 and a brief, failed coup in September.
News of the arrests comes two days before the West African nation holds elections, capping a turbulent period that began with a popular uprising in October 2014 and a brief, failed coup in September.
Burkina Faso has set up checkpoints at the entrances to cities and plans to close its borders for Sunday’s voting.
This week, Tony Waag , the perpetually cheerful director of the American Tap Dance Foundation, presides over Tap City, a festival now in its 15th year.
This week, Tony Waag, the perpetually cheerful director of the American Tap Dance Foundation, presides over Tap City, a festival now in its 15 th year.
On Wednesday in “Tap Forward,” a program highlighting contemporary tappers at the intimate Duke on 42nd Street, there was even a flash from the past: The veteran Brenda Bufalino showed off her polished finish as she quietly blended in and out of a groove in “Strayhorn Medley.”
On Wednesday in “Tap Forward,” a program highlighting contemporary tappers at the intimate Duke on 42nd Street, there was even a flash from the past: The veteran Brenda Bufalino showed off her polished finish as she quietly blended in and out of a groove in “ Strayhorn Medley. ” Several “Tap Forward” offerings, despite the progressive-sounding title, ran toward the conservative.
When Mr. Waag’s lineup did step out of the box, as with “Shiva’s Dance Yoga,” a kathak performance by Rachna Nivas , who sang, played the finger symbols and danced, the inclusion felt random — it wasn’t tap — and her execution uneven.
And isn’t it time to give Caleb Teicher his own evening?
Sharing the stage with Brittany DeStefano and Gabe Winns , Mr. Teicher juxtaposed barely there brushes with frenetic taps as his body — twisting and dipping — pulled toward and away from the Gould.
In three excerpts from his “Variations,” interspersed throughout the night, he paired his facile, flowing style to Glenn Gould’s recordings of Bach ’s “Goldberg Variations.”
In three excerpts from his “Variations,” interspersed throughout the night, he paired his facile, flowing style to Glenn Gould’s recordings of Bach’s “Goldberg Variations.”
Apple’s iMessage has an audio-chat feature that allows you to send voice messages to friends on the same platform as text messages.
Many apps have similar features, including WhatsApp and WeChat .
If you really want to hear someone’s voice, you can simply call her.
Apple’s iMessage has an audio-chat feature that allows you to send voice messages to friends on the same platform as text messages.
They are sent instantaneously but do not play back automatically.
With Roger, I can easily press a button, record a quick message and shoot it off to my girlfriend, who is based in Boston , when I don’t have time to call.
And yet the app is a pleasure to use, with an intuitive design and an eye-pleasing color scheme.
Her cousin is harsher: “ I just don’t see the point ,” he said in an email, before using the app itself to tell me it was “worthless.”
PLANO, Tex. —  Lamesa White and her four children moved in February from the most dangerous public housing project in Dallas to a single-family home in this affluent suburb.
On the day she left, one of her daughter’s old schoolmates was shot to death.
Ms. White’s escape from the Estell Village housing project — better known as The Pinks because the buildings were once painted that color — was made possible by an experiment in housing policy the federal government began in Dallas in 2011 and is now proposing to expand to most other large metropolitan areas.
PLANO, Tex. —  Lamesa White and her four children moved in February from the most dangerous public housing project in Dallas to a single-family home in this affluent suburb.
One of her children is thriving in a special education program where he gets one-to-one attention, and she is thrilled that the school provides regular updates on his progress.
Her eldest daughter, 14 , has started to talk about going to college.
Her eldest daughter, 14, has started to talk about going to college .
In the early 1990s , an experiment called Moving to Opportunity required some families to use their vouchers in more expensive neighborhoods.
The problem, officials have concluded, is that the subsidies were much too small .
In Dallas, the maximum subsidy for a three-bedroom apartment is now just $850 in the cheapest ZIP codes, but as much as $1,840 in the most expensive ZIP codes.
In Dallas, the maximum subsidy for a three-bedroom apartment is now just $850 in the cheapest ZIP codes, but as much as $1,840 in the most expensive ZIP codes.
In New York, San Diego and Washington , it would be more than three times as high.
Four years ago, when Torey Moore first obtained one of the about 29,000 housing vouchers available to Dallas area residents, she stayed in the same South Dallas neighborhood.
Four years ago, when Torey Moore first obtained one of the about 29,000 housing vouchers available to Dallas area residents, she stayed in the same South Dallas neighborhood.
Landlords of properties built with low-income housing tax credits are required to accept vouchers .
( The Supreme Court just handed the Inclusive Communities Project an important victory in a lawsuit seeking to make more housing available.
There is also evidence that older children, particularly boys , often struggle in new neighborhoods.
She was tired of stepping over the dice players on her stoop, tired of guiding her children around the fragments of broken bottles at the old housing project, which Ms. Russ, the head of the Dallas Housing Authority, called the most dangerous in the city .
When she moved, she changed her cellphone number , cutting off her old friends.
She was tired of stepping over the dice players on her stoop, tired of guiding her children around the fragments of broken bottles at the old housing project, which Ms. Russ, the head of the Dallas Housing Authority, called the most dangerous in the city.
Its members include one of the largest German labor unions, the United Service Union , known as Ver.di, and Syriza, the left-wing, anti-austerity Greek political party that is now leading the government in Athens.
The European Central Bank is one of Greece’s main creditors, and it is part of the so-called troika of international organizations that are supervising the Greek bailout program that the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is trying to renegotiate.
Blockupy is a left-wing alliance of dozens of activist groups from across Europe.
Its members include one of the largest German labor unions, the United Service Union, known as Ver.di, and Syriza , the left-wing, anti-austerity Greek political party that is now leading the government in Athens.
The European Central Bank is one of Greece’s main creditors, and it is part of the so-called troika of international organizations that are supervising the Greek bailout program that the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is trying to renegotiate.
Panagiotis Tsianakas, another German of Greek descent, headed to a central square to hear a speech by a Syriza representative, Giorgos Chondros .
Rosina Sfyridou, a German of Greek descent who lives in Frankfurt and was among a small group carrying a Syriza flag near the Main River at midday, said she wanted to fight for democracy and social justice, and not only in Greece.
Greeks can’t get proper health care.
“The European finance ministers are brushing democracy to the side,” Mr. Tsianakas said.
Antagonism has been growing between Greece and Germany , Athens’s biggest European lender.
“Our battle in Greece is a battle for all Europeans,” Mr. Chondros told a cheering crowd of about 8,000 .
Antagonism has been growing between Greece and Germany, Athens’s biggest European lender.
Employees of the central bank began moving into the new headquarters, which cost about $ 1.27 billion , near the end of last year.
Away from downtown Frankfurt on a park-like site overlooking the Main River, the 600-foot -high tinted-glass tower is a more potent symbol of the central bank’s power than the generic gray high-rise in central Frankfurt that it previously occupied.
When the longtime ESPN anchor Stuart Scott quietly agreed to write a memoir last year, appendiceal cancer and chemotherapy were weakening him.
When the longtime ESPN anchor Stuart Scott quietly agreed to write a memoir last year, appendiceal cancer and chemotherapy were weakening him.
There was no assurance that he would survive until late May, when Blue Rider Press expected to publish his book, “Every Day I Fight.” So last fall, when Scott was in the midst of a hospitalization that lasted 75 days, a decision was made to advance the publication to early March.
There was no assurance that he would survive until late May, when Blue Rider Press expected to publish his book, “Every Day I Fight.”
David Rosenthal , the president and publisher of Blue Rider, a division of Penguin Random House, said, “If he had gone into remission, it would have been a wonderful miracle.”
But Scott died on Jan. 4 .
Seventeen days later, ESPN’s website carried an excerpt from the book, the existence of which was not widely known, even among some of Scott’s closest associates.
“I had no idea — no idea,” said Sage Steele , a friend of Scott’s and the host of ESPN’s “NBA Countdown” show.
David Rosenthal, the president and publisher of Blue Rider, a division of Penguin Random House , said, “If he had gone into remission, it would have been a wonderful miracle.”
Bids for demolition came in last week at nearly twice the price estimated by the design firm, Clark Patterson Lee , that Mr. Neuhaus and his allies have enlisted.
Instead of $3.9 million , as Clark Patterson predicted, the two bids topped $7.4 million and $7.7 million, The Times Herald-Record reported on Saturday.
Instead of $3.9 million, as Clark Patterson predicted, the two bids topped $7.4 million and $7.7 million , The Times Herald-Record reported on Saturday.
Officials backing demolition say that debates over the Rudolph center have gone on too long.
Bids for demolition came in last week at nearly twice the price estimated by the design firm, Clark Patterson Lee, that Mr. Neuhaus and his allies have enlisted.
Mr. Kohlberg rose through the ranks of the investment bank Bear Stearns, where he started working in 1955 .
Mr. Kohlberg rose through the ranks of the investment bank Bear Stearns, where he started working in 1955.
But he and two younger men whom he had mentored, Henry R. Kravis and George R. Roberts, eventually left in 1976 to form a new investment firm bearing their names.
But he and two younger men whom he had mentored, Henry R. Kravis and George R. Roberts, eventually left in 1976 to form a new investment firm bearing their names.
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company became a major force that set the tone for the buyout industry, particularly after it took over the tobacco and food conglomerate R.J.R. Nabisco — the deal made famous in the book “Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco,” by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, although Mr. Kohlberg left the firm a year before the deal was completed.
Yet Mr. Kohlberg and his protégés grew apart, separated by philosophies over corporate strategy and lifestyle .
Where Mr. Kravis and Mr. Roberts were willing to pursue large-scale, hostile takeovers, Mr. Kohlberg instead chose to focus on smaller deals, always on friendly terms.
By the time Mr. Kohlberg retired from the sector altogether in 1994 , the leveraged-buyout business — since renamed “private equity” — was on its path to becoming immense, eventually making billionaires of Mr. Kravis and Mr. Roberts, as well as rivals like Stephen A. Schwarzman of the Blackstone Group and David Rubenstein of the Carlyle Group.
By the time Mr. Kohlberg retired from the sector altogether in 1994, the leveraged-buyout business — since renamed “private equity” — was on its path to becoming immense, eventually making billionaires of Mr. Kravis and Mr. Roberts, as well as rivals like Stephen A. Schwarzman of the Blackstone Group and David Rubenstein of the Carlyle Group.
Where Mr. Kravis and Mr. Roberts were willing to pursue large-scale, hostile takeovers, Mr. Kohlberg instead chose to focus on smaller deals , always on friendly terms.
While at Bear Stearns, Mr. Kohlberg became the mentor of two promising Wall Street types, the cousins Mr. Kravis and Mr. Roberts, who quickly took to this form of deal-making.
While at Bear Stearns , Mr. Kohlberg became the mentor of two promising Wall Street types, the cousins Mr. Kravis and Mr. Roberts, who quickly took to this form of deal-making.
But others at the firm began to grumble about the three spending too much time away from bread-and-butter business of the firm, investment banking .
After an attempt to form a leveraged-buyout group within Bear Stearns was rejected, the three men struck out on their own.
With the help of eight investors, including Mr. Kravis’s father and Mr. Kohlberg’s $5 million nest egg, they set up Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Company in Midtown Manhattan.
Unable to come to an agreement on a role at the firm where he served as senior founding partner, Mr. Kohlberg left to form his own investment firm, Kohlberg & Company, in 1987 , with his son James as co-founder.
Unable to come to an agreement on a role at the firm where he served as senior founding partner, Mr. Kohlberg left to form his own investment firm, Kohlberg & Company, in 1987, with his son James as co-founder.
“We must all insist on ethical behavior or we will kill the golden goose,” Mr. Kohlberg said at his last investor conference at K.K.R. Kohlberg & Company has raised $5 billion from investors since its inception, having struck $10 billion worth of deals in its own right.
( James Kohlberg is a board member of The New York Times Company.)
“We must all insist on ethical behavior or we will kill the golden goose,” Mr. Kohlberg said at his last investor conference at K.K.R. Kohlberg & Company has raised $5 billion from investors since its inception, having struck $10 billion worth of deals in its own right.
Upon his retirement from Kohlberg & Company in 1994 , Jerome Kohlberg focused in large part on philanthropy, including efforts to provide education for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He also supported efforts to overhaul campaign finance laws , lending his backing to the McCain-Feingold legislation that passed in 2002.
Upon his retirement from Kohlberg & Company in 1994, Jerome Kohlberg focused in large part on philanthropy , including efforts to provide education for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He also supported efforts to overhaul campaign finance laws, lending his backing to the McCain-Feingold legislation that passed in 2002
He also supported efforts to overhaul campaign finance laws, lending his backing to the McCain-Feingold legislation that passed in 2002 .
“For a lot of first-generation students, it’s very hard for parents to understand how to help their child prepare for college expenses ,” said Basti Lopez, who emigrated with her parents from Mexico as a child and graduated from Irvine in May.
“For a lot of first-generation students, it’s very hard for parents to understand how to help their child prepare for college expenses,” said Basti Lopez , who emigrated with her parents from Mexico as a child and graduated from Irvine in May.
She had started at Santa Ana College , a two-year college, before applying to four-year colleges as a junior transfer.
She was admitted to Berkeley, Irvine and Santa Cruz and chose Irvine, both because of the financial-aid package and because it was closer to home .
She is now back working at Santa Ana, helping students with the transfer process, and she’s studying for the law-school admission exam , hoping to become an immigration lawyer.
Students like Ms. Lopez are one reason that Irvine’s student body includes more students with Pell grants than all eight colleges of the Ivy League combined.
The University of California ’s aggressive steps to recruit, admit, enroll and support low-income students are also crucial.
The University of California’s aggressive steps to recruit, admit, enroll and support low-income students are also crucial.
“It takes a lot of systematic effort,” Mr. Gillman , the Irvine chancellor, said.
Students like Ms. Lopez are one reason that Irvine’s student body includes more students with Pell grants than all eight colleges of the Ivy League combined.
With state funding declining, the University of California has been enrolling fewer in-state students (even as the population keeps growing) and a greater number of affluent students from other countries and states.
With state funding declining, the University of California has been enrolling fewer in-state students (even as the population keeps growing) and a greater number of affluent students from other countries and states.
All the while, a college education remains the most reliable ticket to the middle class and beyond.
The unemployment rate for college graduates is only 2.7 percent , and the pay gap between college graduates and everyone else is near a record high.
Outside California, the educational gap between rich and poor is much wider – and not narrowing very rapidly.
Through the decades, Mr. Ingrasselino would respond as a police officer and chief to a number of tragedies at the crossing, where Midland Avenue intersects with New Jersey Transit tracks at a sharp angle through his Bergen County town.
“It’s an accident that’s been happening, over and over .
“It’s not even an accident waiting to happen,” said Mr. Ingrasselino, who retired in 2012. “It’s an accident that’s been happening, over and over.
The grade crossing is, as it turns out, among the most dangerous in the country , according to a little-known metric devised by the Federal Railroad Administration called the “accident prediction value.”
The grade crossing is, as it turns out, among the most dangerous in the country, according to a little-known metric devised by the Federal Railroad Administration called the “accident prediction value.” The measure takes into account certain physical characteristics of crossings and recent accidents.
The Midland crossing has been the site of 29 accidents since 1975, according to the railroad agency’s data.
The Midland crossing has been the site of 29 accidents since 1975, according to the railroad agency’s data .
The Metro-North Railroad crash last week, in which six people were killed when a train plowed into a sport-utility vehicle at a grade crossing in Westchester County, N.Y., cast renewed attention on the constantly lurking danger posed by the mixing of cars, trains and human nature at the tens of thousands of rail crossings across the country.
Two people have been killed and six more injured.
Over the last week, reporters for The New York Times visited the 10 crossings that the railroad administration’s accident-prediction algorithm deems the most likely sites for crashes in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut — to examine their configurations and talk to people about the safety concerns.
But the 10 crossings, four in New Jersey and six on Long Island, examined by The Times are easily among the most hazardous in the country.
But the 10 crossings, four in New Jersey and six on Long Island, examined by The Times are easily among the most hazardous in the country.
But the 10 crossings, four in New Jersey and six on Long Island, examined by The Times are easily among the most hazardous in the country.
The Midland Avenue crossing currently has the eighth highest likelihood of a crash in the country.
The location with the highest accident prediction value in the country is in Ashdown, Ark. — a freight railroad crossing that has been the site of 19 accidents since 1975.
The site of the Metro-North crash, a less traveled crossing in Valhalla, N.Y ., where the last accident was a fatal collision in 1984, is rated nowhere near as dangerous but is still in the top fifth of the most potentially hazardous crossings in the New York City region.
The location with the highest accident prediction value in the country is in Ashdown, Ark. — a freight railroad crossing that has been the site of 19 accidents since 1975.
Commuter trains travel through densely populated areas at speeds as high as 80 miles per hour .
But some of the crossings The Times examined have problems that safety experts say can increase the chances of a collision, like roads and tracks meeting at harsh angles and traffic signals in proximity that, in heavy traffic, can contribute to drivers’ getting stuck on the tracks.
The less expensive safety measures — automatic gates , lights, bells and signs — are largely in place in the New York region.
After one Long Island Rail Road train passed through, heading east, the man and woman ducked underneath the crossing gate .
In Brentwood, N.Y ., on Monday, a couple on foot watched as the safety gate at the Washington Avenue crossing, one of the most dangerous in the region, lowered in front of them, its bells sounding and lights flashing.
“There’s another train coming !”
Over the last few years, employment has been growing and inflation has been low .
Yet there is one obvious factor that drives American living standards but risks being lost in this mix: wages .
But annual wage growth has been stuck at about 2 percent going on six years now.
Janet Yellen, the Fed chairwoman , happens to agree with many of these wage-conscious analysts on a wide range of other economic issues, raising the possibility the Fed might indeed move in this direction.
Ms. Yellen gave her answer in a recent speech in San Francisco : No.
Ms. Yellen ’s stance offers a reason to explain those benefits.
For example, the job market is not as tight as its current level of 5.5 percent unemployment suggests.
So here goes: The current unemployment rate is an unreliable indicator of the job market’s strength.
The unemployment rate has long informed Fed policy by signaling the extent of slack in the labor market , but in recent years, it has been biased down in this regard.
Indeed, Mr. Reed said he had been more warmly received in Europe where, in a series of recent shows, he explored the concept of the filmstrip in his paintings.
Mr. Reed is creating a work for Mr. Blum’s West 57th Street gallery — seven adjacent Technicolor canvases making a 42-foot-long horizontal piece that appears to extend through a wall and into Mr. Blum’s office.
Mr. Reed is creating a work for Mr. Blum ’s West 57th Street gallery — seven adjacent Technicolor canvases making a 42-foot-long horizontal piece that appears to extend through a wall and into Mr. Blum’s office.
Mr. Reed is creating a work for Mr. Blum’s West 57th Street gallery — seven adjacent Technicolor canvases making a 42-foot-long horizontal piece that appears to extend through a wall and into Mr. Blum’s office.
Painting is a long game — you need a lot of years.
“She has this extraordinary talent for distilling form, landscape, abstraction and color,” Mr. Kelly said. “ Her palette is very unusu al.
It has a lot to do with that great tradition of Belgian Northern European artists dealing with a quality of light.”
So he decided to give the artist her first solo show in the United States , traveling to Belgium recently to choose the paintings and watercolors for the exhibition, which opens Jan. 8 at his 10th Avenue gallery.
So he decided to give the artist her first solo show in the United States, traveling to Belgium recently to choose the paintings and watercolors for the exhibition, which opens Jan. 8 at his 10th Avenue gallery.
So he decided to give the artist her first solo show in the United States, traveling to Belgium recently to choose the paintings and watercolors for the exhibition, which opens Jan. 8 at his 10th Avenue gallery.
Darryl Dawkins , who arrived in professional basketball as a gigantic teenager and became one of the game’s fiercest dunkers and most notoriously lovable characters, a backboard-smashing, referee-dissing, fun-loving manchild known to fans as Chocolate Thunder from Planet Lovetron, died on Thursday in Allentown, Pa.
Darryl Dawkins, who arrived in professional basketball as a gigantic teenager and became one of the game’s fiercest dunkers and most notoriously lovable characters, a backboard-smashing, referee-dissing, fun-loving manchild known to fans as Chocolate Thunder from Planet Lovetron , died on Thursday in Allentown, Pa.
Robert Tyler , a family friend, said the apparent cause was heart failure.
Robert Tyler, a family friend, said the apparent cause was heart failure .
Selected as an 18-year-old from Orlando, Fla., by the Philadelphia 76ers as the fifth overall choice in the 1975 National Basketball Association draft, he became the first player to make the leap directly from high school to the N.B.A. (He was not the first high schooler to turn pro.
With a sculpted physique, inordinate strength and an unusually accurate jump shot for a man his size, Dawkins was expected to be a star in the league for years to come, drawing comparisons to Wilt Chamberlain .
But immature, not technically adept around the basket and resistant to the entreaties of his coaches, Gene Shue and later Billy Cunningham — “I was uncoachable,” he admitted years later — he began his career in the shadows of other N.B.A. big men like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bob Lanier and Wesley Unseld.
He was mischievous and flamboyant — he was known to wear an electric lime-green suit — and fond of rhyming and hyperbolic fantasy musings.
He was mischievous and flamboyant — he was known to wear an electric lime-green suit — and fond of rhyming and hyperbolic fantasy musings. (He invented the Planet Lovetron business when he was in high school.)
For his career, he averaged 12 points and 6.1 rebounds per game .
More notably, he led the league three times in personal fouls, testimony to his ferocious inside play (and possibly because the refs were never crazy about him ), and because he dunked so often and shot well from midrange, his career shooting percentage, .572, is the seventh highest in league history.
Darryl Dawkins was born in Orlando on Jan. 11, 1957 .
He led Maynard Evans High School in Orlando to the Florida state championship in 1975.
After his N.B.A. career ended, Dawkins played professionally in Italy and spent a year with the Harlem Globetrotters .
In recent years he coached professional teams in Winnipeg and in Allentown , where he met Janice Hoderman, who became his fourth wife in 2001.
In addition to his wife, his survivors include their son, Nicholas, and daughter, Alexis; a stepdaughter, Tabitha; a daughter from a previous marriage, Dara; his mother; and several siblings .
In recent years he coached professional teams in Winnipeg and in Allentown, where he met Janice Hoderman, who became his fourth wife in 2001 .
In recent years he coached professional teams in Winnipeg and in Allentown, where he met Janice Hoderman , who became his fourth wife in 2001.
“ The first one was an accident, but I wanted to see if I could do it again when I got back to Philadelphia, ” Dawkins recalled in the 2004 Times interview, referring to his most smashingly spectacular dunks.
“All the fans were hollering, ‘You’ve got to do one for the home crowd,’ so I went ahead and brought it down.
“The first one was an accident, but I wanted to see if I could do it again when I got back to Philadelphia,” Dawkins recalled in the 2004 Times interview, referring to his most smashingly spectacular dunks.
Not long after Dawkins’s backboard-shattering spree, the league introduced the so-called breakaway rim, which yields to downward pressure and then snaps back to the horizontal, minimizing the potential for destruction. “The first one was an accident, but I wanted to see if I could do it again when I got back to Philadelphia,” Dawkins recalled in the 2004 Times interview, referring to his most smashingly spectacular dunks.
“But it’s kind of cool to say you have your own TV show and you’re part of a TV show.” Showtime has shown Notre Dame in a positive light, though Kelly was not happy that it carried a teaser of him telling the team that tackle Ronnie Stanley was unable to accept being a captain.
The scene was not included in the program, and Stanley later revealed that he could not accept because of parking violations .
He also said that Showtime had worked with the university on story lines and on putting the show together and that it retained control over the program’s content.
Viewers have seen some lows, including the raw emotion of quarterback Malik Zaire after he broke his ankle , ending his season.
Espinoza said the network also understood it was about student-athletes and did not want to embarrass anyone.
Viewers have watched linebacker Jaylon Smith bowling, receiver Corey Robinson playing the ukulele and singing and Day and cornerback Cole Luke coaching a women’s flag-football team.
Viewers have watched linebacker Jaylon Smith bowling, receiver Corey Robinson playing the ukulele and singing and Day and cornerback Cole Luke coaching a women’s flag-football team.
Espinoza said the network was pleased with the weekly 30-minute show .
The first three episodes averaged 663,000 viewers across all platforms.
That compares favorably with Showtime’s most popular sports series, “ Inside the NFL ,” and the show is the third-most-watched program through its streaming service, Espinoza said.
In the last 15 months , Uber and Lyft have introduced shared rides in Austin, Boston, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington through UberPool and Lyft Line.
In the last 15 months, Uber and Lyft have introduced shared rides in Austin, Boston, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington through UberPool and Lyft Line.
In the last 15 months, Uber and Lyft have introduced shared rides in Austin, Boston, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington through UberPool and Lyft Line .
Via (sections of Manhattan only) Bridj (rush hours in Boston and Washington) and Carma , which also runs in Chicago, Houston, San Diego and Seattle, also compete.
“They’re very specific to niche transportation needs,” said Tony Dutzik, a senior policy analyst at the Frontier Group, a research company in Boston.
About 76 percent of people who traveled to work drove alone in 2013, according to the report.
According to a report released by the Census Bureau in August, car-pooling fell to a low of just over 9 percent in 2013, the last year for which figures are available, from nearly 20 percent in 1980.
According to a report released by the Census Bureau in August, car-pooling fell to a low of just over 9 percent in 2013, the last year for which figures are available, from nearly 20 percent in 1980.
The new services come after a long decline of car-pooling .
Christopher Koopman, a research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University , gained firsthand experience in the sharing economy.
Bridj , however, said it had plans to enter Kansas City early next year in a partnership with the city.
“Employment clusters are less geographically concentrated than they once were, so people who live near one another are less likely to be headed in the same direction,” Brian McKenzie , the author of the Census Bureau report, wrote in an email.
“Employment clusters are less geographically concentrated than they once were, so people who live near one another are less likely to be headed in the same direction,” Brian McKenzie, the author of the Census Bureau report, wrote in an email .
“There are only a handful of cities where people live and work along densely populated corridors,” Mr. Schwieterman said.
Still, smartphones have presented a more efficient way to organize commuters based on where they live and work.
No deaths were reported, but as of Sunday evening, 498 people had been sent to 43 area hospitals, with 202 sustaining serious injuries, according to the website of the Public Health Department of New Taipei City, where the incident took place, outside of Taipei.
No deaths were reported, but as of Sunday evening, 498 people had been sent to 43 area hospitals, with 202 sustaining serious injuries, according to the website of the Public Health Department of New Taipei City, where the incident took place, outside of Taipei.
No deaths were reported, but as of Sunday evening, 498 people had been sent to 43 area hospitals, with 202 sustaining serious injuries, according to the website of the Public Health Department of New Taipei City , where the incident took place, outside of Taipei.
No deaths were reported, but as of Sunday evening, 498 people had been sent to 43 area hospitals, with 202 sustaining serious injuries, according to the website of the Public Health Department of New Taipei City, where the incident took place, outside of Taipei.
No deaths were reported, but as of Sunday evening, 498 people had been sent to 43 area hospitals, with 202 sustaining serious injuries, according to the website of the Public Health Department of New Taipei City, where the incident took place, outside of Taipei.
Video taken at the scene showed the flames erupting within the crowd at the event — called Color Play Asia and organized by a group using the same name — about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, after nightfall.
Video taken at the scene showed the flames erupting within the crowd at the event — called Color Play Asia and organized by a group using the same name — about 8:30 p.m .
Video taken at the scene showed the flames erupting within the crowd at the event — called Color Play Asia and organized by a group using the same name — about 8:30 p.m. on Saturday , after nightfall.
The victims were mostly from Taiwan, but among the injured were four people from Hong Kong, one person from the United States, one from Singapore, one from Japan, one from Macau and one from Malaysia, according to the local public health department.
The victims were mostly from Taiwan, but among the injured were four people from Hong Kong, one person from the United States, one from Singapore, one from Japan, one from Macau and one from Malaysia, according to the local public health department.
a Geneva -based testing, inspection and verification company.
a Geneva-based testing, inspection and verification company.
No one from SGS was immediately available to comment on whether Color Play Asia’s products had received certification and whether that process also included tests for flammability.
On Sunday, Color Play Asia’s Facebook page was filled with comments expressing outrage that the event could have so quickly turned into an inferno.
Ms. Clyne is at work on a chamber opera about the poet Emily Dickinson , parts of which will be performed at Miller by the Ensemble Signal under the direction of Brad Lubman.
Ms. Clyne is at work on a chamber opera about the poet Emily Dickinson, parts of which will be performed at Miller by the Ensemble Signal under the direction of Brad Lubman .
This time, Ms. Clyne used facsimiles of letters by Dickinson to jump-start the creative process, projecting her handwriting onto a wall and retracing the magnified letters with an indelible marker.
But there is a distinct sense of shape and momentum to her music that grows out of a creative process rooted in image and movement .
Ms. Clyne is at work on a chamber opera about the poet Emily Dickinson, parts of which will be performed at Miller by the Ensemble Signal under the direction of Brad Lubman.
Ms. Clyne’s attention to craft across different media is all the more noteworthy because she started out as a composer of electronic music — an intangible art form.
Ms. Clyne, who was born in London, spoke about her creative process during a recent interview over tea and McVitie’s biscuits in her sunlit apartment in Brooklyn .
Ms. Clyne, who was born in London , spoke about her creative process during a recent interview over tea and McVitie’s biscuits in her sunlit apartment in Brooklyn.
The Miller program includes “Fits and Starts,” for solo cello and electronics, which she wrote for the choreographer Kitty McNamee and in which an increasingly lyrical and impassioned cello line coalesces out of skittish and distorted beginnings.
It has great shape to it.”
On her computer are drafts for a work for chamber ensemble and taped spoken word, featuring the voice of John Cage.
On the desk are a pair of headphones , which Ms. Clyne will wear to listen to draft versions of her piece while walking, gesturing, dancing through the room.
“I’ll put this on and not look at the score and just move to see if it feels right .”
She’s not a dancer any more than she is a painter, and said she would be “ mortified ” if anyone saw her doing it.
The feature, which is updated monthly, has had 56,000 visits since it made its debut in October.
The feature, which is updated monthly , has had 56,000 visits since it made its debut in October.
While the department’s options are limited when it comes to soliciting bids, Mr. Silver did say that he planned to bundle several smaller projects into one — five Brooklyn dog runs, for example.
The feature, which is updated monthly, has had 56,000 visits since it made its debut in October .
In June, the advocacy group New Yorkers for Parks released a critical report comparing the management of capital projects by the parks department with that of other public agencies.
No fewer than six city agencies get involved in bidding.
While Mr. Silver questioned the fairness of some of the comparisons, he nonetheless said that the slow pace of construction would be a chief focus of his first year as commissioner.
Last month, the group invited Mr. Silver to speak to 650 residents assembled at St. Barbara’s Church in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Tupper Thomas , executive director of New Yorkers for Parks, called the changes “a great start.”
Mr. Lander allotted $ 225,000 toward the project in 2010.
The dog run, in Carroll Gardens , finally opened last summer, with new benches, fountains with spouts and a bone-shape dog pool.
Such was the case in Councilman Brad Lander’s district, in Brooklyn, where a dog run near DiMattina Playground limped along for years.
Now he has his eye on another park project: the $ 2.75 million renovation of Dome Playground, on the border of Kensington and Borough Park.
The parks department held a meeting to solicit ideas in early 2011 ; construction began last week — four years later.
DAKAR, Senegal —  The Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram on Friday morning struck across Nigeria’s border into Niger for the first time, broadening the regional conflict to a fourth country in West Africa.
DAKAR, Senegal —  The Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram on Friday morning struck across Nigeria’s border into Niger for the first time, broadening the regional conflict to a fourth country in West Africa.
DAKAR, Senegal —  The Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram on Friday morning struck across Nigeria’s border into Niger for the first time, broadening the regional conflict to a fourth country in West Africa.
DAKAR, Senegal —  The Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram on Friday morning struck across Nigeria’s border into Niger for the first time, broadening the regional conflict to a fourth country in West Africa .
DAKAR, Senegal —  The Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram on Friday morning struck across Nigeria’s border into Niger for the first time, broadening the regional conflict to a fourth country in West Africa.
Boko Haram fighters crossed the Komadougou River separating Nigeria from Niger and attacked Bosso, a remote town that is a local seat of government with an open-air market that has been sheltering thousands of refugees from the conflict.
Boko Haram fighters crossed the Komadougou River separating Nigeria from Niger and attacked Bosso , a remote town that is a local seat of government with an open-air market that has been sheltering thousands of refugees from the conflict.
Boko Haram fighters crossed the Komadougou River separating Nigeria from Niger and attacked Bosso, a remote town that is a local seat of government with an open-air market that has been sheltering thousands of refugees from the conflict.
An army officer in Niger said the fighters were pushed back after at least three hours of combat.
Speaking from Niamey, the capital, the officer said all the Boko Haram fighters who entered Bosso were killed .
“We are in control of the situation,” said the army officer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly .
“People heard gunfire and went home.”
“Anybody who entered the town, nobody came out alive ,” the officer said.
“People heard gunfire and went home. ” Niger’s army has troops based in Bosso, at the edge of the area of recent fighting with Boko Haram.
An army detachment is always posted at the river’s shallowest point, which can be easily crossed.
And if the fireplace is nonfunctional, “you should take that into account in determining how much you want to invest,” Ms. Smith said, because some buyers may prefer to use the space for something else, like built-in bookshelves .
However, if the rest of your home is in good shape and has an up-to-date look, and you have a working fireplace, an outdated surround needs attention. “ The mantel serves as a center-point of the home, and you usually design a room around it,” said Joan Enger, owner of J. Patryce Design, in Hoboken, N.J.
“Most people like the idea of a fireplace, even if they barely use it,” said Sandra Smith, a real estate salesperson at Compass , in Manhattan.
“The mantel serves as a center-point of the home, and you usually design a room around it,” said Joan Enger, owner of J. Patryce Design, in Hoboken, N.J.
“The mantel serves as a center-point of the home, and you usually design a room around it,” said Joan Enger, owner of J. Patryce Design, in Hoboken, N.J. “So it has to be right.”
Ms. Enger built a clean-lined limestone mantel for a spec house in Hoboken that she and her husband sold last May , she said, and it became one of the home’s most talked-about selling features.
Ms. Enger built a clean-lined limestone mantel for a spec house in Hoboken that she and her husband sold last May, she said, and it became one of the home’s most talked-about selling features.
Ms. Enger built a clean-lined limestone mantel for a spec house in Hoboken that she and her husband sold last May, she said, and it became one of the home’s most talked-about selling features.
But if the brick is an integral part of the wall, a cover-up job may be required .
If you’re aiming for all-out luxury, you might consider installing a custom stone surround.
After a cursory, but necessary, explanation from one of the chefs, we all tucked into fresh tortellini stuffed with eggplant and pickled onion in an Iranian lemon bouillon with chunks of orange-hued Mimolette cheese.
This was followed by a flavorful herb-marinated beef carpaccio sprinkled with crushed peanuts, pickled cucumber and veils of radishes, then a buttery-smooth monkfish tail with maki rice chips and ginger-sautéed broccoli purée.
This was followed by a flavorful herb-marinated beef carpaccio sprinkled with crushed peanuts, pickled cucumber and veils of radishes , then a buttery-smooth monkfish tail with maki rice chips and ginger-sautéed broccoli purée.
Sesame ice cream crowned with crumbled hazelnuts and fresh figs ended the meal.
Going against the local grain, the wine offering is a careful edit of foreign producers .
Madonna was perfectly turned out and running nearly an hour late for an interview at her Upper East Side home on Wednesday evening.
She added that she has been in a rush since December, when a hacker put unfinished songs online from her new album, “Rebel Heart”; a suspect has been indicted in Israel .
She added that she has been in a rush since December, when a hacker put unfinished songs online from her new album, “Rebel Heart” ; a suspect has been indicted in Israel.
She also worked frantically to finish the rest of the album , which arrives on Tuesday.
It’s at once familiar — full of love, dancing, empowerment, blasphemy and raunch — and up-to-the-minute, made with a huge number of collaborators and tweaked by multiple hands under Madonna’s constant supervision.
She continued: “What started out as an invigorating, life-enhancing, joyous experience evolved into something quite crazy .
Instant success and instant failure. Instant discovery, instant destruction, instant construction. It’s as splendid and wonderful as it is devastating.
We spoke in her sitting room , where a Fernand Léger painting presides from above the fireplace.
We spoke in her sitting room, where a Fernand Léger painting presides from above the fireplace.
A large coffee table was neatly stacked with books and folders of photographs that Madonna has been using for research as she works on the screenplay for her next film project, based on the novel “The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells. ” Imposing cream-colored couches flanked the coffee table, but Madonna preferred sitting on the floor.
But Madonna insisted on collaborating in what she called her “old-fashioned” way — not handing off tracks to be polished for later approval, but shaping them in person.
Don’t you want to go make some calls?’ ” Toby Gad , a producer who has also written with Beyoncé, worked on 14 songs with Madonna; seven, including “Joan of Arc” and “Living for Love,” reached the album.
Toby Gad, a producer who has also written with Beyoncé, worked on 14 songs with Madonna; seven, including “Joan of Arc” and “Living for Love, ” reached the album.
“ The first week she was quite intimidating, ” he said.
But she also likes honest, harsh critics to say things as they are .
Three years ago, she opened an old trunk in the attic of a family country house to rediscover the forgotten archives of her great uncles, John and Robert Rubel .
Ms. Mizrahi-Rubel, 51, who is based in Paris, was trained in working with diamonds and precious colored stones by her grandfather, the well-known diamond specialist Marcel Rubel.
Ms. Mizrahi-Rubel, 51, who is based in Paris, was trained in working with diamonds and precious colored stones by her grandfather, the well-known diamond specialist Marcel Rubel.
Three years ago, she opened an old trunk in the attic of a family country house to rediscover the forgotten archives of her great uncles, John and Robert Rubel.
Her 20-year career has been built on collaborations with such top French jewelers as Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels and Boucheron .
Since finding her grand uncles’ archives, Ms. Mizrahi-Rubel has been working on designs and is now reviving the John Rubel brand with the collection La Bohème.
Inspired by the shapes and bold colors of Rubel Frères style, the 18 pieces in the collection are made of diamonds, rubies, emeralds, blue and pink sapphires and blue-green tourmalines.
Since finding her grand uncles’ archives, Ms. Mizrahi-Rubel has been working on designs and is now reviving the John Rubel brand with the collection La Bohème .
John Rubel’s Modernist-style Rouleau bracelet of curved gold and blue and pink sapphires inspired Ms. Mizrahi-Rubel’s Ginger ring, named for Ginger Rogers , which the buyer can have pavéd with diamonds, emeralds, or sapphires.
The Mozambique ruby and diamond ring, named La Divine , was derived from Rubel’s Undersea Flower clip of turquoises, rubies and diamonds.
They flirted awkwardly at a conference in Amman, Jordan, where they met in 2011.
Their mobile phones both had the Backstreet Boys song with the lyrics: “I don’t care who you are/Where you’re from/Or what you did/As long as you love me.” They got engaged, exchanging rings and completing a contract to marry in an Islamic court.
They got engaged, exchanging rings and completing a contract to marry in an Islam ic court.
Romance is not among the humanitarian reasons for which Israel allows Palestinians to travel from here to there.
Ms. Shurrab says she is focusing her appeals on Mr. Abbas , not Israel, because “he’s responsible for the Palestinian people.”
Nabil Abu Rudeineh , Mr. Abbas’s spokesman, did not return a text message.
Xavier Abu Eid of the Palestine Liberation Organization, which Mr. Abbas also heads, said in an email that the couple was in “an awful situation that reflects the nightmare that thousands of Palestinian families have due to Israeli apartheid policies,” which “have been dramatically radicalized in the last few years.”
Ms. Shurrab says she is focusing her appeals on Mr. Abbas, not Israel, because “he’s responsible for the Palestinian people.” She imagines that Palestinian officials could somehow intervene on her behalf since they coordinate with Israel on security issues.
The demographic shift is more pressing in Europe than almost any other major region, save Japan.
There are an estimated 28 Europeans 65 or older for every 100 residents ages 20 to 64, almost twice the world average, according to the United Nations, and compared with 24.7 for the United States.
By the end of the century, the United Nations expects the European figure to double .
The demographic shift is more pressing in Europe than almost any other major region, save Japan .
Others see disaster ahead, because with fewer workers and more retirees, the active work force faces an increased burden to sustain social programs.
Declining birthrates can also lead to labor shortages, and Germany has faced a gap in skilled labor.
Declining birthrates can also lead to labor shortages, and Germany has faced a gap in skilled labor.
Productivity gains over time, though, can make up for such population stresses.
But that is hardly an issue now for much of Europe, which is mired in high unemployment .
As part of its remarkable journey toward democracy, Tunisia has embarked on a painful reckoning with its past.
As part of its remarkable journey toward democracy , Tunisia has embarked on a painful reckoning with its past.
Since last year, its Truth and Dignity Commission, created by constitutional mandate in 2013, has been collecting harrowing accounts of torture suffered by thousands of Tunisians over nearly six decades, primarily under the regimes of the dictators Habib Bourguiba and Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
Since last year, its Truth and Dignity Commission, created by constitutional mandate in 2013, has been collecting harrowing accounts of torture suffered by thousands of Tunisians over nearly six decades, primarily under the regimes of the dictators Habib Bourguiba and Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
Such a report may suggest that I.S.S. is biased in favor of the activist hedge funds , but this statistic may not be truly surprising because hedge funds tend to pick struggling targets.
Such a report may suggest that I.S.S. is biased in favor of the activist hedge funds, but this statistic may not be truly surprising because hedge funds tend to pick struggling targets .
What is unusual about the recommendation is something I.S.S. acknowledged in its report: that DuPont is “not a broken company.”
The significance of the I.S.S. decision was perhaps best put by Martin Lipton of the law firm Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz .
The significance of the I.S.S. decision was perhaps best put by Martin Lipton of the law firm Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz.
Trian, which has invested $1.7 billion in DuPont, disputes this and is putting forth an equally vigorous case that DuPont has underperformed.
According to Trian, DuPont has repeatedly missed its long-term earnings targets .
It also notes that the company’s 2015 earnings per share are expected to be below its 2011 numbers.
Trian also claims that DuPont has bloated costs in both administrative and research and development efforts , as well as bad corporate governance practices.
DuPont’s acquisition of Danisco was a “disaster,” and DuPont left about $6 billion on the table in the sale of its performance coatings business, Trian said.
Under this measurement, I.S.S. found that DuPont’s growth margin based on earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization was only 0.5 percent for each year over seven years.
Under this measurement, I.S.S. found that DuPont’s growth margin based on earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization was only 0.5 percent for each year over seven years .
I.S.S. also seemed to base its recommendation on Trian’s assertions that DuPont had excessive costs and governance issues , but the low margin growth seemed to be I.S.S.’s chief concern.
I.S.S. also seemed to base its recommendation on Trian’s assertions that DuPont had excessive costs and governance issues, but the low margin growth seemed to be I.S.S.’s chief concern.
Depending on the measurement period, DuPont is either a growth machine or a laggard .
Like any large corporation, or any person frankly, DuPont could use some cleaning up .
As a result, the company is selling its hospitality businesses like Hotel du Pont, the DuPont Country Club and the DuPont Theatre (which was recently renamed).
As a result, the company is selling its hospitality businesses like Hotel du Pont, the DuPont Country Club and the DuPont Theatre (which was recently renamed).
The chemical business is also being spun off into a new company called Chemours .
For DuPont, it is likely to be a problem because they suspect Mr. Peltz is a Trojan horse who will push to break up the company into three once he is inside the boardroom.
The May 13 investor vote is fast approaching.
Some 30 percent of DuPont’s shareholder base is made up of retail investors, many of whom may cast votes (but like much of the American electorate, probably won’t).
This leaves DuPont’s fate to be decided by the mutual funds .
Until the I.S.S. report, DuPont seemed to be on an upward track; now, it is hard to say whether the company will win.
In truth, a settlement is still the logical course – it’s a fact of life these days, as Mr. Lipton points out.
She graduated cum laude from Colby College .
She is the daughter of Nina Lawson and Thomas E. Lawson of Quogue.
The bride’s father retired as a managing partner in Arnold Worldwide, a Boston advertising agency.
Her mother is a counselor at Camp Good Grief , a summer camp in Westhampton Beach, N.Y., for grieving children.
The bride’s father retired as a managing partner in Arnold Worldwide, a Boston advertising agency.
Brigid Graham Abraham and Michael Alexander Hensley were married Friday at the St. Brigid Church in Peapack, N.J. Msgr.
The bride, 30, and groom, 31, met at Pickard Chilton , an architecture firm in New Haven, where she is an archivist and he is an architect.
Brigid Graham Abraham and Michael Alexander Hensley were married Friday at the St. Brigid Church in Peapack, N.J .
The bride graduated from Barnard College and received a master's degree in library and information sciences from Rutgers.
The bride’s father is a pediatrician at Somerset Pediatric Group in Warren, N.J.
In a report released Monday, Jennifer M. Joyce, the circuit attorney for St. Louis, found that Mr. Myers “produced a gun” during the encounter with the officer, Jason Flanery , who was working an off-duty security detail for a private company.
Police had said Mr. Myers, 18, who was black, shot a stolen handgun before Officer Flanery, who is white, returned fire.
Protesters marched for several nights after the shooting, and some drew parallels between Mr. Myers’s death and that of Mr. Brown , an unarmed black 18-year-old shot by a white Ferguson officer in August.
Mr. Myers’s family disputed the police account and insisted that he had been unarmed .
In a report released Monday, Jennifer M. Joyce, the circuit attorney for St. Louis, found that Mr. Myers “produced a gun” during the encounter with the officer, Jason Flanery, who was working an off-duty security detail for a private company .
An article on Wednesday about a vote by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to change its definition of marriage to include same-sex marriage misstated the membership of the United Methodist Church.
An article on Wednesday about a vote by the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) to change its definition of marriage to include same-sex marriage misstated the membership of the United Methodist Church.
It is 12.8 million worldwide — not 5.5 million , which is the number outside the United States.
It is 12.8 million worldwide — not 5.5 million, which is the number outside the United States.
It is 12.8 million worldwide — not 5.5 million, which is the number outside the United States.
An article on Wednesday about Diana Taurasi ’s experiences playing professional basketball in Yekaterinburg, Russia, misidentified the church there that is built over the cellar where the Romanovs were assassinated.
It is the Church on Blood in Honor of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land — not the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood, which is in St. Petersburg.
An article on Wednesday about Diana Taurasi’s experiences playing professional basketball in Yekaterinburg, Russia, misidentified the church there that is built over the cellar where the Romanovs were assassinated.
They are the Kitchen and Performance Space 122 .
It is the Church on Blood in Honor of All Saints Resplendent in the Russian Land — not the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood , which is in St. Petersburg.
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THE DREAMERS (2004) Louis Garrel (top), Eva Green (center) and Michael Pitt (above) portray the points of a photogenic triangle in this drama from Bernardo Bertolucci (“Last Tango in Paris”) about an American who befriends French twins in Paris during the 1968 student riots.
This adaptation of Gilbert Adair’s novel “The Holy Innocents” is “disarmingly sweet and completely enchanting,” A. O. Scott wrote in The New York Times .
8:30 P.M. (TV5Monde) ELLES ÉTAIENT EN GUERRE (1914-18) Nathalie Baye narrates this 2014 French documentary, which examines World War I from the perspective of Marie Curie, Edith Wharton, Mata Hari, Rosa Luxemburg and Louise Bodin.
Nathalie Baye narrates this 2014 French documentary, which examines World War I from the perspective of Marie Curie, Edith Wharton, Mata Hari, Rosa Luxemburg and Louise Bodin.
9 P.M. ( Fox ) EMPIRE Cookie (Taraji P. Henson, left) declares war when she learns how Anika (Grace Gealey) back-stabbed her.
9 P.M. (ABC) MODERN FAMILY Jay (Ed O’Neill) and Claire (Julie Bowen) have creative differences when they shoot a commercial for Pritchett Closets in response to their competitor’s clever advertisement.
Phil ( Ty Burrell ), Manny (Rico Rodriguez) and Luke (Nolan Gould) set out to destroy the drone used by a neighbor to spy on Gloria (Sofia Vergara) as she sunbathes.
9 P.M. (Fox) EMPIRE Cookie (Taraji P. Henson, left) declares war when she learns how Anika (Grace Gealey) back-stabbed her.
And the Lyon sons go to extremes to save Empire Entertainment .
Maybe the sun wasn’t really powered by fusion .
a black hole lurking inside.
Maybe the sun wasn’t really powered by fusion.
By the time I met Dr. McDonald , theorists had rallied around a less radical thought.
Third, Begley makes no mention of the many complex attempts by Polish gentiles to come to terms with the country’s responsibility , which would include the novels of Jerzy Andrzejewski and Andrzej Szczypiorski and films by Andrzej Wajda, Jerzy Kawalerowicz and Wanda Jakubowska.
There is also a great deal of important historical work by Poles on the Holocaust, some of which is now available in English.
There is also a great deal of important historical work by Poles on the Holocaust, some of which is now available in English .
Many countries involved in the Holocaust acknowledged their collective responsibility only after considerable delay: France did not begin to question its myth of heroic Resistance until the 1980s and 1990s.
In “Letters to Véra” every incidental character — including those whom even the memorious Nabokov might not have recalled years later, and whose years of birth and death he would hardly ever have known, and who played no role worth mention in even a voluminous biography — would be identified, if possible, and usually by Voronina.
In “Letters to Véra” every incidental character — including those whom even the memorious Nabokov might not have recalled years later, and whose years of birth and death he would hardly ever have known, and who played no role worth mention in even a voluminous biography — would be identified, if possible, and usually by Voronina .
She also solicited the aid of other Russian scholars , especially the chess master and logodaedalist Gennady Barabtarlo, who helped solve the riddles Vladimir posed for Véra.
She also solicited the aid of other Russian scholars, especially the chess master and logodaedalist Gennady Barabtarlo, who helped solve the riddles Vladimir posed for Véra.
She also solicited the aid of other Russian scholars, especially the chess master and logodaedalist Gennady Barabtarlo, who helped solve the riddles Vladimir posed for Véra .
To Dine: Three Racines Chefs Unite for One Dinner The Racines NY restaurant and wine bar that opened last year in TriBeCa, is actually the third in a group: the other two restaurants, Racines and Racines 2, are in Paris .
Now chefs from all three restaurants, Frédéric Duca, Renaud Marcille and Alexandre Navarro, will cooperate on a dinner “for six hands” in New York .
The meal will consist of eight courses, including lobster ravioli, beef with shaved winter roots, and pineapple with coconut cream: Six Hands Dinner, $115, March 26, Racines NY, 94 Chambers Street (Church Street), 212-227-3400, racinesny.com.
The meal will consist of eight courses, including lobster ravioli, beef with shaved winter roots, and pineapple with coconut cream: Six Hands Dinner, $115 , March 26, Racines NY, 94 Chambers Street (Church Street), 212-227-3400, racinesny.com.
The meal will consist of eight courses, including lobster ravioli, beef with shaved winter roots, and pineapple with coconut cream : Six Hands Dinner, $115, March 26, Racines NY, 94 Chambers Street (Church Street), 212-227-3400, racinesny.com.
Already, Citizens United, a conservative advocacy group, has made 16 appeals under the Freedom of Information Act for State Department correspondence mostly related to Mrs. Clinton and foundation donors.
That correspondence, if it exists, would most likely have taken place on Mrs. Clinton’s private email address , putting its accessibility — to journalists, scholars or political adversaries — in doubt.
Reports of Mrs. Clinton’s use of only a private email account while she was secretary of state, meanwhile, have cast a new light on efforts by outside groups to obtain access to her correspondence with the Clinton Foundation during her tenure at the State Department — about donations or anything else.
Reports of Mrs. Clinton’s use of only a private email account while she was secretary of state, meanwhile, have cast a new light on efforts by outside groups to obtain access to her correspondence with the Clinton Foundation during her tenure at the State Department — about donations or anything else.
That correspondence, if it exists, would most likely have taken place on Mrs. Clinton’s private email address, putting its accessibility — to journalists, scholars or political adversaries — in doubt.
The donations from countries with poor records on women’s rights , however, presented a difficult appearance problem for a candidate running in part as the embodiment of women’s aspirations to equality.
The donations from countries with poor records on women’s rights, however, presented a difficult appearance problem for a candidate running in part as the embodiment of women’s aspirations to equality .
“It’s a perfect example of the conflict of interest here,” said Richard W. Painter , a White House ethics lawyer under President George W. Bush.
Mrs. Clinton’s ramp-up to a candidacy built around women’s issues continues in New York on Monday, when she and the philanthropist Melinda Gates unveil the “No Ceilings” report.
The next day, Mrs. Clinton will be the keynote speaker at a United Nations gathering on women’s empowerment .
And I grew up in these two different cultural households .
My dad’s household was all white, and my mother and my two older sisters are black. I’m the only one who’s biracial.
My dad’s household was working-class , but there was always food on the table.
I’m the only one who’s biracial .
Someone had been stealing from the cubbies in our classroom, and so I organized a couple of my classmates and we started the Star Detective Group .
When I got to junior high, I organized a walkout from the school to protest the first Iraq war .
But I also got it endorsed by the teachers, because I was never too much of a rebel .
I also learned resilience from my mother .
To be an effective leader, you can’t be conflict-averse .
That’s been my biggest surprise in business .
It’s about being direct and honest but constructive, and calling out the elephants in the room. Let’s talk about it and find a way forward.
I wasn’t expecting how many people in leadership positions and in very senior managerial positions are averse to conflict.
I typically just start off asking a little bit about how they spent their weekend or something that helps me understand them as a person. From a professional standpoint, I’m looking for people who are curious but who also have a point of view, and so I’ll often ask questions to see if people will give me a specific point of view on an issue, usually within our field.
They’re afraid to be wrong , and I don’t want people to be afraid to be wrong.
From a professional standpoint, I’m looking for people who are curious but who also have a point of view , and so I’ll often ask questions to see if people will give me a specific point of view on an issue, usually within our field.
I want to see someone who’s constantly thinking and asking questions and wanting to learn more.
Persuade Tim Duncan not to retire?
Bring back Danny Green on a below-market contract?
Dwight Howard , once a league darling, has faded, but the team could play more well-rounded basketball this season after adding Ty Lawson.
James Harden may have been robbed of a Most Valuable Player Award, regardless of how good Stephen Curry’s team was, but the Houston Rockets were a bit of a mirage, offering little beyond the bearded bon vivant.
Get the league’s top free-agent prize in LaMarcus Aldridge ?
ROME —  Catholics should not try to convert Jews , but should work together with them to fight anti-Semitism, the Vatican said on Thursday in a far-reaching document meant to solidify its increasingly positive relations with Jews.
Despite a long history of mutual suspicion and conflict, Christianity and Judaism are deeply intertwined, and Christians should treat the subject of the Holocaust with sensitivity and repel any anti-Semitic tendencies, the Vatican wrote.
Despite a long history of mutual suspicion and conflict, Christianity and Judaism are deeply intertwined, and Christians should treat the subject of the Holocaust with sensitivity and repel any anti-Semitic tendencies, the Vatican wrote.
Analysts said the language in the document seemed intended to put the issue to rest .
ROME —  Catholics should not try to convert Jews , but should work together with them to fight anti-Semitism, the Vatican said on Thursday in a far-reaching document meant to solidify its increasingly positive relations with Jews.
“It clearly states that salvation doesn’t come from the Jews’ conversion, but it’s very respectful of their own mission,” said Alberto Melloni, the director of a liberal Catholic research institution , the John XXIII Foundation for Religious Studies in Bologna.
Coming 50 years after the Vatican formally repudiated the idea of collective Jewish guilt for Jesus’ death, the document emphasized the tight and inescapable link between Christianity and Judaism .
“A Christian can never be an anti-Semite , especially because of the Jewish roots of Christianity,” it stated.
Jewish leaders praised the document and the way that Catholic-Jewish relations had progressed .
Router manufacturers have more recently improved Wi-Fi technology with mobile devices in mind , said Mr. Fraser.
Router manufacturers have more recently improved Wi-Fi technology with mobile devices in mind, said Mr. Fraser.
New routers often include smarter antennas that do a better job of assembling signals and beaming energy toward devices that are moving around .
Consumer behavior is also to blame for Wi-Fi headaches.
An outdated router becomes a bottleneck that hinders the speeds of web downloads and file transfers between connected devices .
Not only can a newer router improve the speed and range for users , the routers typically have upgraded internal components and strong external antennas.
Not only can a newer router improve the speed and range for users, the routers typically have upgraded internal components and strong external antennas .
Many also support the latest Wi-Fi standard — 802.11ac — which has top speeds that are nearly three times faster than the previous standard, 802.11n, for the fastest wireless devices you can buy today.
Many also support the latest Wi-Fi standard — 802.11ac — which has top speeds that are nearly three times faster than the previous standard, 802.11n , for the fastest wireless devices you can buy today.
For these tests, The Wirecutter used two routers: its top 802.11ac router recommendation, TP-Link’s Archer C7, and an older 802.11n router, Netgear’s WNDR3700.
For these tests , The Wirecutter used two routers: its top 802.11ac router recommendation, TP-Link’s Archer C7, and an older 802.11n router, Netgear’s WNDR3700.
For these tests, The Wirecutter used two routers: its top 802.11ac router recommendation, TP-Link’s Archer C7 , and an older 802.11n router, Netgear’s WNDR3700.
For these tests, The Wirecutter used two routers: its top 802.11ac router recommendation, TP-Link’s Archer C7, and an older 802.11n router, Netgear’s WNDR3700 .
To get an idea how each device performed with each router, The Wirecutter’s Wi-Fi expert , David Murphy, tested file transfer speeds, video streaming speeds, music streaming quality and video call quality at a short range of 11 feet and a long range of 43 feet.
To get an idea how each device performed with each router, The Wirecutter’s Wi-Fi expert, David Murphy, tested file transfer speeds, video streaming speeds, music streaming quality and video call quality at a short range of 11 feet and a long range of 43 feet.
To get an idea how each device performed with each router, The Wirecutter’s Wi-Fi expert, David Murphy, tested file transfer speeds, video streaming speeds, music streaming quality and video call quality at a short range of 11 feet and a long range of 43 feet .
The devices also did better on the Archer C7’s 5 GHz Wi-Fi network than on its 2.4GHz network at the same locations.
The Archer C7’s exceptional performance on a 5 GHz signal is its strength.
In summary: For a stronger, faster wireless connection, stay on the router’s 5 GHz band for as long as you can.
Buying Advice The best router for most people is the Archer C7 ( $100 ).
The Archer C7 ’s exceptional performance on a 5 GHz signal is its strength.
The Archer C7 is faster over longer distances than most routers that cost $150 or more , and it’s the best value of the more than two dozen routers The Wirecutter tested in the last two years.
So The Wirecutter also combed through test results and picked some routers for different living situations, such as small apartments or homes where people primarily use Apple devices.
Yet whether your smartphones, computers and tablets are one, two or five years old, now is a good time to buy a new router if you haven’t in the last three years.
every three to four years .
Newer devices are probably using the 802.11ac standard, so you will get the fastest speeds at long distances with an 802.11ac router.
One caveat: If you use a slower Internet service like DSL, you can probably hold on to a router for longer than three years .
A newer router can still be useful because of the improved wireless range , but you won’t experience a big difference in speeds.
If your house is so large that a new router won’t be able to cover every inch with a great Wi-Fi signal, you could install a Wi-Fi extender , which enhances an existing Wi-Fi connection to increase coverage.
If your house is so large that a new router won’t be able to cover every inch with a great Wi-Fi signal, you could install a Wi-Fi extender, which enhances an existing Wi-Fi connection to increase coverage .
Pekka Rinne made 19 saves for the Predators , who fell to 11-6-3 with their third straight shutout loss.
Pekka Rinne made 19 saves for the Predators, who fell to 11-6-3 with their third straight shutout loss.
Nashville outshot the Rangers by 14-3 in a scoreless first period.
The Predators spent 7:21 on the power play, as Dan Girardi (interference), Keith Yandle (holding) and Stepan (double-minor for high-sticking) committed penalties.
The Predators spent 7:21 on the power play, as Dan Girardi (interference), Keith Yandle (holding) and Stepan (double-minor for high-sticking) committed penalties.
Brayden Schenn and Claude Giroux had goals in regulation for the host Flyers, who were shut out in the previous two games and entered averaging an N.H.L.-worst 1.70 goals per game.
Brayden Schenn and Claude Giroux had goals in regulation for the host Flyers , who were shut out in the previous two games and entered averaging an N.H.L.-worst 1.70 goals per game.
Brayden Schenn and Claude Giroux had goals in regulation for the host Flyers, who were shut out in the previous two games and entered averaging an N.H.L.-worst 1.70 goals per game.
BLUES 2, SABRES 1 Troy Brouwer and Robby Fabbri scored third-period goals, and St. Louis came back to win in Buffalo.
KINGS 3, PANTHERS 1 Jonathan Quick bounced back from a poor performance and Alec Martinez scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period to lift Los Angeles over Florida.
Marian Gaborik and Tyler Toffoli also scored for the visiting Kings, and Quick stopped 31 shots.
AVALANCHE 4, JETS 1 Cody McLeod scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, and Colorado won at Winnipeg.
Marian Gaborik and Tyler Toffoli also scored for the visiting Kings , and Quick stopped 31 shots.
Quick was back in net after being pulled when he gave up four goals on 21 shots through two periods Sunday at Carolina.
The former Jets defenseman Zach Redmond’s shot from in close clipped McLeod and rolled past Winnipeg goalie Michael Hutchinson for McLeod’s fifth goal of the season at 6:45.
Marian Gaborik and Tyler Toffoli also scored for the visiting Kings, and Quick stopped 31 shots.
Marian Gaborik and Tyler Toffoli also scored for the visiting Kings , and Quick stopped 31 shots.
Quick was back in net after being pulled when he gave up four goals on 21 shots through two periods Sunday at Carolina.
AVALANCHE 4, JETS 1 Cody McLeod scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period, and Colorado won at Winnipeg.
The former Jets defenseman Zach Redmond’s shot from in close clipped McLeod and rolled past Winnipeg goalie Michael Hutchinson for McLeod’s fifth goal of the season at 6:45.
LONDON — In one of the more bizarre moments of a tight British election campaign, the Labour leader, Ed Miliband , went in the dead of night Monday to the apartment of Russell Brand, a bawdy comedian, to give him an interview, which was posted Wednesday on YouTube.
LONDON — In one of the more bizarre moments of a tight British election campaign, the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, went in the dead of night Monday to the apartment of Russell Brand , a bawdy comedian, to give him an interview, which was posted Wednesday on YouTube.
LONDON — In one of the more bizarre moments of a tight British election campaign, the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, went in the dead of night Monday to the apartment of Russell Brand, a bawdy comedian , to give him an interview, which was posted Wednesday on YouTube.
LONDON — In one of the more bizarre moments of a tight British election campaign, the Labour leader, Ed Miliband, went in the dead of night Monday to the apartment of Russell Brand, a bawdy comedian, to give him an interview, which was posted Wednesday on YouTube .
Mr. Brand, who is also known for his expletive-filled rants against politics and politicians , has publicly urged Britons not to vote at all.
The right-wing Sun , still Britain’s most popular newspaper, said in an editorial that “if there are possible votes in it, Miliband’s there — spouting off in a comical Mockney accent,” a fake Cockney accent, “about sticking it to the tax-dodging corporations.”
The right-wing Sun, still Britain’s most popular newspaper, said in an editorial that “if there are possible votes in it, Miliband’s there — spouting off in a comical Mockney accent,” a fake Cockney accent, “about sticking it to the tax-dodging corporations.” Prime Minister David Cameron , the Conservative Party leader, said earlier: “Russell Brand is a joke.
Prime Minister David Cameron, the Conservative Party leader, said earlier: “ Russell Brand is a joke. Ed Miliband, to hang out with Russell Brand, he’s a joke.”
And his supporters, including the Guardian commentator Owen Jones , praised his effort to reach those Britons who feel alienated by politicians and the system in general.
And his supporters, including the Guardian commentator Owen Jones, praised his effort to reach those Britons who feel alienated by politicians and the system in general.
The interview drowned out Mr. Cameron’s vow on Wednesday to introduce a law guaranteeing no rise in income tax rates, value-added tax or national insurance before 2020 if his party wins the election.
The interview drowned out Mr. Cameron’s vow on Wednesday to introduce a law guaranteeing no rise in income tax rates, value-added tax or national insurance before 2020 if his party wins the election.
The Labour Party dismissed Mr. Cameron’s pledge as a “last-minute gimmick,” and said that the Conservatives had a “secret plan” to cut tax credits for families and raise the value-added tax.
Labour even put together a website, torysecretplan.com, which features a fake email to Mr. Cameron from George Osborne , the chancellor of the Exchequer, laying out cuts not to be announced until after the election.
Labour even put together a website, torysecretplan.com, which features a fake email to Mr. Cameron from George Osborne, the chancellor of the Exchequer , laying out cuts not to be announced until after the election.
If you’re lucky, you’re reading this somewhere other than Manhattan .
It was launched two years ago in the Northeast , then gradually expanded its range before releasing iPhone and Android apps earlier this year.
Not unlike travel websites like Kayak , Wanderu is a service for finding buses and trains to get you from here to there.
Best to get away, and any app that can help you do that as quickly as Wanderu is worth the space it takes up on your home screen.
It was launched two years ago in the Northeast, then gradually expanded its range before releasing iPhone and Android apps earlier this year.
The Wanderu app’s home screen asks “Where to?” and the temptation to type in all your dream destinations (New Orleans!
and the temptation to type in all your dream destinations (New Orleans! Arches National Park !) is strong.
Results can be sorted by time ( earliest and latest buses and trains on a given day) and price.
Every time someone purchases a trip on Wanderu, the company takes a percentage of the sale from the bus or train company.
It doesn’t charge users or use advertising.
He suffocated the Dodgers , holding them to two hits and one run in six innings.
“But, I mean, I certainly don’t think I’m there yet to carry the name as Clayton Kershaw does.
He pitched even with Kershaw, perhaps even better, and gave the Mets’ porous offense the chance to squeak out a 2-1 win.
He suffocated the Dodgers, holding them to two hits and one run in six innings.
He suffocated the Dodgers, holding them to two hits and one run in six innings.
He struck out Jimmy Rollins twice — once swinging, on a 97-mile-per-hour fastball, and then looking, on a 99-m.p.h.
He struck out Joc Pederson, another touted rookie, leaving him flailing at a curveball .
He struck out Jimmy Rollins twice — once swinging, on a 97-mile-per-hour fastball, and then looking, on a 99-m.p.h. fastball.
He struck out Joc Pederson, another touted rookie , leaving him flailing at a curveball.
He showed improved confidence in his off-speed pitches, using the Dodgers’ aggressiveness against them.
It boasted as much in advertisements published in The New York Times in 1919 , during the magazine’s first heyday.
It boasted as much in advertisements published in The New York Times in 1919, during the magazine’s first heyday.
It was a cartoon that depicted Emperor Hirohito of Japan , and it was the subject of an international incident.
“Vanity Fair prides itself on knowing every lovely, brilliant, or bizarre woman in the world and printing her photograph in its pages, ” the ad copy read.
The Japanese ambassador, Hirosi Saito , who was planning to meet with the United States secretary of state “to take whatever action was possible to remedy the situation,” went on to explain that “while he fully comprehended that in this country, where caricatures of the highest public officials are every day fare in the press, no slight to the person of the Emperor was necessarily intended, yet in Japan a representation of the Emperor as engaged in the menial task of pulling a cart could not be understood or taken lightly.”
The Japanese ambassador, Hirosi Saito, who was planning to meet with the United States secretary of state “to take whatever action was possible to remedy the situation,” went on to explain that “while he fully comprehended that in this country, where caricatures of the highest public officials are every day fare in the press, no slight to the person of the Emperor was necessarily intended, yet in Japan a representation of the Emperor as engaged in the menial task of pulling a cart could not be understood or taken lightly.”
The Japanese ambassador, Hirosi Saito, who was planning to meet with the United States secretary of state “ to take whatever action was possible to remedy the situation, ” went on to explain that “while he fully comprehended that in this country, where caricatures of the highest public officials are every day fare in the press, no slight to the person of the Emperor was necessarily intended, yet in Japan a representation of the Emperor as engaged in the menial task of pulling a cart could not be understood or taken lightly.”
The Salon Art + Design bills itself as a fair that combines art and design, echoing how people actually live — that is, with both art and furniture, rather than in sterile white cubes or furniture showrooms.
Following are highlights from some of the 55 galleries in the show.
The Salon Art + Design bills itself as a fair that combines art and design, echoing how people actually live — that is, with both art and furniture, rather than in sterile white cubes or furniture showrooms.
It also sets out to reflect how architects and interior designers are behaving today, mixing historical periods and styles to achieve a casual, if studied, eclecticism .
Bernard Goldberg A strikingly American version of Modernism, Paul Cadmus’s painting “ Venus and Adonis ” (1936) riffs on a Rubens canvas from the 1630s depicting the same subject.
Exhibited in several museums, this is a relatively tame piece by Cadmus, whose work was removed from the Corcoran Gallery in Washington in the 1930s at the request of the United States Navy because of its salacious depiction of sailors.
Bernard Goldberg A strikingly American version of Modernism, Paul Cadmus ’s painting “Venus and Adonis” (1936) riffs on a Rubens canvas from the 1630s depicting the same subject.
Exhibited in several museums, this is a relatively tame piece by Cadmus, whose work was removed from the Corcoran Gallery in Washington in the 1930s at the request of the United States Navy because of its salacious depiction of sailors.
Mazzoleni The surge of interest in masters of Italian Modernism is reflected at Mazzoleni, which is showing works by Alberto Burri , Lucio Fontana and Michelangelo Pistoletto.
Moderne An organic and natural modern approach to furniture is on view at Moderne Gallery of Philadelphia , which is showing a sofa designed in 1968 by Wharton Esherick, a leading midcentury craftsman.
Moderne An organic and natural modern approach to furniture is on view at Moderne Gallery of Philadelphia, which is showing a sofa designed in 1968 by Wharton Esherick , a leading midcentury craftsman.
Friedman Benda Nature is corralled in a more humorous way by the Brazilian designers and brothers Humberto and Fernando Campana in their “Bolotas” (2015) chairs at Friedman Benda, near the entrance to the fair.
David Gill Arguably the goofiest object at Salon is the “Jungle V.I.P.” chandelier from 2014, designed by Barnaby Barford.
David Gill Arguably the goofiest object at Salon is the “Jungle V.I.P.” chandelier from 2014, designed by Barnaby Barford .
For the last six years , Douglas Elmendorf has been the director of the C.B.O. By my judgment, he has done a remarkable job of shepherding the institution through times that have been both economically and politically difficult.
Nonetheless, the new Republican leadership in Congress decided to appoint someone new to head the C.B.O. That decision is entirely understandable.
(Full disclosure: Mr. Elmendorf is a friend and former student of mine, so I am not entirely objective.
So, on Friday, congressional leaders appointed Mr. Hall, a veteran of the Bush administration , to be the new head of the budget office.
Mr. Elmendorf has a long affiliation with Democrats , and the Republicans want someone who shares more of their perspective.
For the last six years , Douglas Elmendorf has been the director of the C.B.O. By my judgment, he has done a remarkable job of shepherding the institution through times that have been both economically and politically difficult.
For the last six years, Douglas Elmendorf has been the director of the C.B.O. By my judgment, he has done a remarkable job of shepherding the institution through times that have been both economically and politically difficult .
(Full disclosure: Mr. Elmendorf is a friend and former student of mine, so I am not entirely objective.
Nonetheless, the new Republican leadership in Congress decided to appoint someone new to head the C.B.O .
As President Obama once said, elections have consequences. That includes the Republican sweep of 2014.
House Republicans have recently changed the rules: The Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation are now required to use “dynamic scoring” when evaluating major changes in tax and spending policy.
House Republicans have recently changed the rules: The Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation are now required to use “ dynamic scoring ” when evaluating major changes in tax and spending policy.
Until now, conventional budget analysis has used a process called static scoring , which assumes that the path of gross domestic product remains the same when the government changes taxes or spending.
We don’t yet know how Mr. Hall’s leadership will differ from Mr. Elmendorf’s
but we do know that he will face a big challenge .
House Republicans have recently changed the rules : The Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation are now required to use “dynamic scoring” when evaluating major changes in tax and spending policy.
House Republicans have recently changed the rules: The Congressional Budget Office and Joint Committee on Taxation are now required to use “ dynamic scoring ” when evaluating major changes in tax and spending policy.
Until now, conventional budget analysis has used a process called static scoring, which assumes that the path of gross domestic product remains the same when the government changes taxes or spending.
Yet the assumption of unchanged G.D.P. also has one notable drawback: It is patently false. Much economic theory and empirical research confirm that fiscal policy influences the course of the economy.
that fiscal policy influences the course of the economy .
Indeed, having an economic impact is a big part of why policy makers use the tools at their disposal, whether it is the tax cuts of Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush or the stimulus package of Mr. Obama.
Moreover, static scoring biases the analysis of proposed policy changes .
Perhaps more important, the biases inherent in static scoring are not the same for all possible policy changes, making comparison of alternative options less reliable .
Because the corporate tax is often considered one of the most distortionary taxes in the federal arsenal, cutting it would promote economic growth.
The true cost of the tax cut, as estimated by dynamic scoring, would most likely be much less than its static score .
Perhaps more important, the biases inherent in static scoring are not the same for all possible policy changes, making comparison of alternative options less reliable.
Night after night for months, David Sweat slipped through a hole he had sawed at the back of his cell in the Clinton Correctional Facility in northern New York .
He would plumb the catacomb-like tunnels beneath the prison, where he was serving a life sentence for murder, searching for an escape route, confident that the guards would have no idea he was gone because they were asleep.
Night after night for months , David Sweat slipped through a hole he had sawed at the back of his cell in the Clinton Correctional Facility in northern New York.
He would plumb the catacomb-like tunnels beneath the prison, where he was serving a life sentence for murder , searching for an escape route, confident that the guards would have no idea he was gone because they were asleep.
They took him underground almost every night for hours until he finally stumbled on what would become, through trial and error and countless hours of grueling work, his subterranean route out. Mr. Sweat felt free during his nightly journeys into the maze, as though he had already escaped the ugliness of his day-to-day prison life.
Mr. Sweat, 35, has revealed those details and more to investigators reviewing his stunning June 6 escape with another inmate from the maximum-security prison in Dannemora, N.Y., according to several people briefed on his account.
It is a story of patience, timing, determination and physical strength — born perhaps of a life of incarceration — along with good luck, and a MacGyver-like sense of ingenuity.
Mr. Sweat, 35, has revealed those details and more to investigators reviewing his stunning June 6 escape with another inmate from the maximum-security prison in Dannemora, N.Y. , according to several people briefed on his account.
For example, when Mr. Sweat was trying to cut through a concrete wall and heat from steam pipes in the underground passage became unbearable, he rigged a fan taken from his cell using electricity from the tunnel’s lights.
For example, when Mr. Sweat was trying to cut through a concrete wall and heat from steam pipes in the underground passage became unbearable, he rigged a fan taken from his cell using electricity from the tunnel’s lights.
Two days later , a state police sergeant happened upon Mr. Sweat on a rural road a mile and a half from the Canadian border.
Two days later, a state police sergeant happened upon Mr. Sweat on a rural road a mile and a half from the Canadian border .
Two days later, a state police sergeant happened upon Mr. Sweat on a rural road a mile and a half from the Canadian border.
He chased him into an open field, and when the prisoner refused his order to stop running , the sergeant, a firearms instructor, dropped to one knee and fired, striking him twice from a distance of more than 50 yards with a .45-caliber pistol, two people briefed on the shooting said.
He chased him into an open field, and when the prisoner refused his order to stop running, the sergeant, a firearms instructor, dropped to one knee and fired, striking him twice from a distance of more than 50 yards with a .45-caliber pistol, two people briefed on the shooting said.
The investigation, and a review of the corrections agency’s policies and procedures at Clinton by the office of the state inspector general, Catherine Leahy Scott, is continuing.
An initial investigation led to the arrest of Ms. Mitchell. The charges, brought by the Clinton County district attorney, Andrew M. Wylie, accused her of smuggling hacksaw blades, chisels and other tools into the prison.
The charges, brought by the Clinton County district attorney, Andrew M. Wylie , accused her of smuggling hacksaw blades, chisels and other tools into the prison.
The charges, brought by the Clinton County district attorney, Andrew M. Wylie, accused her of smuggling hacksaw blades, chisels and other tools into the prison .
The superintendent at Clinton, two senior members of his staff and nine correction officers were also placed on administrative leave, according to prison agency officials, who said the superintendent was expected to retire at the end of July.
Like many who followed the prison break, Mr. Sweat and Mr. Matt could not help but compare their efforts to the escape in “The Shawshank Redemption. ” Indeed, Mr. Sweat told investigators that he and Mr. Matt had joked that while it had taken Andy Dufresne, the character in the movie played by Tim Robbins, 20 years to escape, it would take them only 10 years.
Like many who followed the prison break, Mr. Sweat and Mr. Matt could not help but compare their efforts to the escape in “The Shawshank Redemption.”
Indeed, Mr. Sweat told investigators that he and Mr. Matt had joked that while it had taken Andy Dufresne , the character in the movie played by Tim Robbins, 20 years to escape, it would take them only 10 years.
Indeed, Mr. Sweat told investigators that he and Mr. Matt had joked that while it had taken Andy Dufresne, the character in the movie played by Tim Robbins, 20 years to escape, it would take them only 10 years.
The argument goes something like this: Once people have insurance, they’ll go to the doctor instead of an expensive emergency room .
“There’s no reason we shouldn’t be catching diseases like breast cancer and colon cancer before they get worse,” he said, in his big 2009 address to Congress, urging passage of the bill.
“That makes sense, it saves money, and it saves lives .”
“There’s no reason we shouldn’t be catching diseases like breast cancer and colon cancer before they get worse,” he said, in his big 2009 address to Congress, urging passage of the bill.
The White House was careful to describe the overall financial forecast for the law — the administration said the law would slow spending growth and not reverse it .
that people who have health insurance spend more on medical care than people who don’t.
Those facts don’t mean that giving people health insurance is a waste of money, since those dollars spent may improve their health and financial security .
There’s strong evidence from a variety of sources that people who have health insurance spend more on medical care than people who don’t.
But there are only a few situations in which giving someone more health care will actually end up saving money.
Giving people health insurance often enables them to get just this sort of preventive care — and Obamacare requires insurers to offer most preventive services without charging any co-payments .
But research shows that even preventive care rarely ends up saving money .
In certain situations, early spending on someone’s health will stop an expensive disease in its tracks , reducing future spending.
Giving people health insurance often enables them to get just this sort of preventive care — and Obamacare requires insurers to offer most preventive services without charging any co-payments.
a cholesterol screening , to give one example, that blood test is a cost-saver.
But to prevent one heart attack, the health care system has to test hundreds of healthy people — and give about a hundred of them cholesterol-lowering drugs for at least five years.
Here’s why: For the individual patient whose heart attack is prevented by a cholesterol screening, to give one example, that blood test is a cost-saver.
But to prevent one heart attack, the health care system has to test hundreds of healthy people — and give about a hundred of them cholesterol-lowering drugs for at least five years .
Counseling on contraception is one because the costs of prenatal care, delivery and pediatric care associated with an unplanned pregnancy are so substantial.
But a lot of the preventive health measures that we tend to value a lot — mammography, screening for diabetes — tend to cost more than they save.
There’s also the unavoidable fact that every time you prevent people from dying from one disease, they are likely to live longer and incur future medical expenses .
Researchers like Mr. Cohen , who study these trade-offs, say we need to think more broadly about the value of what our preventive spending buys, not the narrow question of whether it saves money.
Early evidence suggests they are facing less financial stress as a result of their coverage.
For many, their new coverage means they can get free checkups and preventive disease screenings , and can more easily pay for big health care needs, like prescription drugs and operations.
More people in the health care system means more dollars spent on health care .
For many, their new coverage means they can get free checkups and preventive disease screenings, and can more easily pay for big health care needs, like prescription drugs and operations.
The pamphlet, created by the de Blasio administration, is a glossy but blunt warning about the dangers of metzitzah b’peh , an Orthodox circumcision ritual linked to herpes infections in infants.
The pamphlet, created by the de Blasio administration, is a glossy but blunt warning about the dangers of metzitzah b’peh , an Orthodox circumcision ritual linked to herpes infections in infants.
The pamphlet, created by the de Blasio administration, is a glossy but blunt warning about the dangers of metzitzah b’peh, an Orthodox circumcision ritual linked to herpes infections in infants.
The pamphlet, created by the de Blasio administration, is a glossy but blunt warning about the dangers of metzitzah b’peh, an Orthodox circumcision ritual linked to herpes infections in infants.
“Some babies can get sick with herpes, which can lead to death ,” the form reads in bold type.
“Is Russell Westbrook a cat or a dog?”
James Harden thought Westbrook was more of a dog.
Dwyane Wade hedged.
“ Wolf ,” he said.
The cat-or-dog question came from a host of “ The Basketball Jones ,” an N.B.A. podcast started in 2006 by three Canadian basketball fanatics who will bring their blend of deep basketball analysis and irreverent, goofy attitude to the N.B.A.’s All-Star festivities this weekend in New York.
But this year, the hosts of “The Jones” will be broadcasting for the league itself.
A little more than a year ago, “The Jones” podcast was rebranded as “ The Starters ,” a television program shown weeknights on NBATV.
A little more than a year ago, “The Jones” podcast was rebranded as “ The Starters ,” a television program shown weeknights on NBATV.
According to the network, viewership has increased by 24 percent this season, with podcast downloads up 22 percent .
Plans for this weekend include an hourlong live show at 6 p.m. Friday, with player interviews and an appearance by the basketball great George Gervin .
Though “The Starters’ “ television audience is growing, Mr. Elder and Mr. Melas , with the show’s other personalities, Trey Kerby and Leigh Ellis, have not abandoned podcasting.
“Case closed, right? He’s more like a cat.”
Number one on the countdown was Westbrook’s reaction to being stiffed on a high five by a teammate .
This season they introduced “ The Drop ,” a weekly, podcast-only show that is downloaded 70 percent more frequently on average than the podcast of the daily “The Starters” television show, according to the network.
Though “The Starters’ “ television audience is growing, Mr. Elder and Mr. Melas, with the show’s other personalities, Trey Kerby and Leigh Ellis , have not abandoned podcasting.
Moreover, biofuels are an inefficient way to convert sunlight to fuel, meaning an immense amount of land would be required to supply a significant fraction of global energy demand, Mr. Searchinger said.
Moreover, biofuels are an inefficient way to convert sunlight to fuel, meaning an immense amount of land would be required to supply a significant fraction of global energy demand, Mr. Searchinger said.
That land will also be needed to help meet a global appetite for food that is expected to rise 70 percent or so by 2050 , he said.
“We’ve only got one planet , with only so much land,” Mr. Searchinger said.
“If you use land for one purpose, you can’t use it for another .”
Jason Hill, who studies bioenergy at the University of Minnesota, was not involved in the World Resources Institute report , but reviewed it at the request of The Times.
He endorsed some of its conclusions, particularly the idea that turning food crops into fuel makes little sense.
“It’s true that our first-generation biofuels have not lived up to their promise,” Dr. Hill said.
Their potential environmental and economic benefits are not yet clear, and governments would be acting prematurely if they were to abandon research on them, Dr. Hill said, though he also doubted that they could ever supply any large fraction of global fuel demand.
“We’ve found they do not offer the environmental benefits they were purported to have, and they have a substantial negative impact on the food system .”
An Irish satirical news source, Waterford Whispers, responded by posting its own “feminist newspaper photoshop,” featuring the same Paris street scene with three female leaders depicted, but no men.
In 2011, Di Tzeitung, a Brooklyn -based publication, apologized for digitally altering a photograph to remove Hillary Rodham Clinton, who was then secretary of state, and another woman from a scene in the White House Situation Room.
In 2011, Di Tzeitung, a Brooklyn-based publication, apologized for digitally altering a photograph to remove Hillary Rodham Clinton , who was then secretary of state, and another woman from a scene in the White House Situation Room.
Newspapers catering to ultra- Orthodox Jews have been embarrassed before by their handling of news photographs depicting women.
In hindsight, the security cameras , wire and lights Mr. Mondella installed after a break-in about eight years ago seemed strange, Mr. Murano said, especially after investigators told neighbors that a large sum of money had been taken.
that a large sum of money had been taken.
In hindsight, the security cameras, wire and lights Mr. Mondella installed after a break-in about eight years ago seemed strange, Mr. Murano said, especially after investigators told neighbors that a large sum of money had been taken.
Mr. Mondella had expanded the plant multiple times, neighbors said, and he had bought warehouses and satellite facilities on other streets nearby.
Hurricane Sandy devastated much of the rest of the waterfront neighborhood, but left the Dell’s factory intact.
Re “Falling Through the Legal Cracks” (Business Day, Dec. 30): The failure of General Motors to take appropriate actions when it learned that a defective ignition switch in vehicles it sold caused the injuries and deaths of innocent people speaks volumes about corporate morality and accountability.
The history of corporations’ failure to protect the public is replete with such stories, from flammable pajamas to the lack of safety guards on dangerous machinery.
That is why plaintiffs must be able to sue without caps .
Re “Falling Through the Legal Cracks” (Business Day, Dec. 30): The failure of General Motors to take appropriate actions when it learned that a defective ignition switch in vehicles it sold caused the injuries and deaths of innocent people speaks volumes about corporate morality and accountability.
On and off for two decades, the affable Mr. Rodham has tried to use his connections with his sister and his brother-in-law, former President Bill Clinton , to further a business career that has seen more failures than successes.
The connections to the Clintons have given Mr. Rodham, a self-described “ facilitator, ” a unique appeal and a range of opportunities, like addressing Chinese investor conferences and joining an advisory board of a company seeking permission to mine for gold in Haiti.
But his business dealings have often invited public scrutiny and uncomfortable questions for the Clintons as Mr. Rodham has cycled through a variety of ventures, leveraging his ties to them and sometimes directly seeking their help. When Mr. Clinton worked as a co-chairman of Haiti’s earthquake recovery commission, Mr. Rodham and his partners sought a $22 million deal to rebuild homes in the country.
That gets me in touch with the Haitian officials, ” Mr. Rodham said, according to a transcript of his testimony.
But his business dealings have often invited public scrutiny and uncomfortable questions for the Clintons as Mr. Rodham has cycled through a variety of ventures, leveraging his ties to them and sometimes directly seeking their help. When Mr. Clinton worked as a co-chairman of Haiti’s earthquake recovery commission, Mr. Rodham and his partners sought a $22 million deal to rebuild homes in the country.
On and off for two decades, the affable Mr. Rodham has tried to use his connections with his sister and his brother-in-law, former President Bill Clinton, to further a business career that has seen more failures than successes.
The connections to the Clintons have given Mr. Rodham, a self-described “facilitator,” a unique appeal and a range of opportunities, like addressing Chinese investor conferences and joining an advisory board of a company seeking permission to mine for gold in Haiti.
The connections to the Clintons have given Mr. Rodham, a self-described “facilitator,” a unique appeal and a range of opportunities, like addressing Chinese investor conferences and joining an advisory board of a company seeking permission to mine for gold in Haiti .
When Mr. Clinton worked as a co-chairman of Haiti’s earthquake recovery commission, Mr. Rodham and his partners sought a $22 million deal to rebuild homes in the country.
“I deal through the Clinton Foundation .
When Mr. Rodham was short on cash in 2010, Mr. Clinton helped get him a job for $72,000 a year raising investments in GreenTech Automotive, an electric car company then owned by Terry McAuliffe, an old friend of Mr. Clinton’s and now the governor of Virginia.
When Mr. Rodham was short on cash in 2010, Mr. Clinton helped get him a job for $72,000 a year raising investments in GreenTech Automotive, an electric car company then owned by Terry McAuliffe, an old friend of Mr. Clinton’s and now the governor of Virginia.
When Mr. Rodham was short on cash in 2010, Mr. Clinton helped get him a job for $72,000 a year raising investments in GreenTech Automotive, an electric car company then owned by Terry McAuliffe, an old friend of Mr. Clinton’s and now the governor of Virginia.
And he asked McAuliffe to give me a job,” Mr. Rodham said during the court proceedings, which were the result of a lawsuit over unpaid legal bills filed by his lawyer in a child support case .
When Mr. Rodham was short on cash in 2010, Mr. Clinton helped get him a job for $72,000 a year raising investments in GreenTech Automotive , an electric car company then owned by Terry McAuliffe, an old friend of Mr. Clinton’s and now the governor of Virginia.
When Mr. Rodham was short on cash in 2010, Mr. Clinton helped get him a job for $72,000 a year raising investments in GreenTech Automotive, an electric car company then owned by Terry McAuliffe , an old friend of Mr. Clinton’s and now the governor of Virginia.
When Mr. Rodham was short on cash in 2010, Mr. Clinton helped get him a job for $72,000 a year raising investments in GreenTech Automotive, an electric car company then owned by Terry McAuliffe, an old friend of Mr. Clinton’s and now the governor of Virginia. “I was complaining to my brother-in-law I didn’t have any money.
And he asked McAuliffe to give me a job,” Mr. Rodham said during the court proceedings, which were the result of a lawsuit over unpaid legal bills filed by his lawyer in a child support case .
When Mr. Rodham was short on cash in 2010, Mr. Clinton helped get him a job for $72,000 a year raising investments in GreenTech Automotive, an electric car company then owned by Terry McAuliffe , an old friend of Mr. Clinton’s and now the governor of Virginia.
As Mrs. Clinton began her 2016 campaign for the presidency, Hugh Rodham and Roger Clinton had faded from public view, but Tony Rodham emerged as a controversial figure.
A government investigation in March found that GreenTech, which sought green cards for its Chinese investors through an American government program , had received special treatment in the handling of its visa applications.
A government investigation in March found that GreenTech, which sought green cards for its Chinese investors through an American government program, had received special treatment in the handling of its visa applications. The report described instances when Mr. McAuliffe and Mr. Rodham contacted an official from the Department of Homeland Security to complain about the pace of the visa process.
The report described instances when Mr. McAuliffe and Mr. Rodham contacted an official from the Department of Homeland Security to complain about the pace of the visa process.
A government investigation in March found that GreenTech, which sought green cards for its Chinese investors through an American government program, had received special treatment in the handling of its visa applications.
The report described instances when Mr. McAuliffe and Mr. Rodham contacted an official from the Department of Homeland Security to complain about the pace of the visa process.
A government investigation in March found that GreenTech, which sought green cards for its Chinese investors through an American government program, had received special treatment in the handling of its visa applications. The report described instances when Mr. McAuliffe and Mr. Rodham contacted an official from the Department of Homeland Security to complain about the pace of the visa process.
As Mrs. Clinton began her 2016 campaign for the presidency, Hugh Rodham and Roger Clinton had faded from public view, but Tony Rodham emerged as a controversial figure.
That project came about when Sheldon Drobny , an old friend, contacted Mr. Rodham about making a connection for a Chicago-area contractor, who wanted to become involved in building houses in Haiti.
That project came about when Sheldon Drobny, an old friend , contacted Mr. Rodham about making a connection for a Chicago-area contractor, who wanted to become involved in building houses in Haiti.
Period,” Mr. Drobny, a co-founder of Air America Radio , the former liberal talk network, said in a phone interview.
Period,” Mr. Drobny, a co-founder of Air America Radio, the former liberal talk network, said in a phone interview.
That project came about when Sheldon Drobny, an old friend, contacted Mr. Rodham about making a connection for a Chicago-area contractor , who wanted to become involved in building houses in Haiti.
Period,” Mr. Drobny, a co-founder of Air America Radio , the former liberal talk network, said in a phone interview.
He called the effort “ humanitarian .
Period,” Mr. Drobny, a co-founder of Air America Radio, the former liberal talk network , said in a phone interview.
The Clinton Foundation said in its statement that aside from supporting a housing exposition in Haiti, it had not been directly involved with any housing projects. The foundation also said Mr. Rodham’s project had not been among the more than 300 submitted for consideration at the expo.
The foundation also said Mr. Rodham’s project had not been among the more than 300 submitted for consideration at the expo.
Mr. Rodham projected that he could make $1 million on the Haiti deal if it came to pass — enough money, he said in his court testimony, to take his family to Disney World and cover his debts, including his legal bills and his long overdue federal taxes. Mr. Rodham eventually settled his bill with his former lawyer, Gwendolyn Jo M. Carlberg.
Mr. Rodham eventually settled his bill with his former lawyer, Gwendolyn Jo M. Carlberg .
Mr. Rodham projected that he could make $1 million on the Haiti deal if it came to pass — enough money, he said in his court testimony, to take his family to Disney World and cover his debts, including his legal bills and his long overdue federal taxes.
The Clinton Foundation said in its statement that aside from supporting a housing exposition in Haiti , it had not been directly involved with any housing projects.
The foundation also said Mr. Rodham’s project had not been among the more than 300 submitted for consideration at the expo.
Mr. Rodham projected that he could make $1 million on the Haiti deal if it came to pass — enough money, he said in his court testimony, to take his family to Disney World and cover his debts , including his legal bills and his long overdue federal taxes.
Mr. Rodham eventually settled his bill with his former lawyer, Gwendolyn Jo M. Carlberg. Ms. Carlberg said in a phone interview that, despite her lawsuit, she did not have a negative view of Mr. Rodham.
For an earnest young Christian named Ben Lowe, revelation came on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Africa.
For the Rev. Brian Sauder, who grew up attending a small Anabaptist church in rural Illinois , the moment came in a college classroom.
a college classroom .
For an earnest young Christian named Ben Lowe, revelation came on the shores of Lake Tanganyika, in Africa .
For the Rev. Brian Sauder, who grew up attending a small Anabaptist church in rural Illinois, the moment came in a college classroom.
Among Christians and Jews, theological discussion sometimes centers on exactly what God meant in the first chapter of Genesis when he granted human beings “dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
Among Christians and Jews, theological discussion sometimes centers on exactly what God meant in the first chapter of Genesis when he granted human beings “dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
Among Christians and Jews, theological discussion sometimes centers on exactly what God meant in the first chapter of Genesis when he granted human beings “dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
Among Christians and Jews, theological discussion sometimes centers on exactly what God meant in the first chapter of Genesis when he granted human beings “dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
Among Christians and Jews , theological discussion sometimes centers on exactly what God meant in the first chapter of Genesis when he granted human beings “dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.”
This month, more than 350 American rabbis issued a letter of their own, declaring that the time for action was at hand.
This month, more than 350 American rabbis issued a letter of their own, declaring that the time for action was at hand.
“So it was 50 years ago during the civil rights movement, and so it must be today.”
“So it was 50 years ago during the civil rights movement, and so it must be today.”
Perhaps the biggest question now is whether rising concern about the environment among religious groups will translate into stronger political demands that governments find ways to reduce the cost of low-carbon energy supplies, improve their reliability and speed their deployment.
Érica Rivas and Diego Gentile, “Wild Tales” Damián Szifrón’s tragicomic allegory of modern-day Argentina comprises five suites of perfectly choreographed insanity, the last of which begins as a perfectly ordinary wedding reception and mutates into a war among the betrothed and their guests.
Érica Rivas and Diego Gentile, “Wild Tales” Damián Szifrón’s tragicomic allegory of modern-day Argentina comprises five suites of perfectly choreographed insanity, the last of which begins as a perfectly ordinary wedding reception and mutates into a war among the betrothed and their guests.
Érica Rivas and Diego Gentile , “Wild Tales” Damián Szifrón’s tragicomic allegory of modern-day Argentina comprises five suites of perfectly choreographed insanity, the last of which begins as a perfectly ordinary wedding reception and mutates into a war among the betrothed and their guests.
Érica Rivas and Diego Gentile, “Wild Tales” Damián Szifrón’s tragicomic allegory of modern-day Argentina comprises five suites of perfectly choreographed insanity, the last of which begins as a perfectly ordinary wedding reception and mutates into a war among the betrothed and their guests .
Tracee Ellis Ross, “ black-ish ” The degree of difficulty that Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ms. Metcalf and Ms. Nash face on their respective shows is vertiginous.
But Ms. Ross works just as hard in her marriage of pragmatism and new-age nuttiness .
Her screen time always feels shorter than her co-star Anthony Anderson ’s, but she just does more with what she’s got.
Tracee Ellis Ross , “black-ish” The degree of difficulty that Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ms. Metcalf and Ms. Nash face on their respective shows is vertiginous.
Perhaps the smartest decision-making app I’ve used is ChoiceMap , because it’s both really easy to use and it makes it feel as if your decision has been intelligently considered by the app’s algorithms.
Once you have described the decision to be made, and typed in all the outco mes that could result, the app lets you explain all the factors that influence your thinking.
Perhaps the smartest decision-making app I’ve used is ChoiceMap , because it’s both really easy to use and it makes it feel as if your decision has been intelligently considered by the app’s algorithms.
Once you have described the decision to be made, and typed in all the outcomes that could result, the app lets you explain all the factors that influence your thinking .
If you’re trying to decide where to go for a vacation, for example, cost may be the biggest factor.
FYI Decision , which is free for iOS, is a great alternative to ChoiceMap and Decision Buddy.
FYI Decision , which is free for iOS, is a great alternative to ChoiceMap and Decision Buddy.
The app works in similar ways, using a slider system for rating how much each of the influencing factors should weigh into the decision.
But this app’s strength is that it displays the results more visually, with charts that show how your ratings affected the recommended outcome .
It costs $3 to upgrade to remove the ads.
That’s where Decide Now, $1 on iOS, is great.
Decision Maker by Jonathan Chow is a similar, free Android app, although it’s not as attractive.
Think of it like a wheel of fortune .
Decision Maker by Jonathan Chow is a similar, free Android app, although it’s not as attractive.
Decision Maker by Jonathan Chow is a similar, free Android app, although it’s not as attractive.
A police official, Saurav Rana, said three of the deaths occurred in the town of Jaleswor after thousands of protesters with sticks and stones attacked officers, according to news agency reports.
A police official, Saurav Rana, said three of the deaths occurred in the town of Jaleswor after thousands of protesters with sticks and stones attacked officers, according to news agency reports.
Since Aug. 10, 34 people have died in protests, including 10 police officials and a 2-year-old child, according to Nepal’s Ministry of Home Affairs.
The Madhesis oppose the way provinces are being demarcated in the draft constitution and hope for new boundaries that will allow them to form majorities in two provinces.
Another ethnic group, the Tharus , are pushing for their own province.
The body of the 300 SLR was made of an ultralight magnesium alloy called Elektron .
The body of the 300 SLR was made of an ultralight magnesium alloy called Elektron.
But the attraction of the race that year was to be the return of Mercedes-Benz , which had won the event in 1952, but had then been absent in 1953 and 1954.
To compensate for their conventional drum brakes, they had a so-called air brake , which looked like the rear trunk of the car opening up to use an aerodynamic drag effect to powerfully brake the car.
The new Mercedes were exciting to watch.
The track was only about 10 meters, or 35 feet, across; the pits on the main straight were part of the track itself, not separated by a pitlane; and, facing the pits, the spectators sat on benches and bleachers, and some even made their own viewing perches, standing on trestle tables they had set up trackside.
The track was only about 10 meters, or 35 feet, across; the pits on the main straight were part of the track itself, not separated by a pitlane; and, facing the pits, the spectators sat on benches and bleachers , and some even made their own viewing perches, standing on trestle tables they had set up trackside.
It was a hodgepodge, a ragged mass of humanity grouped along and over the edge of the track, with only bales of straw and a mound of earth separating them from the racing cars traveling at top speeds of 300 kilometers, or 185 miles, an hour.
Given those conditions, a disaster could have been in the making on that June day should anything go wrong.
He braked with his own less powerful drum brakes and swerved to the left to avoid the rapidly decelerating Jaguar .
Many other spectators were killed by the explosion .
The initial flames caused by the burning fuel raised the heat level of the chassis, causing the magnesium to explode in white-hot flames, sending embers into the crowd.
Levegh, 49 , was thrown from the car and killed instantly.
So while racing at 240 kilometers an hour , with Fangio right behind him, Levegh’s Mercedes made contact with the left rear of Macklin’s car and was catapulted into the air.
Mercedes withdrew from the race after midnight , with Fangio leading, but the race ran to the end on Sunday, with Hawthorn winning.
Mercedes withdrew from the race after midnight, with Fangio leading, but the race ran to the end on Sunday, with Hawthorn winning.
Several countries immediately banned auto racing, including France, Germany and Switzerland , until safety was improved for spectators.
Several countries immediately banned auto racing, including France, Germany and Switzerland, until safety was improved for spectators.
In 1993, President Bill Clinton elevated her to the Supreme Court, making her the court’s second female justice, following Sandra Day O’Connor.
She has traveled extensively, speaking out for women’s and human rights, winning numerous awards for her work in media and advocacy, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
Meanwhile, Ms. Steinem was an editor at Ms. for nearly 20 years , becoming the public face of the women’s movement.
Justice Ginsburg was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in 1980.
She has traveled extensively, speaking out for women’s and human rights, winning numerous awards for her work in media and advocacy , including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013.
GS: When Ruth was at the A.C.L.U. What comes to mind are these cases in which young African-American women were being sterilized without their permission.
We couldn’t get abortions .
GS: When Ruth was at the A.C.L.U. What comes to mind are these cases in which young African-American women were being sterilized without their permission.
PG: Rap names aside, your careers unfolded side by side at the forefront of the women’s movement .
RBG : My mother was a powerful influence.
My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college.
GS : Perhaps we were living out the unlived lives of our mothers.
My mother graduated from high school at 15 and went to work to support the family because the eldest son went to college.
RBG: There were many firms who put up sign-up sheets that said, “Men Only.” And I had three strikes against me.
I tried to get a much less prestigious job, at Time magazine .
First, I was Jewish , and the Wall Street firms were just beginning to accept Jews.
First, I was Jewish, and the Wall Street firms were just beginning to accept Jews.
RBG: Justice O’Connor once said: “Suppose there had been no discrimination when we finished law school.
She got her first job working for free for a county attorney, and she was very high in her class at Stanford .
RBG: When I was working on a book about civil procedure in Sweden , in 1962 and ’63.
RBG : Justice O’Connor once said: “Suppose there had been no discrimination when we finished law school.
RBG : Justice O’Connor once said: “Suppose there had been no discrimination when we finished law school.
RBG: Between 20 and 25 percent of the law students in Sweden were women.
But it was the woman who was expected to buy the kids new shoes and have dinner on the table at 7 .
RBG : Between 20 and 25 percent of the law students in Sweden were women.
It was that same summer I read “The Second Sex.” GS : For me, an important point came when I was living in India, because of the Gandhian movement and the role of women in it.
There was also a journalist who wrote a column in the Swedish daily paper : “Why should women have two jobs, and men only one?”
They were either disinterested or said it was impossible .
My classic experience was an editor who said, “O.K., you can publish an article saying women are equal.”
RBG: The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished .
RBG : The concern was that if a woman was doing gender equality, her chances of making it to tenure in the law school were diminished.
The excellent actor Oscar Isaac (“Inside Llewyn Davis”) gives Wasicsko a convincing semblance of life, projecting decency, nervous energy, joy and disappointment, but he never seems to have quite enough to work with.
That’s reflected in the series, which occasionally takes a break from its tightly scripted council meetings and back-room deals for emotion-building montages set to Bruce Springsteen songs (“Hungry Heart,” “Brilliant Disguise,” “Secret Garden”).
The cast also includes Alfred Molina , giving an amusing caricature of a machine politician, and a number of actors who do good work as various cogs in the political and legal apparatus: Bob Balaban as the judge, Terry Kinney as the head of the Yonkers housing authority, Clarke Peters as a smooth-talking consultant and, especially, Catherine Keener as an anti-integration protester.
The cast also includes Alfred Molina, giving an amusing caricature of a machine politician, and a number of actors who do good work as various cogs in the political and legal apparatus: Bob Balaban as the judge, Terry Kinney as the head of the Yonkers housing authority, Clarke Peters as a smooth-talking consultant and, especially, Catherine Keener as an anti-integration protester.
The cast also includes Alfred Molina, giving an amusing caricature of a machine politician, and a number of actors who do good work as various cogs in the political and legal apparatus: Bob Balaban as the judge, Terry Kinney as the head of the Yonkers housing authority, Clarke Peters as a smooth-talking consultant and, especially, Catherine Keener as an anti-integration protester.
Equally fine on the other side of the story, which is dominated by women, are Ilfenesh Hadera as a Dominican immigrant, Dominique Fishback as a young black mother, and Natalie Paul as a budding community organizer.
Equally fine on the other side of the story, which is dominated by women, are Ilfenesh Hadera as a Dominican immigrant, Dominique Fishback as a young black mother, and Natalie Paul as a budding community organizer.
Equally fine on the other side of the story, which is dominated by women, are Ilfenesh Hadera as a Dominican immigrant, Dominique Fishback as a young black mother, and Natalie Paul as a budding community organizer.
It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “ The Wire ,” or the emotional highs that music gave “Treme,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government.
It may not have the visceral pull that mystery and violence gave “The Wire,” or the emotional highs that music gave “ Treme ,” but you could do worse than a good lecture on civility, tolerance and the virtues of good government.
“This is a very important indication of how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population ,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a research analyst at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut.
“This is a very important indication of how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a research analyst at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut.
“This is a very important indication of how dysfunctional the government is and how incapable it is of dealing with the basic demands of the population,” said Mario Abou Zeid, a research analyst at the Carnegie Middle East Center in Beirut .
Parking and gas station attendants forced to work outside have donned medical masks to reduce the smell, and other residents have fled the city altogether.
Mr. Abou Zeid said the current trash crisis also did not bode well for the government’s ability to deal with the country’s other problems. “If on such local matters they can’t even function and agree, how can they agree on the bigger issues?”
The civil war in neighboring Syria and the more than 1.2 million refugees who have fled to Lebanon are taxing the economy and the government’s ability to provide services.
The civil war in neighboring Syria and the more than 1.2 million refugees who have fled to Lebanon are taxing the economy and the government’s ability to provide services.
Political divisions have left the country without a president for 14 months, and the current Parliament extended its own mandate last year, essentially re-electing itself after failing to agree on a law to govern new elections.
Since Lebanon’s own civil war that ended in 1990 , a constellation of mostly sectarian political parties have tried to govern the country through consensus — a commodity often in short supply.
This lack of reaction was symptomatic of why the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan was swept aside last month — the first time an incumbent president has been successfully voted out of office in the history of our nation.
My administration, which will take office on May 29 , will act differently — indeed it is the very reason we have been elected.
This must begin with honesty as to whether the Chibok girls can be rescued.
Currently their whereabouts remain unknown .
We must address why it is that young people join Boko Haram.
There are many reasons why vulnerable young people join militant groups, but among them are poverty and ignorance .
Indeed Boko Haram — which translates in English, roughly, as “Western Education Is Sinful” — preys on the perverted belief that the opportunities that education brings are sinful.
We know this for a fact because former members of Boko Haram have admitted it: They offer impressionable young people money and the promise of food, while the group’s mentors twist their minds with fanaticism.
My administration would welcome the resumption of a military training agreement with the United States , which was halted during the previous administration.
That is not to say that allies cannot help us.
We must, of course, have better coordination with the military campaigns our African allies, like Chad and Niger , are waging in the struggle against Boko Haram.
My administration would welcome the resumption of a military training agreement with the United States, which was halted during the previous administration .
What I can pledge, with absolute certainty, is that from the first day of my administration, Boko Haram will know the strength of our collective will and commitment to rid this nation of terror, and bring back peace and normalcy to all the affected areas.
Until now, Nigeria has been wanting in its response to their threat: With our neighbors fighting hard to push the terrorists south and out of their countries, our military was not sufficiently supported or equipped to push north.
What I can pledge, with absolute certainty, is that from the first day of my administration , Boko Haram will know the strength of our collective will and commitment to rid this nation of terror, and bring back peace and normalcy to all the affected areas.
As a consequence, the outgoing government ’s lack of determination was an accidental enabler of the group, allowing them to operate with impunity in Nigerian territory.
The Obama administration took an important step in the right direction when it created new oversight rules for the industry and stepped up its investigations into companies like Corinthian Colleges — one of the largest operators of for-profit colleges and trade schools in the country until it collapsed last year amid state and federal lawsuits and fraud investigations.
The Obama administration took an important step in the right direction when it created new oversight rules for the industry and stepped up its investigations into companies like Corinthian Colleges — one of the largest operators of for-profit colleges and trade schools in the country until it collapsed last year amid state and federal lawsuits and fraud investigations.
The Obama administration took an important step in the right direction when it created new oversight rules for the industry and stepped up its investigations into companies like Corinthian Colleges — one of the largest operators of for-profit colleges and trade schools in the country until it collapsed last year amid state and federal lawsuits and fraud investigations.
The Obama administration took an important step in the right direction when it created new oversight rules for the industry and stepped up its investigations into companies like Corinthian Colleges — one of the largest operators of for-profit colleges and trade schools in the country until it collapsed last year amid state and federal lawsuits and fraud investigations.
The Obama administration took an important step in the right direction when it created new oversight rules for the industry and stepped up its investigations into companies like Corinthian Colleges — one of the largest operators of for-profit colleges and trade schools in the country until it collapsed last year amid state and federal lawsuits and fraud investigations.
The Obama administration took an important step in the right direction when it created new oversight rules for the industry and stepped up its investigations into companies like Corinthian Colleges — one of the largest operators of for-profit colleges and trade schools in the country until it collapsed last year amid state and federal lawsuits and fraud investigations.
The Obama administration took an important step in the right direction when it created new oversight rules for the industry and stepped up its investigations into companies like Corinthian Colleges — one of the largest operators of for-profit colleges and trade schools in the country until it collapsed last year amid state and federal lawsuits and fraud investigations.
The Obama administration took an important step in the right direction when it created new oversight rules for the industry and stepped up its investigations into companies like Corinthian Colleges — one of the largest operators of for-profit colleges and trade schools in the country until it collapsed last year amid state and federal lawsuits and fraud investigations.
The Education Department says that the Heald College claims will be decided in November, because the government has made a clear finding of misconduct by the school.
The Education Department says that the Heald College claims will be decided in November , because the government has made a clear finding of misconduct by the school
The risk is that the department’s legendary bureaucracy will drag its feet and make it difficult for deserving plaintiffs to get relief.
It has promised to build its cases on evidence already assembled by state attorneys general , which should speed the process.
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN , conductor and composer: Young people are attracted to black-and-white statements.
The statements Boulez made were kind of refreshingly categorical .
Young people are attracted to black-and-white statements .
Like the famous one from the ’50s: “If a composer has not experienced the necessity of dodecaphonic technique, he is useless.”
ESA-PEKKA SALONEN, conductor and composer : Young people are attracted to black-and-white statements.
SALONEN I got to know him in the early ’80s when I worked quite a bit at IRCAM [an avant-garde music institute founded by Mr. Boulez] and was conducting his Ensemble InterContemporain.
SALONEN I got to know him in the early ’80s when I worked quite a bit at IRCAM [an avant-garde music institute founded by Mr. Boulez] and was conducting his Ensemble InterContemporain.
ANTHONY CHEUNG, composer and pianist : I don’t immediately prostrate myself at his altar.
SALONEN I got to know him in the early ’80s when I worked quite a bit at IRCAM [an avant-garde music institute founded by Mr. Boulez] and was conducting his Ensemble InterContemporain .
In the “Notations,” we see a young composer, still a student, who composed a set of miniatures .
FRANZ WELSER-MÖST, music director of the Cleveland Orchestra , which Boulez first conducted in 1965:
FRANZ WELSER-MÖST, music director of the Cleveland Orchestra, which Boulez first conducted in 1965 : He has this unbelievable gift to convey something without showing it in his expression.
The image of a conductor today is so much molded on Leonard Bernstein .
Conducting is partly show business , but he never looked at it that way.
They’re just very clean, very to the core of the music .
SALONEN He always said that the form and the expression of most Western art music come from the harmony .
If you don’t know the harmony well, you cannot understand , let alone convey, the sense of the form to anybody.
It sounds obvious and trivial, but if you study, say, “Götterdämmerung” or “Elektra,” to get a clear idea of the harmonic structure takes a lot of time.
then you can plan your so-called interpretation .
On a practical level it means you have to go through every chord when you go through a score .
WELSER-MÖST, on a memorable Boulez performance of Mahler’s Third Symphony : Some people give everything away in the first movement, and then you have to sit there for another hour.
But later on, you understood why he was doing what he did, and in the end it was so much more moving .
He made Mahler’s music sound pure .
WELSER-MÖST, on a memorable Boulez performance of Mahler’s Third Symphony: Some people give everything away in the first movement , and then you have to sit there for another hour.
WELSER-MÖST , on a memorable Boulez performance of Mahler’s Third Symphony: Some people give everything away in the first movement, and then you have to sit there for another hour.
I just studied conducting with Boulez, but it had an enormous influence on my writing.
I just studied conducting with Boulez, but it had an enormous influence on my writing .
Around ’95 and ’96 , I was writing my concerto for violin and I was living in Rome, so I had less contact with Pierre.
Around ’95 and ’96, I was writing my concerto for violin and I was living in Rome, so I had less contact with Pierre.
Around ’95 and ’96, I was writing my concerto for violin and I was living in Rome , so I had less contact with Pierre.
AS AN INSPIRATION CHEUNG His tonal language doesn’t have much of a relationship with what I do, whereas his approach to time is much more influential for me.
You can have stretches of his music that are just dealing with the duration of natural resonances of instruments — attacks and decays — so you have this music that feels like breathing.
AS AN INSPIRATION CHEUNG His tonal language doesn’t have much of a relationship with what I do, whereas his approach to time is much more influential for me.
You can have stretches of his music that are just dealing with the duration of natural resonances of instruments — attacks and decays — so you have this music that feels like breathing .
It’s unpredictable, but very natural .
It was a plastics molding factory .
It was a plastics molding factory. The thing I remember most is making fly swatters.
When I got out of school, it was 1972 , and not particularly the best economic time.
Then I went to the University of Kansas to get an M.B.A.
People are successful when they’re intellectually and emotionally engaged as opposed to when they’re checking the box.
People inside Intel often come to me for advice, and they might say, “I’ve got these two job offers inside the company.
And I’ll say: “The thing I learned is that if you’re not doing the job you want to do, it will reflect on your performance. You’re better off to take a job you’re excited about than to do the one you think somebody wants you to do.”
You’re better off to take a job you’re excited about than to do the one you think somebody wants you to do.”
Nate Wooley ’s new work “For Kenneth Gaburo” is a setting of a sentence by Mr. Gaburo (1926-93), a searching composer, conductor, pianist and language theorist.
Listening to the premiere of “For Kenneth Gaburo” on Monday evening at the Wild Project in the East Village , I thought of Morton Feldman’s glacial “Three Voices” (1982), in which long passages repeat and deconstruct, to the point of wordlessness, the opening of Frank O’Hara’s poem “wind”: “Who’d have thought/that snow falls.”
Listening to the premiere of “For Kenneth Gaburo” on Monday evening at the Wild Project in the East Village, I thought of Morton Feldman ’s glacial “Three Voices” (1982), in which long passages repeat and deconstruct, to the point of wordlessness, the opening of Frank O’Hara’s poem “wind”: “Who’d have thought/that snow falls.”
Listening to the premiere of “For Kenneth Gaburo” on Monday evening at the Wild Project in the East Village, I thought of Morton Feldman’s glacial “Three Voices” (1982), in which long passages repeat and deconstruct, to the point of wordlessness, the opening of Frank O’Hara ’s poem “wind”: “Who’d have thought/that snow falls.”
Listening to the premiere of “For Kenneth Gaburo” on Monday evening at the Wild Project in the East Village, I thought of Morton Feldman’s glacial “Three Voices” ( 1982 ), in which long passages repeat and deconstruct, to the point of wordlessness, the opening of Frank O’Hara’s poem “wind”: “Who’d have thought/that snow falls.”
That was the anticlimactic feeling here Monday, when Boston 2024 , the private group organizing the city’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, put out a much-anticipated report that Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts had asked for by Tuesday.
that Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts had asked for by Tuesday.
Boston 2024 held a briefing for boosters and the news media Monday morning at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center .
That was the anticlimactic feeling here Monday, when Boston 2024, the private group organizing the city’s bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics, put out a much-anticipated report that Gov. Charlie Baker of Massachusetts had asked for by Tuesday.
And with taxpayer help, to the tune of more than $700 million , the Games would spur the much-needed upgrade of the transportation infrastructure, improving local roads as well as the beleaguered subway system.
Their main pitch: The overhauled plan, updated from a widely panned version first offered in January, would generate millions of dollars in new tax revenue, create tens of thousands of new jobs and produce thousands of new housing units, parks and other neighborhood amenities that would provide a lasting legacy.
Their main pitch: The overhauled plan, updated from a widely panned version first offered in January, would generate millions of dollars in new tax revenue, create tens of thousands of new jobs and produce thousands of new housing units, parks and other neighborhood amenities that would provide a lasting legacy.
would spur the much-needed upgrade of the transportation infrastructure, improving local roads as well as the beleaguered subway system .
The plan envisions enlisting private “ master developers ” who would front the money to buy the necessary land, move existing owners and prepare these two sites.
As an incentive, the developers would receive highly generous tax breaks for new construction after the Games.
Those tax breaks would be negotiated with the city, but the report suggested that the developer might pay just 15 percent of real estate taxes for the first decade.
“This could be the largest economic development opportunity in our lifetime, in my lifetime, in Boston,” Steve Pagliuca , co-owner of the Boston Celtics and chairman of Boston 2024, said in presenting the plan.
One problem, he said, was the $128 million figure for insurance.
Andrew Zimbalist , a sports economist at Smith College and author of “Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup,” questioned whether the organizers could get any “master developers” to sign on for the village and the stadium.
Andrew Zimbalist, a sports economist at Smith College and author of “Circus Maximus: The Economic Gamble Behind Hosting the Olympics and the World Cup,” questioned whether the organizers could get any “master developers” to sign on for the village and the stadium.
He also said that a temporary Olympic Stadium might be cheaper to build but that it might not offer the luxury boxes and other amenities that would generate more revenue.
That initial plan won the support of just 36 percent of Boston residents in March.
Monday’s plan, called Bid 2.0, was seen as Boston’s major chance to convince the U.S.O.C. to stick with Boston, which it picked over Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington in January.
Boston 2024 has been in a race against time.
Monday’s plan, called Bid 2.0, was seen as Boston’s major chance to convince the U.S.O.C. to stick with Boston, which it picked over Los Angeles , San Francisco and Washington in January.
A film adaptation of “White Girl Problems” is in the pipeline from Lionsgate.
She would like to turn Cosmo Sex Tips into a half-hour TV show in which “various comedians and actors act out the sexy tips
And she is also writing a TV pilot centered on a young woman in Los Angeles who works at a vintage store that doubles as a drug front.
She would like to turn Cosmo Sex Tips into a half-hour TV show in which “various comedians and actors act out the sexy tips,” she said.
If the United States is going to arrive at a workable compromise solution to its gun problem , it will not be accomplished through the use of historical analogies that are false, silly and insulting.
When it comes to explaining the Holocaust, Germans inquire about the place of anti-Semitism and xenophobia in their society and about the psychological and cultural factors that led ordinary citizens to participate in, or to accept, horrific atrocities.
The origins of the Nazi dictatorship are to be found in the authoritarian legacy of the German Empire, the inability to cope with the defeat in World War I and the failure to achieve political compromise during the Weimar Republic.
They understand their own history well enough to avoid being distracted by demagogy about gun control .
If the United States is going to arrive at a workable compromise solution to its gun problem, it will not be accomplished through the use of historical analogies that are false, silly and insulting.
“Today’s action underscores our resolve to maintain pressure on Russia for violating international law and fueling the conflict in eastern Ukraine,” said John E. Smith, the acting director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the Treasury Department.
“Today’s action underscores our resolve to maintain pressure on Russia for violating international law and fueling the conflict in eastern Ukraine ,” said John E. Smith, the acting director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the Treasury Department.
“Today’s action underscores our resolve to maintain pressure on Russia for violating international law and fueling the conflict in eastern Ukraine,” said John E. Smith , the acting director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the Treasury Department.
But senior administration officials said the new actions were a routine step, and not an escalation of economic sanctions aimed at pressuring Mr. Putin and the Russian government.
The School of American Ballet held its annual Winter Ball on Monday night, and absolutely no one seemed to mind that it felt more like spring.
In a cocktail area in the front of the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, guests primped and posed in floor-length gowns.
But perhaps the most surprising thing about the evening was that while David H. Koch and his wife, Julia, held court in one area of the lobby, Chelsea Clinton was in another.
“ Digging for Fire ,” Joe Swanberg’s new feature is, like many of his previous movies, a case study in heterosexual ethics.
It would almost be a spoiler to tell you when and in what capacity they do, but it’s fun to anticipate the arrival of Melanie Lynskey, Sam Elliott, Brie Larson, Chris Messina (who gets naked) and Anna Kendrick (who almost does).
Orlando Bloom appears at almost the precise moment you’ve forgotten he was supposed to, wearing a man-bun and an air of rugged weariness.
“Digging for Fire,” Joe Swanberg’s new feature is, like many of his previous movies, a case study in heterosexual ethics .
But like Mr. Swanberg’s “Drinking Buddies” and “Happy Christmas,” the film has an appealing honesty and an enjoyably low-key comic style.
“Digging for Fire,” Joe Swanberg’s new feature is, like many of his previous movies, a case study in heterosexual ethics .
It would almost be a spoiler to tell you when and in what capacity they do, but it’s fun to anticipate the arrival of Melanie Lynskey, Sam Elliott, Brie Larson, Chris Messina (who gets naked) and Anna Kendrick (who almost does).
Orlando Bloom appears at almost the precise moment you’ve forgotten he was supposed to, wearing a man-bun and an air of rugged weariness.
“ Digging for Fire ,” Joe Swanberg’s new feature is, like many of his previous movies, a case study in heterosexual ethics.
“Digging for Fire,” Joe Swanberg ’s new feature is, like many of his previous movies, a case study in heterosexual ethics.
Mr. Swanberg shares Mr. Allen’s abiding interest in the swerves and reversals of romance , but he conducts his investigations on firmer moral and philosophical ground.
Mr. Swanberg shares Mr. Allen’s abiding interest in the swerves and reversals of romance, but he conducts his investigations on firmer moral and philosophical ground .
His characters evince mumbling anomie rather than eloquent neurosis .
His characters evince mumbling anomie rather than eloquent neurosis.
Their conversation is stripped of cultural references and instead of grappling with the meaning of existence they struggle with the competing demands of hedonism and responsibility .
Lee drops Jude off at his grandparents’ house so she can spend a night out with friends.
He has unearthed a rusty gun and a possibly human bone from a patch of dirt on the far side of the swimming pool, and over the next 24 hours his curiosity blossoms into obsession.
One ( Mike Birbiglia ) is the uptight guy.
Another ( Sam Rockwell ) is the party guy, who brings cocaine, unattached women and an even wilder buddy (Mr. Messina).
He has unearthed a rusty gun and a possibly human bone from a patch of dirt on the far side of the swimming pool , and over the next 24 hours his curiosity blossoms into obsession.
Everywhere she goes she finds a copy of Dr. David Schnarch ’s “Passionate Marriage,” which feels like both an earnest, obvious metaphor and a sly running joke.
Everywhere she goes she finds a copy of Dr. David Schnarch’s “ Passionate Marriage ,” which feels like both an earnest, obvious metaphor and a sly running joke.
As things threaten to get out of hand for Tim, his wife is courting some disruption of her own, visiting some better-off friends whose relationship looks like a bad New Yorker short story from the ’70s and then setting off alone into the night.
The modesty of “Digging for Fire” is among its virtues, and Mr. Swanberg has become an increasingly trustworthy filmmaker.
Mr. Swanberg has made a tight, satisfying narrative that unfolds almost entirely in the subjunctive mood.
The only must-see club match this weekend — other than Cambuur’s visit to mighty Ajax on Saturday, of course — is the season’s first Clásico: Barcelona at Real Madrid on Saturday (12:15 p.m., beIN).
And the only story to pay attention to related to that is Lionel Messi’s health; Messi has been out for months with a knee injury, but he trained with Barcelona’s B team over the weekend — reportedly looking sharp — and may make his return in Madrid.
And the only story to pay attention to related to that is Lionel Messi’s health; Messi has been out for months with a knee injury, but he trained with Barcelona’s B team over the weekend — reportedly looking sharp — and may make his return in Madrid.
The only must-see club match this weekend — other than Cambuur’s visit to mighty Ajax on Saturday, of course — is the season’s first Clásico: Barcelona at Real Madrid on Saturday (12:15 p.m., beIN).
So it was that Mr. Heastie , the recently elected speaker of the New York State Assembly, was at a blood drive here in suburban Syracuse on Tuesday, gamely donating a pint in front of a group of somewhat perplexed phlebotomists and schedule-obsessed aides.
So it was that Mr. Heastie, the recently elected speaker of the New York State Assembly, was at a blood drive here in suburban Syracuse on Tuesday, gamely donating a pint in front of a group of somewhat perplexed phlebotomists and schedule-obsessed aides.
The stop at the Red Cross blood drive — held in the two-story lobby of Driver’s Village , a dealership north of Syracuse — was near the end of nearly a dozen stops that Mr. Heastie made at the start of a three-day visit upstate this week.
The stop at the Red Cross blood drive — held in the two-story lobby of Driver’s Village, a dealership north of Syracuse — was near the end of nearly a dozen stops that Mr. Heastie made at the start of a three-day visit upstate this week.
So it was that Mr. Heastie, the recently elected speaker of the New York State Assembly, was at a blood drive here in suburban Syracuse on Tuesday , gamely donating a pint in front of a group of somewhat perplexed phlebotomists and schedule-obsessed aides.
Mr. Heastie, who hails from the Bronx , described the trip to central New York as part of an effort to humanize “what we do in Albany,” as well as a kind of personal fact-finding mission.
Mr. Heastie, who hails from the Bronx, described the trip to central New York as part of an effort to humanize “what we do in Albany,” as well as a kind of personal fact-finding mission .
Mr. Heastie, who hails from the Bronx, described the trip to central New York as part of an effort to humanize “what we do in Albany,” as well as a kind of personal fact-finding mission.
Mr. Heastie, who hails from the Bronx, described the trip to central New York as part of an effort to humanize “what we do in Albany,” as well as a kind of personal fact-finding mission.
Mr. Heastie , who hails from the Bronx, described the trip to central New York as part of an effort to humanize “what we do in Albany,” as well as a kind of personal fact-finding mission.
Ms. Miner noted that she had spoken to Mr. Heastie many times in the past; Mr. Heastie served for 14 years in the Assembly before becoming speaker.
But in many cases Tuesday, Mr. Heastie, now one of the most powerful men in Albany , seemed to be introducing himself to members of the public.
In his first five months on the job, Mr. Heastie has established himself as a quiet presence in the Capitol, with terse answers to reporters’ questions and a sedate, often dispassionate way of delivering speeches.
In his first five months on the job, Mr. Heastie has established himself as a quiet presence in the Capitol, with terse answers to reporters ’ questions and a sedate, often dispassionate way of delivering speeches.
Ms. Miner noted that she had spoken to Mr. Heastie many times in the past; Mr. Heastie served for 14 years in the Assembly before becoming speaker.
A statement from the federal prosecutor ’s office said the man, identified as Ayub B., 26, was suspected of having received military training and of recruiting fighters.
A statement from the federal prosecutor’s office said the man, identified as Ayub B., 26 , was suspected of having received military training and of recruiting fighters.
A statement from the federal prosecutor’s office said the man, identified as Ayub B., 26, was suspected of having received military training and of recruiting fighters.
A statement from the federal prosecutor’s office said the man, identified as Ayub B., 26, was suspected of having received military training and of recruiting fighters .
Many of the most-searched questions were about what to do on vacation in cities including San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Miami, Las Vegas, Orlando, Dallas, Nashville and Phoenix.
To help you kick off another year of adventures , I’ve answered them all — from how to pack a suitcase to what you’re allowed to toss in your carry-on.
To help you kick off another year of adventures, I’ve answered them all — from how to pack a suitcase to what you’re allowed to toss in your carry-on .
Below, however, are the top 10 general travel questions .
Many of the most-searched questions were about what to do on vacation in cities including San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Miami, Las Vegas, Orlando, Dallas, Nashville and Phoenix. Below, however, are the top 10 general travel questions.
a mortgage interest tax deduction.
a potential equity gain and a mortgage interest tax deduction .
Before applying for a mortgage, the co-borrowers should fully reveal their income, debt and credit status to each other, said Mike Venable, a senior vice president and head of underwriting for retail bank operations at TD Bank.
“It definitely needs to be someone you really trust, ” he said.
Before applying for a mortgage, the co-borrowers should fully reveal their income, debt and credit status to each other, said Mike Venable, a senior vice president and head of underwriting for retail bank operations at TD Bank .
Co-buyers should be aware that the mortgage underwriter will base their eligibility on the lower of their credit scores , just as with married couples jointly applying for a loan.
Co-buyers should be aware that the mortgage underwriter will base their eligibility on the lower of their credit scores, just as with married couples jointly applying for a loan .
They should carefully consider the stability of each other’s income, and how long one buyer could cover the mortgage if the other fell short .
Mr. Venable noted that if one buyer loses a job and cannot pay, resulting in a delinquency or default, both buyers’ credit would suffer .
Mr. Venable also recommends planning upfront for how home repairs, insurance and other expenses would be managed in a detailed co-ownership agreement .
At the briefing, Mr. Sumwalt said that investigators reviewing the workings of the rail crossing found that the warning lights, the alarm and the gate arms were all functioning at the time of the crash.
In an interview with investigators on Thursday, the engineer operating the train said he saw the S.U.V. moving onto the tracks as the northbound train approached the crossing at Commerce Street.
In an interview with investigators on Thursday, the engineer operating the train said he saw the S.U.V. moving onto the tracks as the northbound train approached the crossing at Commerce Street .
At the briefing, Mr. Sumwalt said that investigators reviewing the workings of the rail crossing found that the warning lights, the alarm and the gate arms were all functioning at the time of the crash.
Meanwhile, the approaching train sounded the proper warning cadence — two long blasts, followed by a short blast and a long blast .
It was going 2 miles per hour under the speed limit, at 58 m.p.h. , Mr. Sumwalt said.
The witness told investigators that a crossing arm closed onto Ms. Brody’s car, prompting her to walk outside and touch the gate shortly before getting back into the car and moving the vehicle forward, into the train’s path.
The witness told investigators that a crossing arm closed onto Ms. Brody’s car, prompting her to walk outside and touch the gate shortly before getting back into the car and moving the vehicle forward, into the train’s path .
The train engineer applied the emergency brake, but the train did not come to a stop until almost 1,000 feet down the track , the car still pinned to its nose.
Since 2006, there has been an average of 2,261 rail crossing accidents a year and an average of 273 deaths a year.
Since 2006, there has been an average of 2,261 rail crossing accidents a year and an average of 273 deaths a year.
Cars are struck by trains regularly across the country, according to Federal Railroad Administration records.
Friends and family members of the passengers who died grappled on Thursday with the question of why her car never moved off the tracks, and why the third rail tore through the first passenger car.
Instead, investigators, commuters and even people close to her were left to try to make sense of her puzzling actions.
Drivers paused after they ascended the slight hill toward the crossing, taking a second look down the tracks before they passed.
Friends and family members of the passengers who died grappled on Thursday with the question of why her car never moved off the tracks, and why the third rail tore through the first passenger car.
A Swarovski crystal chandelier with 96 bulbs hangs above the circular staircase, separating the lounge and bar from the white-hued dining room, where there are floor-to-ceiling windows.
A Swarovski crystal chandelier with 96 bulbs hangs above the circular staircase, separating the lounge and bar from the white-hued dining room, where there are floor-to-ceiling windows.
A Swarovski crystal chandelier with 96 bulbs hangs above the circular staircase, separating the lounge and bar from the white-hued dining room, where there are floor-to-ceiling windows.
The service was pleasant but sloppy , and the pricey menu, while dotted with winners, also had a fair share of disappointments.
This could be because Orama lost its original executive chef, John Piliouras , in September.
This appetizer aside, seafood is Orama’s strength.
The grilled octopus , another appetizer, was meaty and tender and presented on a bed of fennel, red onions, capers and roasted tomatoes, all caramelized with a balsamic vinegar.
The shrimp Santorini — jumbo shrimp in a smooth and garlicky tomato sauce, with pieces of feta — was hearty and comforting.
The high-quality shrimp and lobster cocktail gained zip with a chunky sauce of diced tomatoes , olive oil and Fresno chiles.
Our server pushed the $56 Lobster Maxime, calling it a signature entree and promising meat out of the shell from a one-and-a-half-pound lobster.
Our server pushed the $56 Lobster Maxime , calling it a signature entree and promising meat out of the shell from a one-and-a-half-pound lobster.
Our server pushed the $56 Lobster Maxime, calling it a signature entree and promising meat out of the shell from a one-and-a-half-pound lobster.
The sea bass turned out to be the only worthwhile entree that evening.
To Orama’s credit, when I inquired about the skimpy portion, the manager offered to send us another dish with her compliments.
The pastry chef, Krista Guiwo , was trained at the French Culinary Institute in New York City and usually has eight frequently changing choices on her menu.
The pastry chef, Krista Guiwo, was trained at the French Culinary Institute in New York City and usually has eight frequently changing choices on her menu.
The pastry chef, Krista Guiwo, was trained at the French Culinary Institute in New York City and usually has eight frequently changing choices on her menu.
The pastry chef, Krista Guiwo, was trained at the French Culinary Institute in New York City and usually has eight frequently changing choices on her menu.
These faults wouldn’t matter as much if the prices were lower, but Orama is an expensive night out, so our expectations were high .
The museum, which charges a 5-euro ($5.35) general admission fee, has already drawn about 204,000 visitors.
But in an effort to make use of its vast interior spaces — and lure people to what is still considered an off-the-beaten-path area — municipal leaders also moved the city’s major design organizations here and named the whole enterprise Design Hub Barcelona , or DHUB, hoping it truly would become a hotbed of design activity.
The museum, which charges a 5-euro ($5.35) general admission fee, has already drawn about 204,000 visitors.
Ironically, the building housing the Barcelona Design Museum — a squat, zinc-clad structure with front and rear cantilevers — hasn’t exactly been celebrated for its exterior form.
Since the market moved here in 2013, it’s been drawing 120,000 antiques- and junk-seekers a week to early morning auctions and the stalls that open directly after the last lot has sold.
The roundabout has been torn down as part of a roadway reconfiguration , making the area more walkable.
And some of the city’s most exciting public spaces have sprung up nearby, including a popular flea market under a modernist metal roof and, opening last December, the Barcelona Design Museum .
Ildefons Cerdà, the engineer who drew up the 1859 plan for the expansion of Barcelona, envisioned his Plaça de les Glòries Catalanes as a new town center.
Instead, Glòries (pronounced GLO-rias), as it’s commonly called, became the aforementioned traffic snarl, a no man’s land at the top point of a triangular swath stretching down to the Mediterranean, encompassing Poblenou, or “ new city ,” a longtime manufacturing zone that declined in the 20th century.
“The area is definitely up-and-coming,” said the tour guide Jordan Susselman ,
ESPN will make its annual upfront presentation to advertisers Tuesday morning in a Broadway theater, four days after scripting the latest act in its relationship with Bill Simmons , if not its final one.
Last Friday, John Skipper, ESPN’s president , effectively fired Simmons, one of the company’s best known employees and the founding editor of its Grantland website, by announcing that he would not renew his contract.
Last Friday, John Skipper, ESPN’s president, effectively fired Simmons, one of the company’s best known employees and the founding editor of its Grantland website , by announcing that he would not renew his contract.
ESPN will make its annual upfront presentation to advertisers Tuesday morning in a Broadway theater, four days after scripting the latest act in its relationship with Bill Simmons, if not its final one.
Regardless of your influence or the number of people who listen to your podcasts, no one is bigger than the brand.
Talent contracts like Simmons’s typically contain nondisparagement clauses, so if Simmons strikes out angrily before negotiating his exit — if, say, he verbally slapped Skipper or ESPN — he would forfeit about a third of his estimated $5 million salary, based on just over four months left on his contract.
Talent contracts like Simmons’s typically contain nondisparagement clauses, so if Simmons strikes out angrily before negotiating his exit — if, say, he verbally slapped Skipper or ESPN — he would forfeit about a third of his estimated $5 million salary, based on just over four months left on his contract.
Talent contracts like Simmons’s typically contain nondisparagement clauses, so if Simmons strikes out angrily before negotiating his exit — if, say, he verbally slapped Skipper or ESPN — he would forfeit about a third of his estimated $5 million salary, based on just over four months left on his contract.
Talent contracts like Simmons’s typically contain nondisparagement clauses, so if Simmons strikes out angrily before negotiating his exit — if, say, he verbally slapped Skipper or ESPN — he would forfeit about a third of his estimated $5 million salary, based on just over four months left on his contract.
But do not expect Simmons to say anything, at least about his departure , until he and ESPN are legally done with each other.
Simmons could create a Grantland-like spinoff from Bleacher Report if Turner wants to pit a new version against ESPN’s original, and bring his podcast empire along as a bonus.
Turner is also strong digitally, with much of its focus on continuing to build Bleacher Report .
Simmons could create a Grantland -like spinoff from Bleacher Report if Turner wants to pit a new version against ESPN’s original, and bring his podcast empire along as a bonus.
Turner is also strong digitally, with much of its focus on continuing to build Bleacher Report.
Simmons could create a Grantland-like spinoff from Bleacher Report if Turner wants to pit a new version against ESPN’s original, and bring his podcast empire along as a bonus.
As it stands, marijuana accounts for more than a fifth of revenues generated by cartels, around $1.5 billion a year, according to a 2010 report by the RAND Corporation.
Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have passed laws permitting medical marijuana, and four states also allow recreational use by adults.
As it stands, marijuana accounts for more than a fifth of revenues generated by cartels, around $1.5 billion a year , according to a 2010 report by the RAND Corporation.
Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have passed laws permitting medical marijuana, and four states also allow recreational use by adults.
Instead, Justice Arturo Zaldívar wrote an 88-page opinion based on principles of human rights, arguing that the state recognizes an individual’s autonomy to engage in recreational activities that do not harm others.
The criminal infrastructure will persist whether or not marijuana use is legal.
Marijuana is just one of many sources of income for the cartels, which smuggle narcotics across the border to the United States and run kidnapping and extortion rings at home .
The legal ruling on Wednesday barely referred to the bloody backdrop of the drug war. Instead, Justice Arturo Zaldívar wrote an 88-page opinion based on principles of human rights, arguing that the state recognizes an individual’s autonomy to engage in recreational activities that do not harm others.
One 2011 drug-use survey estimated that 2 percent of Mexicans had smoked marijuana in the past year.
If Mexicans are allowed to grow and consume their own marijuana, casual users will not have to commit a crime to obtain it.
Although that figure is probably low, it is less than the 7.5 percent of people in the United States who said in a 2013 survey that they had used marijuana in the previous month.
“There is an enormous institutional and social cost to enforcing the laws against marijuana,” said Ms. Pérez Correa, whose surveys of state and federal prisons suggest that 60 percent of the inmates sentenced for drug crimes were convicted in cases involving marijuana.
“It must be protected against rapacious developers who would destroy the history of this sacred place and all it represents,” Letitia James , the city’s public advocate, said.
The Stonewall was already part of the city-designated Greenwich Village Historic District, and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999 .
The Stonewall was already part of the city-designated Greenwich Village Historic District, and it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
The Stonewall is not architecturally distinguished and would not earn landmark status on aesthetic grounds, several speakers noted.
The Stonewall is not architecturally distinguished and would not earn landmark status on aesthetic grounds , several speakers noted.
The Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi (1898-1956) was not only a great artist, but he was also an unusually prolific one.
By 1939 , the year he completed “The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum,” a breathtaking melodrama opening in a new restoration Friday, he had over 50 films to his credit.
By 1939, the year he completed “The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum,” a breathtaking melodrama opening in a new restoration Friday, he had over 50 films to his credit.
Yet, it was only with his 1936 feature “Osaka Elegy” that, by some accounts, Mr. Mizoguchi felt he had finally found his artistic footing.
A year later, Otoku follows.
For this rashness, he is obliged to leave Tokyo and go to Osaka on his own, to work with a new troupe.
While “Osaka Elegy” and “Sisters of the Gion,” the two Mizoguchi pictures of this period that have been most widely seen in the West, were relatively brisk features, “Chrysanthemum,” at nearly two and a half hours, shows the director working in an expansive mode, one that would flower even more fully with his postwar masterpieces such as “The Life of Oharu,” “Ugetsu” and “Sansho the Bailiff.”
While “Osaka Elegy” and “Sisters of the Gion,” the two Mizoguchi pictures of this period that have been most widely seen in the West, were relatively brisk features, “Chrysanthemum,” at nearly two and a half hours, shows the director working in an expansive mode, one that would flower even more fully with his postwar masterpieces such as “The Life of Oharu,” “Ugetsu” and “Sansho the Bailiff.”
The video, 1 minute 3 seconds and set in Boca Raton, Fla., features a gender-bending character in a variety of poses: drinking Red Bull in a pink velour zip-up jacket on the beach, sitting on a sofa in a high-rise condo, doing dance moves while dressed in a floral midriff top.
The video, 1 minute 3 seconds and set in Boca Raton, Fla ., features a gender-bending character in a variety of poses: drinking Red Bull in a pink velour zip-up jacket on the beach, sitting on a sofa in a high-rise condo, doing dance moves while dressed in a floral midriff top.
The video, 1 minute 3 seconds and set in Boca Raton, Fla., features a gender-bending character in a variety of poses: drinking Red Bull in a pink velour zip-up jacket on the beach, sitting on a sofa in a high-rise condo, doing dance moves while dressed in a floral midriff top.
Art Basel in Miami Beach , including “She’s so talented, she’s a real artist,” and “Listen, if you are on the wait list, that means you are in the liminal zone between being no one and actually being someone.”
“Miami is a place of excess, of vacation and gluttony, but also the art market, with lots of consumerism going on,” said Ms. Wise, who graduated from art school in Montreal in 2013 .
who, along with the British collector and philanthropist Anita Zabludowicz , co-created Daata Editions.
The website, which debuted during this year’s Frieze Art Fair in New York , combines the growing online art sales scene with the mushrooming market value of new media art.
“Miami is a place of excess, of vacation and gluttony, but also the art market, with lots of consumerism going on,” said Ms. Wise , who graduated from art school in Montreal in 2013.
“I have learned to say no to a lot in the art world, as you sense ‘I do not trust this person,”’ said Mr. Vitiello , a Virginia-based sound and visual artist who created sound works for Daata with names like “Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand.”
Once a year, 18 video, sound and digital artists will be commissioned to do six pieces of three minutes or less, 15 editions of each piece.
Sound, web and digital works start at $100 and increase by edition to a top price of $2,800; for video, the starting price is $200, increasing by increments to a top price of $5,600.
a 15 percent royalty on each sale.
Sound, web and digital works start at $100 and increase by edition to a top price of $2,800; for video, the starting price is $200, increasing by increments to a top price of $5,600 .
Once a year, 18 video, sound and digital artists will be commissioned to do six pieces of three minutes or less, 15 editions of each piece.
Jessica Witkin , the director of the New York gallery Salon 94, which specializes in new media, drew a parallel with how collectors eventually warmed to photographic art, accepting the idea that more than one edition could be available.
By the beginning of September, all the inaugural artists had sold several editions of their works, and there were over 500 downloads of a free Jon Rafman video.
By the beginning of September , all the inaugural artists had sold several editions of their works, and there were over 500 downloads of a free Jon Rafman video.
The perception that video or sound art is difficult to grasp is something that Mr. Gryn hopes will change with Daata.
“There are about 70 or 80 scenes per episode, and I’m in most of them.
The difficulty is that you are playing a character who never reveals what he is thinking .
Although the series has arrived after the plays, Colin Callender, a former president of HBO films whose production company Playground produced the series (with Company Pictures, “Masterpiece” and BBC Two), began negotiations to secure the rights in 2012.
Mr. Callender said that as soon as he read the books, he envisaged a television production .
“There’s an important distinction to make,” said Mr. Lewis, best known for playing Nicholas Brody in the series “Homeland.”
“There’s an important distinction to make,” said Mr. Lewis, best known for playing Nicholas Brody in the series “ Homeland .”
The apparently inexhaustible appetite for versions of Ms. Mantel’s story is partly the result of Britain’s perpetual fascination with the Tudor dynasty but is mostly testament to her vividly original reading of the period: Henry’s desperation for a male heir, the break with the Roman Catholic Church, the beginnings of Protestantism, the dissolution of the monasteries and the eventual execution of Anne, the point at which the second book ends.
All these events are mediated through the perspective and personality of Cromwell, usually depicted by historians as an unscrupulous and cruel power-monger , but here given a far more enigmatic profile as Ms. Mantel’s narrative follows his rise from blacksmith’s son to heights of power second only to the king.
Mr. Rylance, who has won three Tony Awards, has done relatively little film or television work and isn’t well-known to a broader audience.
So sure was Mr. Callender that Mr. Rylance was the right choice that he persuaded the BBC to wait a year while the actor performed in repertory productions of “Twelfth Night” and “Richard III” that played in the West End and on Broadway.
(That might change after “Wolf Hall” and two current film projects with Steven Spielberg — “The BFG” and “Bridge of Spies.”)
So sure was Mr. Callender that Mr. Rylance was the right choice that he persuaded the BBC to wait a year while the actor performed in repertory productions of “Twelfth Night” and “Richard III” that played in the West End and on Broadway.
Dr. Rhein (left), 45, is a veterinarian in Huntington and the owner of Dix Hills Animal Hospital in Dix Hills, N.Y.
She graduated and also received a veterinary medicine degree from Cornell .
Dr. Rhein (left), 45, is a veterinarian in Huntington and the owner of Dix Hills Animal Hospital in Dix Hills, N.Y .
a veterinary medicine degree from Cornell.
She is a daughter of Carol Heller Rhein and Dr. Harvey Rhein of Dix Hills.
An article last Sunday about three women involved with the play “ Eclipsed ,” which focuses on Liberia’s civil war, using information from a publicist, referred incorrectly to a big-budget project that one of the women, the director Liesl Tommy, is working on.
An article last Sunday about three women involved with the play “Eclipsed,” which focuses on Liberia’s civil war, using information from a publicist, referred incorrectly to a big-budget project that one of the women, the director Liesl Tommy , is working on.
An article last Sunday about an exhibition that Steve Martin is curating at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles misstated part of the name of a musical that he is working on with Edie Brickell.
In 2003, Mr. Martin wrote wall text for artworks in the exhibition “ Writings on the Wall ”; his tribute to the photographer Cindy Sherman in 2012 wasn’t “his only prior connection to the museum.”
In 2003, Mr. Martin wrote wall text for artworks in the exhibition “Writings on the Wall”; his tribute to the photographer Cindy Sherman in 2012 wasn’t “his only prior connection to the museum.”
He was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio , not Borgoglia.
REAL ESTATE A cover article last Sunday about new developments in New York City that have drawn criticism from neighbors described incorrectly plans by the developer Fortis Property Group to address concerns about the loss of Long Island College Hospital in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.
REAL ESTATE A cover article last Sunday about new developments in New York City that have drawn criticism from neighbors described incorrectly plans by the developer Fortis Property Group to address concerns about the loss of Long Island College Hospital in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn.
Fortis will donate land where NYU Langone Medical Center will build a new medical facility; Fortis itself will not build a larger hospital on the site.
As the column correctly noted elsewhere, it is the St. James , not the St. James’s.
The column also referred imprecisely to a route to the Stepney Green Underground station in East London .
While it is possible to get to Stepney Green from Victoria station on the Circle line in 23 minutes , it requires a transfer; it is not direct.
While it is possible to get to Stepney Green from Victoria station on the Circle line in 23 minutes, it requires a transfer; it is not direct.
“Let’s not mince words: The choice we face is ultimately between diplomacy and some form of war — maybe not tomorrow, maybe not three months from now, but soon,” Mr. Obama told about 200 people in a speech at American University.
“Let’s not mince words: The choice we face is ultimately between diplomacy and some form of war — maybe not tomorrow, maybe not three months from now, but soon,” Mr. Obama told about 200 people in a speech at American University .
Mr. Obama, opening a new, more overtly political phase of his public campaign for the accord, portrayed the coming vote in Congress to approve or reject the deal as the most consequential foreign policy decision for lawmakers since Congress voted in 2003 to authorize the invasion of Iraq.
Mr. Obama, opening a new, more overtly political phase of his public campaign for the accord, portrayed the coming vote in Congress to approve or reject the deal as the most consequential foreign policy decision for lawmakers since Congress voted in 2003 to authorize the invasion of Iraq .
Delivered in stark terms that surprised some foreign policy analysts and left no room for questioning whether the agreement is good for American security — “It’s not even close,” Mr. Obama declared at one point — the president’s speech was a striking display of certitude about a diplomatic deal that has split the American public and presented a dilemma for lawmakers, including many in his own party.
Delivered in stark terms that surprised some foreign policy analysts and left no room for questioning whether the agreement is good for American security — “It’s not even close,” Mr. Obama declared at one point — the president’s speech was a striking display of certitude about a diplomatic deal that has split the American public and presented a dilemma for lawmakers, including many in his own party.
Delivered in stark terms that surprised some foreign policy analysts and left no room for questioning whether the agreement is good for American security — “ It’s not even close ,” Mr. Obama declared at one point — the president’s speech was a striking display of certitude about a diplomatic deal that has split the American public and presented a dilemma for lawmakers, including many in his own party.
Delivered in stark terms that surprised some foreign policy analysts and left no room for questioning whether the agreement is good for American security — “It’s not even close,” Mr. Obama declared at one point — the president’s speech was a striking display of certitude about a diplomatic deal that has split the American public and presented a dilemma for lawmakers , including many in his own party.
Mr. Obama criticized Republicans who are pressing forward with legislation to block the accord , which is on track for a vote in September.
He said hard-liners in Iran who chant “Death to America” were “making common cause with the Republican caucus .”
Lawmakers who oppose the deal said they were not persuaded, and some said they resented the president’s tone .
In his speech, the president invoked the legacy of John F. Kennedy , who in 1963 appeared on the same campus to push for a nuclear test ban treaty with the Soviet Union.
Now, as a second-term president working to defend an ambitious diplomatic nonproliferation accord with Iran and protect his legacy, Mr. Obama is conjuring the antiwar fervor that animates his party’s liberal base.
David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that even though the White House had been effective at privately engaging skeptics of the deal on its merits, Mr. Obama appeared to be “hyping” his case to the public , perhaps in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents.
David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that even though the White House had been effective at privately engaging skeptics of the deal on its merits, Mr. Obama appeared to be “hyping” his case to the public, perhaps in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents .
“These two sides are just playing off each other, and they’re just going to drive this debate off a cliff ,” Mr. Makovsky said.
David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that even though the White House had been effective at privately engaging skeptics of the deal on its merits, Mr. Obama appeared to be “hyping” his case to the public, perhaps in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents.
David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that even though the White House had been effective at privately engaging skeptics of the deal on its merits, Mr. Obama appeared to be “hyping” his case to the public , perhaps in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents.
“These two sides are just playing off each other, and they’re just going to drive this debate off a cliff ,” Mr. Makovsky said.
David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that even though the White House had been effective at privately engaging skeptics of the deal on its merits, Mr. Obama appeared to be “hyping” his case to the public, perhaps in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents .
David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy said that even though the White House had been effective at privately engaging skeptics of the deal on its merits, Mr. Obama appeared to be “hyping” his case to the public, perhaps in an effort to match the incendiary language of his opponents.
FRONT PAGE Because of an editing error, an article on Nov. 29 about the Islamic State’s control of the Libyan city of Surt, which Western agencies say may give it a fallback option in case it is ousted from its territories in Iraq and Syria, misstated the location of the city of Darnah, close to where Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al Zubaydi, an Iraqi leader of the Islamic State , was killed by an American airstrike in November.
FRONT PAGE Because of an editing error, an article on Nov. 29 about the Islamic State’s control of the Libyan city of Surt, which Western agencies say may give it a fallback option in case it is ousted from its territories in Iraq and Syria, misstated the location of the city of Darnah, close to where Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al Zubaydi, an Iraqi leader of the Islamic State , was killed by an American airstrike in November.
FRONT PAGE Because of an editing error, an article on Nov. 29 about the Islamic State’s control of the Libya n city of Surt, which Western agencies say may give it a fallback option in case it is ousted from its territories in Iraq and Syria, misstated the location of the city of Darnah, close to where Wissam Najm Abd Zayd al Zubaydi, an Iraqi leader of the Islamic State, was killed by an American airstrike in November.
An article on Nov. 30 about the potential discovery of the long-sought burial chamber of Queen Nefertiti , which would boost Egypt’s struggling tourism industry, quoted incorrectly from the paper “The Burial of Nefertiti?”
Because of an editing error, an article on Dec. 20 about Xavier Gabriel, a Spaniard whose lottery business has become a national emblem of luck and a formidable merchandising brand, misstated, in some editions, the timing of the crash of the Virgin Galactic space plane, on which Mr. Gabriel has booked a $200,000 seat.
Because of an editing error, an article on Dec. 20 about Xavier Gabriel, a Spaniard whose lottery business has become a national emblem of luck and a formidable merchandising brand, misstated, in some editions, the timing of the crash of the Virgin Galactic space plane, on which Mr. Gabriel has booked a $200,000 seat.
Because of an editing error, an article on Dec. 20 about Xavier Gabriel, a Spaniard whose lottery business has become a national emblem of luck and a formidable merchandising brand, misstated, in some editions, the timing of the crash of the Virgin Galactic space plane, on which Mr. Gabriel has booked a $200,000 seat.
Because of an editing error, an article on Dec. 20 about Xavier Gabriel, a Spaniard whose lottery business has become a national emblem of luck and a formidable merchandising brand, misstated, in some editions, the timing of the crash of the Virgin Galactic space plane, on which Mr. Gabriel has booked a $200,000 seat.
The most difficult decision was when I decided to change the way the group was working .
When you create something for the long term, you have to accept that you may have some collateral damage in the short term .
The industry will continue to change, so we need to stay agile and adapt .
That means constantly reassessing, never taking anything for granted .
Dinosaurs no longer exist, and they were at the top of the food chain .
In another example of the Pentagon’s growing criticism of China ’s efforts, a senior Navy commander, Rear Adm. Christopher J. Paul, said last month in Australia that there were countries “who attempt to constrict movement through international waters, who create land areas where there were none; who create exclusion zones where there should be shared use.”
In another example of the Pentagon’s growing criticism of China’s efforts, a senior Navy commander, Rear Adm. Christopher J. Paul, said last month in Australia that there were countries “who attempt to constrict movement through international waters , who create land areas where there were none; who create exclusion zones where there should be shared use.”
In response, he said, the Navy is creating “ hunter-killer surface action groups ”
In another example of the Pentagon’s growing criticism of China’s efforts, a senior Navy commander, Rear Adm. Christopher J. Paul, said last month in Australia that there were countries “who attempt to constrict movement through international waters, who create land areas where there were none; who create exclusion zones where there should be shared use.”
Night had fallen at the Clinton Correctional Facility in far northern New York when the prison guards came for Patrick Alexander.
Night had fallen at the Clinton Correctional Facility in far northern New York when the prison guards came for Patrick Alexander .
As the three guards, who wore no name badges, punched him and slammed his head against the wall, he said they shouted questions: “Where are they going?
a broom closet for questioning.
One of the guards put a plastic bag over his head, Mr. Alexander said, and threatened to waterboard him.
For days after the June prison break, corrections officers carried out what seemed like a campaign of retribution against dozens of Clinton inmates, particularly those on the honor block, an investigation by The New York Times found.
For days after the June prison break, corrections officers carried out what seemed like a campaign of retribution against dozens of Clinton inmates, particularly those on the honor block, an investigation by The New York Times found.
For days after the June prison break, corrections officers carried out what seemed like a campaign of retribution against dozens of Clinton inmates, particularly those on the honor block , an investigation by The New York Times found.
They were also subjected to harsh policies ordered by the State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision : Dozens of inmates, many of whom had won the right to live on the honor block after years of good behavior, were transferred out of Clinton to other prisons.
For days after the June prison break, corrections officers carried out what seemed like a campaign of retribution against dozens of Clinton inmates, particularly those on the honor block, an investigation by The New York Times found.
Indeed, it is prison employees who have been implicated: One has pleaded guilty to aiding the escape; another faces criminal charges; nine officers have been suspended; and the leadership of the prison, in Dannemora , has been removed.
“We have been daily getting complaints along these lines from around the state,” said Michael Cassidy , a lawyer for Prisoners’ Legal Services.
And 10 members of an inmate council at Clinton signed a letter last month to state corrections officials making similar allegations.
Indeed, it is prison employees who have been implicated: One has pleaded guilty to aiding the escape; another faces criminal charges; nine officers have been suspended; and the leadership of the prison, in Dannemora, has been removed.
More than 60 inmates have filed complaints with Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, an organization that assists indigent prisoners.
He said the interrogation lasted about 20 minutes, and he was then taken, bleeding , back to his cell.
He said the interrogation lasted about 20 minutes , and he was then taken, bleeding, back to his cell.
In a letter to Prisoners’ Legal Services, Mr. Aponte , who also worked in the tailor shop, described going through a similar interrogation two days later.
In a letter to Prisoners’ Legal Services, Mr. Aponte, who also worked in the tailor shop, described going through a similar interrogation two days later.
In a letter to Prisoners’ Legal Services , Mr. Aponte, who also worked in the tailor shop, described going through a similar interrogation two days later.
Days later, when he was finally taken to the prison clinic, officers warned him not to tell the medical staff how he got his injuries, he wrote in a letter.
Paul Davila , another resident of the honor block, wrote in his complaint that after he was beaten during an interrogation, he was pressured to “sign a report stating, ‘I was not assaulted.’ ”
Paul Davila, another resident of the honor block , wrote in his complaint that after he was beaten during an interrogation, he was pressured to “sign a report stating, ‘I was not assaulted.’ ”
Days later, when he was finally taken to the prison clinic , officers warned him not to tell the medical staff how he got his injuries, he wrote in a letter.
During an interview last week at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Westchester County, Mr. Nuñez showed reporters purple scars around his right ankle that he said were the result of CERT officers’ intentionally shackling him too tightly.
Mr. Edwards , who had supervised 50 inmates at the prison tailor shop, had been able to earn as much as $45 a week.
Since being moved to Sing Sing, he has been working as a porter making $3 a week.
During an interview last week at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Westchester County, Mr. Nuñez showed reporters purple scars around his right ankle that he said were the result of CERT officers’ intentionally shackling him too tightly.
Mr. Edwards, who had supervised 50 inmates at the prison tailor shop, had been able to earn as much as $45 a week.
The fleeting pleasures of “People Places Things,” Jim Strouse ’s winsome trifle of a comedy, derive almost entirely from the charm of its star, Jemaine Clement, the New Zealand-born actor best known in America as one-half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords.
The fleeting pleasures of “People Places Things,” Jim Strouse’s winsome trifle of a comedy, derive almost entirely from the charm of its star, Jemaine Clement , the New Zealand-born actor best known in America as one-half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords.
The fleeting pleasures of “People Places Things,” Jim Strouse’s winsome trifle of a comedy, derive almost entirely from the charm of its star, Jemaine Clement, the New Zealand-born actor best known in America as one-half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords .
The story begins at a fifth birthday party for Will’s twin daughters ( Gia and Aundrea Gadsby ) in his family’s Brooklyn brownstone.
From its opening moments, “ People Places Things ” seems at odds with itself.
Will , who is handsome in an appealingly scruffy way, is a faithful husband with a warm, self-deprecating sense of humor and an acute roving intelligence.
Only a fool would trade him for Gary , a glum, pudgy blob.
From its opening moments, “ People Places Things ” seems at odds with itself.
A whiny, high-strung control freak and compulsive scold, she is such a pill that you wonder what the brokenhearted Will, who moves to Astoria, Queens , could possibly have seen in her.
After class one afternoon, Will is approached by Kat (Jessica Williams), a talented student who offers to introduce him to her beautiful 45-year-old mother, Diane ( Regina Hall ), a teacher of American literature at Columbia.
After class one afternoon, Will is approached by Kat (Jessica Williams), a talented student who offers to introduce him to her beautiful 45-year-old mother, Diane (Regina Hall), a teacher of American literature at Columbia.
Charlie speaks in double talk.
Stein, a modernist American writer who presided over one of the great avant-garde salons of all time in early-20th-century Paris, has rarely been anyone’s idea of light entertainment.
Stein, a modernist American writer who presided over one of the great avant-garde salons of all time in early-20th-century Paris, has rarely been anyone’s idea of light entertainment.
Stein, a modernist American writer who presided over one of the great avant-garde salons of all time in early-20th-century Paris, has rarely been anyone’s idea of light entertainment.
Stein, a modernist American writer who presided over one of the great avant-garde salons of all time in early-20th-century Paris , has rarely been anyone’s idea of light entertainment.
But this 40-minute play from 1921, seldom seen or read outside academia, has an exhilarating air of discovery that finds the fun — and the sense — in her seeming nonsense.
Its full title, “ Reread Another A Play to Be Played Indoors or Out I Wish to Be a School ,” offers an accurate idea of what to expect.
But this 40-minute play from 1921 , seldom seen or read outside academia, has an exhilarating air of discovery that finds the fun — and the sense — in her seeming nonsense.
Staged by the Target Margin artistic director David Herskovits, a man celebrated for bringing cobwebbed theatrical arcana into the light, it is performed with tripping grace by Clare Barron, Purva Bedi and Ugo Chukwu (and a participatory sound man, Jesse Freedman), who wear kimonos and sailor stripes, suggesting extras from some hybrid Gilbert & Sullivan operetta.
Using kitschy objects like white plastic globes and shiny party hats as visual aids , they speak in cryptic fragments of mountains and men and mothers and colorblind house painters.
Listen more carefully, though, as these words are assembled into the exacting forms of declensions and syllogisms, or quaint questions and answers that suggest foreign language phrase books for travelers .
If you listen with half an ear, they sound, in combination, like the ordinary sentences you overhear every day .
No wonder that the three people speaking them seem so delighted and perplexed.
Listen more carefully , though, as these words are assembled into the exacting forms of declensions and syllogisms, or quaint questions and answers that suggest foreign language phrase books for travelers.
The central bank’s decision to remove limits on deposit rates is a good step in that direction, because it should force banks to compete with one another to attract savers.
The central bank’s decision to remove limits on deposit rates is a good step in that direction, because it should force banks to compete with one another to attract savers.
Because they could not earn much by depositing money in banks, a lot of Chinese families invested in risky real estate projects or the inflated stock market.
Because it is the world’s second-biggest economy, China ’s monetary and fiscal policies increasingly matter to the rest of the world.
If the country’s growth slows sharply in the coming months , that could help to tip the already fragile global economy into another recession.
Trimble, a freshman guard, connected again from 3-point range with 2:18 remaining for a 62-54 lead.
Arizona (23-3, 11-2 Pacific-12) led the Trojans (10-16, 2-12) by 18 at halftime and cruised to its 35th straight home victory.
Trimble, a freshman guard , connected again from 3-point range with 2:18 remaining for a 62-54 lead.
Trimble, a freshman guard, connected again from 3-point range with 2:18 remaining for a 62-54 lead.
Nic Moore scored 18 points, and No. 21 Southern Methodist (22-5, 13-2 American Athletic Conference) rallied from 10 points down in the second half to end a seven-game winning streak by visiting Temple (19-8, 10-4).
its 11th straight win .
Nic Moore scored 18 points , and No. 21 Southern Methodist (22-5, 13-2 American Athletic Conference) rallied from 10 points down in the second half to end a seven-game winning streak by visiting Temple (19-8, 10-4).
The Irish (25-2, 12-1) trailed by 34-33 at halftime , and the final margin was the only double-digit lead of the game.
For fans of a certain kind of animation, Monty Oum was the Wizard — and the King, the Knight and the Pawn, all rolled into one.
Millions of people watched his web series “ Red vs. Blue ” and “RWBY.”
Clad in often over-the-top anime -style costumes — platinum wigs, rubber vests — with an unabashed energy and a robust work ethic, he served as an inspiration to audiences weaned on a D.I.Y. techno-culture.
Millions of people watched his web series “Red vs. Blue” and “RWBY.”
During the final few drills, Benoit Allaire , the Rangers’ goalie coach, watched carefully as Lundqvist was pelted with more shots.
Allaire has been Lundqvist’s coach for his entire N.H.L. career .
Allaire has been Lundqvist’s coach for his entire N.H.L. career .
Lundqvist is the Rangers’ star, and Wednesday ’s game rests more on him than on anyone else.
He was asked if he was ever nervous before games like this.
He looked bored. But the purpose of this practice was mostly to get the players moving around, their blood flowing on their day off, and Lundqvist would probably be better served saving his energy.
When practice started, Lundqvist took his place in the same goal he always does, and Talbot took his place at the opposite end.
But the purpose of this practice was mostly to get the players moving around, their blood flowing on their day off, and Lundqvist would probably be better served saving his energy.
The series against the Capitals has been grueling.
He went to the corner, along with Cam Talbot , his backup, and the two of them started shuffling, sliding in place, reacting to invisible pucks.
The Rangers were preparing to play Game 7 of their second-round playoff series against the Washington Capitals , set for Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, and Lundqvist was acting as if it were any other game.
The Rangers were preparing to play Game 7 of their second-round playoff series against the Washington Capitals, set for Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden, and Lundqvist was acting as if it were any other game.
Lundqvist has won 13 of his last 16 games in which the Rangers have faced elimination, posting a 1.42 goals-against average, a .955 save percentage and two shutouts.
a 5-1 career record in Game 7s.
Monday’s development, which set no precedent, did not affect the validity of any law aside from North Carolina ’s. The health care providers who challenged the North Carolina law urged the justices to turn down the state’s appeal.
The health care providers who challenged the North Carolina law urged the justices to turn down the state’s appeal.
“That is farce, not informed consent, and it demonstrates beyond any doubt that the requirement is an impermissible attempt to use physicians to spread the state’s ideological message.” Abortion rights groups welcomed the Supreme Court’s action.
“This misguided law would have inserted politics and bad medicine into every exam room in North Carolina,” Cecile Richards , president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said in a statement.
The lawyer, Yu Wensheng, 48, was taken away in handcuffs late Thursday night after more than a dozen police officers forced their way into the family’s Beijing apartment, said his wife, Xu Yan.
She said in an interview that the police had confiscated a computer and memory stick from the apartment and had said Mr. Yu would face criminal charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” a nebulous, catchall accusation increasingly lodged against Chinese rights advocates.
The lawyer , Yu Wensheng, 48, was taken away in handcuffs late Thursday night after more than a dozen police officers forced their way into the family’s Beijing apartment, said his wife, Xu Yan.
She said in an interview that the police had confiscated a computer and memory stick from the apartment and had said Mr. Yu would face criminal charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” a nebulous, catchall accusation increasingly lodged against Chinese rights advocates.
Mr. Yu’s detention comes amid a concerted assault in China on so-called rights defense lawyers , a small but audacious band of legal defenders who have been willing to take on politically sensitive cases.
He said the police warned him, however, against speaking about his time in custody .
At the time, he said, his interrogators wanted him to confess to having encouraged the pro-democracy demonstrations that shook Hong Kong last year.
In an interview last month , he described weeks of abuse, including sleep deprivation and being tied to a metal chair for hours during questioning.
In an interview last month, he described weeks of abuse, including sleep deprivation and being tied to a metal chair for hours during questioning.
Mr. Yu said he refused to concede to their demands , and he was later released without charge.
Last week, he posted online a letter he sent to Chinese leaders that accused the Ministry of Public Security of illegally detaining lawyers.
A few days later, he added his name to a petition, addressed to Mr. Xi , demanding that the police be held accountable for their role in the detentions.
Cheng Hai , 63, an acquaintance of Mr. Yu who also signed the letter, said he thought the police might be seeking to punish him for openly criticizing the authorities.
“Safeguarding rule of law has its price,” he said in an interview.
A few days later, he added his name to a petition, addressed to Mr. Xi, demanding that the police be held accountable for their role in the detentions.
In recent days, the police have detained a number of other lawyers, including Li Chunfu , the brother of Li Heping, a prominent rights defender who is among those who disappeared in an earlier police sweep.
In recent days, the police have detained a number of other lawyers, including Li Chunfu, the brother of Li Heping , a prominent rights defender who is among those who disappeared in an earlier police sweep.
In recent days, the police have detained a number of other lawyers, including Li Chunfu, the brother of Li Heping, a prominent rights defender who is among those who disappeared in an earlier police sweep.
“This is another blow to the Chinese government’s pledge that it will uphold the rule of law,” a spokesman for the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group , a Hong Kong organization, said by telephone.
Ms. Yan , Mr. Yu’s wife, said officers at the police station where her husband was being held refused to allow her to see him on Friday.
ALBANY — Sheldon Silver , the longtime speaker of the New York State Assembly, agreed on Sunday to relinquish his duties on a temporary basis as he fights federal corruption charges.
ALBANY — Sheldon Silver, the longtime speaker of the New York State Assembly, agreed on Sunday to relinquish his duties on a temporary basis as he fights federal corruption charges.
ALBANY — Sheldon Silver, the longtime speaker of the New York State Assembly, agreed on Sunday to relinquish his duties on a temporary basis as he fights federal corruption charges.
ALBANY — Sheldon Silver, the longtime speaker of the New York State Assembly, agreed on Sunday to relinquish his duties on a temporary basis as he fights federal corruption charges .
Instead, he would temporarily delegate his duties as speaker to a group of senior Assembly members .
Under the plan, which the Assembly’s Democratic caucus is to consider in a closed-door meeting on Monday afternoon, Mr. Silver would “not specifically step down, but step back,” according to a person briefed on the situation, who insisted on anonymity because the plan had not yet been presented to the caucus.
Under the plan, which the Assembly’s Democratic caucus is to consider in a closed-door meeting on Monday afternoon, Mr. Silver would “not specifically step down, but step back,” according to a person briefed on the situation, who insisted on anonymity because the plan had not yet been presented to the caucus.
Immediately after Mr. Silver’s arrest on Thursday, Democrats in the Assembly rallied behind him.
Mr. Silver, who has proved adept over the years at withstanding ethical and legal scrutiny, predicted he would be vindicated.
“He is resolved to fight the case, but realized doing the budget while doing the case would be a distraction,” said a person involved in the discussions this weekend who was not authorized to speak on the record because of the sensitive nature of the talks.
Under the tentative plan developed on Sunday, the Assembly majority leader, Joseph D. Morelle of the Rochester area, and the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, Herman D. Farrell Jr., Democrat of Manhattan, would assume responsibility for budget negotiations.
Under the tentative plan developed on Sunday , the Assembly majority leader, Joseph D. Morelle of the Rochester area, and the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, Herman D. Farrell Jr., Democrat of Manhattan, would assume responsibility for budget negotiations.
Under the tentative plan developed on Sunday, the Assembly majority leader, Joseph D. Morelle of the Rochester area , and the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, Herman D. Farrell Jr., Democrat of Manhattan, would assume responsibility for budget negotiations.
Under the tentative plan developed on Sunday, the Assembly majority leader, Joseph D. Morelle of the Rochester area, and the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, Herman D. Farrell Jr. , Democrat of Manhattan, would assume responsibility for budget negotiations.
He added that Mr. Silver’s delegation of his responsibilities “will give him the flexibility he needs so that he can defend himself against these charges , and he is confident that he will be found innocent.”
Mr. Silver, 70 , who is from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, is accused of abusing his office to obtain $4 million in payoffs.
Mr. Silver, 70, who is from the Lower East Side of Manhattan , is accused of abusing his office to obtain $4 million in payoffs.
Mr. Silver, 70, who is from the Lower East Side of Manhattan, is accused of abusing his office to obtain $4 million in payoffs .
The new leadership arrangement will be a startling change because of Mr. Silver’s longevity: As governors and other legislators have come and gone, Mr. Silver has remained firmly in place as speaker since 1994.
Some worried that the charges against him could taint all Assembly Democrats , hurting members when they seek re-election.
The Monday session had been the subject of great anticipation over the weekend, as Assembly members discussed with one another how the situation might unfold, and considered who could succeed Mr. Silver.
Some long-serving members, on the other hand, were concerned that Mr. Silver was being unfairly condemned before standing trial, and were wary about seeking his ouster before he had a chance to defend himself in court.
Some long-serving members, on the other hand, were concerned that Mr. Silver was being unfairly condemned before standing trial, and were wary about seeking his ouster before he had a chance to defend himself in court.
Republicans showing the greatest political momentum in the poll were the three outsiders: Mr. Trump, who drew strong support from self-described moderates, people with family incomes of $50,000 or less, and those without a college degree; Mr. Carson, who edged out Mr. Trump among conservatives and wealthier voters and was much stronger among college graduates; and Carly Fiorina, a former business executive who had support from 4 percent of Republicans, an improvement over her trace amount in August.
Republicans showing the greatest political momentum in the poll were the three outsiders: Mr. Trump, who drew strong support from self-described moderates, people with family incomes of $50,000 or less, and those without a college degree; Mr. Carson, who edged out Mr. Trump among conservatives and wealthier voters and was much stronger among college graduates; and Carly Fiorina, a former business executive who had support from 4 percent of Republicans, an improvement over her trace amount in August.
Republicans showing the greatest political momentum in the poll were the three outsiders: Mr. Trump , who drew strong support from self-described moderates, people with family incomes of $50,000 or less, and those without a college degree; Mr. Carson, who edged out Mr. Trump among conservatives and wealthier voters and was much stronger among college graduates; and Carly Fiorina, a former business executive who had support from 4 percent of Republicans, an improvement over her trace amount in August.
Republicans showing the greatest political momentum in the poll were the three outsiders: Mr. Trump, who drew strong support from self-described moderates, people with family incomes of $50,000 or less, and those without a college degree; Mr. Carson , who edged out Mr. Trump among conservatives and wealthier voters and was much stronger among college graduates; and Carly Fiorina, a former business executive who had support from 4 percent of Republicans, an improvement over her trace amount in August.
Republicans showing the greatest political momentum in the poll were the three outsiders: Mr. Trump, who drew strong support from self-described moderates, people with family incomes of $50,000 or less, and those without a college degree; Mr. Carson, who edged out Mr. Trump among conservatives and wealthier voters and was much stronger among college graduates; and Carly Fiorina, a former business executive who had support from 4 percent of Republicans, an improvement over her trace amount in August.
“I like Ben Carson because he’s not government, and I’m tired of government,” said Doug May , 70, a retired chief information officer in Bluffton, S.C.
Mr. May added, referring to the Russian president, Vladimir V. Putin: “What worries me the most about Donald Trump is what he would do if put into a situation where he is sitting down with Putin.
With his mouth, I have no idea what he would say to people.” Democratic voters seem more enthusiastic about Mrs. Clinton as the party’s possible nominee than Republicans do about Mr. Trump.
Forty-eight percent of Democrats said they would support her enthusiastically, and 35 percent of Republicans said the same of Mr. Trump.
Democratic voters seem more enthusiastic about Mrs. Clinton as the party’s possible nominee than Republicans do about Mr. Trump.
“It’s scattered, we’re still sorting through” about eight boxes of new material, said Philip Hallman , curator of the university’s Screen Arts Mavericks and Makers collection.
The papers arrived last week from Croatia, where they had been kept by Ms. Kodar , Mr. Hallman said.
Most prominently, a group of producers are working to complete “ The Other Side of the Wind ,” a film shot by Welles in the 1970s.
The producers unveiled an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign on May 7 to raise funds for editing, music and other postproduction costs.
The producers unveiled an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign on May 7 to raise funds for editing, music and other postproduction costs.
“It should have gone to Isak Dinesen ,” Hemingway said, according to Ms. Dow’s description of Welles’s remembrance.
In early June , Ms. Kodar is expected to attend a university-sponsored Welles symposium that will honor donors to the film archive.
One presentation, Mr. Hallman said, will feature music composed for an ensemble that plays toy instruments .
In early June, Ms. Kodar is expected to attend a university-sponsored Welles symposium that will honor donors to the film archive.
Ms. Dow said she was struck by Welles’s account of a wine-soaked session with Ernest Hemingway, who had just won the Nobel Prize for literature.
The political opposition here rode discontent over a failing economy to an overwhelming majority in legislative elections on Sunday, but after years of sniping from the sidelines, members have to get down to the difficult task of delivering on promises to fix the country’s many ills .
The political opposition here rode discontent over a failing economy to an overwhelming majority in legislative elections on Sunday , but after years of sniping from the sidelines, members have to get down to the difficult task of delivering on promises to fix the country’s many ills.
The opposition, under the banner of the Democratic Unity coalition , won 112 of the 167 seats in the National Assembly, which will be sworn in Jan. 5, according to electoral authorities.
The opposition, under the banner of the Democratic Unity coalition, won 112 of the 167 seats in the National Assembly, which will be sworn in Jan. 5, according to electoral authorities.
The opposition, under the banner of the Democratic Unity coalition, won 112 of the 167 seats in the National Assembly, which will be sworn in Jan. 5 , according to electoral authorities.
There are however, ways that the Assembly could pressure Mr. Maduro to shift course economically.
It can remove cabinet ministers , like the finance minister, and it can vote to remove the directors of the central bank.
An alternative would be for the Assembly and Mr. Maduro to find a way to work together , particularly on economic policy, perhaps even with the president appointing some opposition members to his cabinet.
An alternative would be for the Assembly and Mr. Maduro to find a way to work together, particularly on economic policy, perhaps even with the president appointing some opposition members to his cabinet .
He quickly accepted the opposition victory after results were released early Monday morning , but he also blamed what he called an economic war for his party’s defeat, a war that he said was being waged against his government and the country by shadowy capitalist forces.
MASON, Ohio —  Days after making a remark to an opponent in Montreal that was picked up by on-court microphones and resulted in a $10,000 fine, Nick Kyrgios received a mixed reaction upon his arrival at his opening-round match at the Western & Southern Open.
MASON, Ohio —  Days after making a remark to an opponent in Montreal that was picked up by on-court microphones and resulted in a $10,000 fine, Nick Kyrgios received a mixed reaction upon his arrival at his opening-round match at the Western & Southern Open.
The response of the large crowd grew warmer during the match, but that was short-lived — not because Kyrgios again set off controversy but because his opponent Tuesday, 12th-seeded Richard Gasquet, completed a 6-2, 6-1 victory in just 56 minutes.
The response of the large crowd grew warmer during the match, but that was short-lived — not because Kyrgios again set off controversy but because his opponent Tuesday, 12th-seeded Richard Gasquet , completed a 6-2, 6-1 victory in just 56 minutes.
The response of the large crowd grew warmer during the match, but that was short-lived — not because Kyrgios again set off controversy but because his opponent Tuesday, 12th-seeded Richard Gasquet, completed a 6-2, 6-1 victory in just 56 minutes .
“I’m not a guy that needs too many matches before I play in a Grand Slam, so it’s almost good preparation for me to go into the U.S. Open,” said Kyrgios, an Australian who was unseeded.
“I’m not a guy that needs too many matches before I play in a Grand Slam, so it’s almost good preparation for me to go into the U.S. Open,” said Kyrgios , an Australian who was unseeded.
Kyrgios’s early exit will at least allow him to avoid the vitriol that has been directed his way since Wednesday night, when he was heard telling Stan Wawrinka that a fellow Australian player, Thanasi Kokkinakis, had slept with Wawrinka’s girlfriend, Donna Vekic, a player on the WTA Tour.
Kyrgios’s early exit will at least allow him to avoid the vitriol that has been directed his way since Wednesday night, when he was heard telling Stan Wawrinka that a fellow Australian player, Thanasi Kokkinakis, had slept with Wawrinka’s girlfriend, Donna Vekic , a player on the WTA Tour.
Kyrgios’s early exit will at least allow him to avoid the vitriol that has been directed his way since Wednesday night, when he was heard telling Stan Wawrinka that a fellow Australian player, Thanasi Kokkinakis , had slept with Wawrinka’s girlfriend, Donna Vekic, a player on the WTA Tour.
His mother, Nill , said his insult was justified because of Wawrinka’s criticism of Kyrgios months earlier, writing on Twitter, “A sledge for a sledge,” while using an Australian term for an insult.
His mother, Nill, said his insult was justified because of Wawrinka’s criticism of Kyrgios months earlier, writing on Twitter, “ A sledge for a sledge ,” while using an Australian term for an insult.
Kyrgios’s older brother, Christos , made crude comments about Vekic and threatening comments toward Wawrinka and was kicked off the air during a radio interview for making a crude pun.
On Saturday — on the same court where Kyrgios eventually lost Tuesday — Kokkinakis was again dragged into the fray, ending up in a heated altercation with the American Ryan Harrison , his opponent in the first round of qualifying.
On Saturday — on the same court where Kyrgios eventually lost Tuesday — Kokkinakis was again dragged into the fray, ending up in a heated altercation with the American Ryan Harrison, his opponent in the first round of qualifying.
Harrison added that he believed Kokkinakis and Kyrgios were hiding behind tennis’s genteel code of conduct.
Harrison added that he believed Kokkinakis and Kyrgios were hiding behind tennis’s genteel code of conduct.
The way he went about it definitely wasn’t the right thing.” The elder statesmen of the tour have been similarly indignant.
“Obviously it’s the talk of the locker room, and everybody has their opinion,” Roger Federer said.
Harrison added that he believed Kokkinakis and Kyrgios were hiding behind tennis ’s genteel code of conduct.
Rafael Nadal expressed a similar sentiment.
“Being young or not, I think, is not an excuse at all,” Nadal, 29, said of the 20 -year-old Kyrgios
“Being young or not, I think, is not an excuse at all,” Nadal, 29 , said of the 20-year-old Kyrgios.
Our sport is a gentleman’s sport .
He added: “The real thing is, when we are on court and we are saying things outside of court, we are in front of the cameras , in front of the audience.
The executive director of the Fund for Public Schools, a nonprofit that raises money for New York City public schools, abruptly resigned this week amid concerns about her management style and turnover on the fund’s staff.
The city’s Education Department said the director, Iris Chen , who was appointed by Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña less than 16 months ago, had resigned “to pursue other opportunities.”
The city’s Education Department said the director, Iris Chen, who was appointed by Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña less than 16 months ago, had resigned “to pursue other opportunities.”
The fund, which under former Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg raised hundreds of millions of dollars for educational programs, has experienced declines in fund-raising under Mayor Bill de Blasio .
Ms. Chen, a former executive director of Teach for America ’s New York office, acknowledged  in an interview this spring that early on she had been late to some meetings with donors.
As of mid-May, the fund had raised just $18 million in the 2015 fiscal year, compared with an average of $29 million a year over the last decade.
Under Ms. Chen , the organization’s staff shrank to 10, from 21.
The Education Department said on Tuesday that by June 30, the end of the fiscal year, the fund had raised $ 21 .75 million, but it said it could not provide a list of new grants that were secured in May and June.
According to one of the people familiar with confidential discussions about the circumstances of Ms. Chen’s departure, members of the board had been unsettled by a recent audit committee meeting in which Ms. Chen was unable to answer questions about the fund’s finances .
The department said that Sarah Geisenheimer , a former associate director at the Rockefeller Foundation and a senior adviser to Ms. Fariña, had been made acting executive director of the fund, effective immediately, and that it would conduct a formal search for a permanent executive director.
Pointing to the same evidence, Motorola Mobility , one of the corporate victims of the price-fixing scheme, filed a follow-on civil antitrust suit, seeking damages from AU Optronics and other members of the cartel.
Pointing to the same evidence, Motorola Mobility, one of the corporate victims of the price-fixing scheme, filed a follow-on civil antitrust suit, seeking damages from AU Optronics and other members of the cartel.
But last November , a federal appeals court in Chicago tossed out Motorola’s civil suit, saying the company’s overseas subsidiaries could not reap the benefits of America’s antitrust laws.
But last November, a federal appeals court in Chicago tossed out Motorola’s civil suit, saying the company’s overseas subsidiaries could not reap the benefits of America’s antitrust laws.
Warning of the business impact of legal uncertainty, the National Association of Manufacturers wrote a friend-of-the-court brief urging the Supreme Court to take the case.
Instead, the trade association called for clarity .
“Companies,” the brief states, “need to know where the legal lines are drawn in order to structure their transactions for goods intended for eventual import into the United States.” Richard A. Posner , a federal appeals court judge and a prominent legal theorist, wrote the opinion in the Motorola case.
“Companies,” the brief states, “need to know where the legal lines are drawn in order to structure their transactions for goods intended for eventual import into the United States.” Richard A. Posner , a federal appeals court judge and a prominent legal theorist, wrote the opinion in the Motorola case.
His ruling in a smartphone patent case in 2012, for example, was a sweeping critique of the patent system, describing it as a system in “ chaos .
Nishikori trailed by 6-1 in the third-set tiebreaker before he saved five consecutive match points to level the score at 6-6, sending the resigned crowd into unlikely excitement.
But with Wawrinka pinned behind the baseline on the next point, an attempted drop shot by Nishikori hit the bottom of the net tape and slid down onto his side of the court, sending his coach, Michael Chang , similarly slumping into his seat.
Nishikori trailed by 6-1 in the third-set tiebreaker before he saved five consecutive match points to level the score at 6-6, sending the resigned crowd into unlikely excitement.
But with Wawrinka pinned behind the baseline on the next point, an attempted drop shot by Nishikori hit the bottom of the net tape and slid down onto his side of the court, sending his coach, Michael Chang, similarly slumping into his seat.
The error gave Wawrinka a sixth match point, which he converted with an ace for a spot in the semifinals .
After his run to the final of the United States Open last year, which included a five-set win over Wawrinka in the quarterfinals, Nishikori was expected by many to move one step further at this tournament.
After his run to the final of the United States Open last year, which included a five-set win over Wawrinka in the quarterfinals, Nishikori was expected by many to move one step further at this tournament.
After his run to the final of the United States Open last year, which included a five-set win over Wawrinka in the quarterfinals , Nishikori was expected by many to move one step further at this tournament.
Wawrinka said he believed his play was even better than it was here last year, when he beat Djokovic and Rafael Nadal en route to his first major title.
You play every two days .
Wawrinka and Djokovic played grueling five-setters in each of the previous two years in Melbourne , with Djokovic prevailing, 12-10, in the fifth set in the fourth round in 2013 and Wawrinka avenging that loss in the quarterfinals last year.
Wawrinka and Djokovic played grueling five-setters in each of the previous two years in Melbourne, with Djokovic prevailing, 12-10, in the fifth set in the fourth round in 2013 and Wawrinka avenging that loss in the quarterfinals last year.
Wawrinka and Djokovic played grueling five-setters in each of the previous two years in Melbourne, with Djokovic prevailing, 12-10 , in the fifth set in the fourth round in 2013 and Wawrinka avenging that loss in the quarterfinals last year.
Wawrinka and Djokovic played grueling five-setters in each of the previous two years in Melbourne, with Djokovic prevailing, 12-10, in the fifth set in the fourth round in 2013 and Wawrinka avenging that loss in the quarterfinals last year.
Oregon, Philadelphia and Emeryville, Calif. , have all passed paid sick-leave policies this year, and Montgomery County, Md., is expected to soon.
Last year, 11 states and cities did so, up from only two in 2011.
Oregon, Philadelphia and Emeryville, Calif., have all passed paid sick-leave policies this year, and Montgomery County, Md., is expected to soon.
( Eleven other states , including Wisconsin, Arizona and Georgia, have gone the other direction, banning cities from enacting paid sick leave.)
Last year, 11 states and cities did so, up from only two in 2011.
Three states — California, New Jersey and Rhode Island — offer paid family leave, and several cities, including Boston and Seattle this year, have begun offering parental leave to city employees.
Three states — California, New Jersey and Rhode Island — offer paid family leave, and several cities, including Boston and Seattle this year, have begun offering parental leave to city employees.
“We always knew that we need national standards , but historically in our country, workplace changes happen first at the state or local level,” said Ellen Bravo, executive director of Family Values @ Work, a network of groups pushing for paid leave.
“We always knew that we need national standards, but historically in our country, workplace changes happen first at the state or local level ,” said Ellen Bravo, executive director of Family Values @ Work, a network of groups pushing for paid leave.
“We always knew that we need national standards, but historically in our country, workplace changes happen first at the state or local level,” said Ellen Bravo, executive director of Family Values @ Work, a network of groups pushing for paid leave.
Corporate America , as a whole, has long fought paid leave.
Executives, especially at small businesses, say it burdens employers with additional costs and the need to temporarily replace employees .
“I certainly think there’s a lot of people who benefit from paid leave,” said James Sherk, an analyst at the Heritage Foundation , a conservative group in Washington.
Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream, a Seattle chain, recently began offering employees 12 weeks of paid parental leave .
Bernie Sanders , the Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate, has called for legislation to guarantee paid sick, vacation and family leave.
Ms. Andino, a medical assistant , guessed that the video games might come sooner than she had planned.
Ms. Andino, a medical assistant, guessed that the video games might come sooner than she had planned.
“ Anna and Elsa all day.”
In Midtown Manhattan, Jeremy Brisiel began the morning with no illusions.
But Tallulah and her mother, Melle Powers , an actress and teacher, had a better idea: taking an imaginary trip back to the Caribbean resort where they vacationed last week, making pretend sand castles on their small living room floor.
Maher Bawady, 43 , of Queens, woke at 2:30 a.m. on Monday to set up his food cart outside 500 Park Avenue in Manhattan.
He had to hold each latex glove by a heater so it would stretch over his hand.
At 7:29 a.m., the temperature sank to a low of 3 degrees in Central Park, the lowest since the record of 1 degree was set in January 2004, said Tim Morrin, the observation program leader for the National Weather Service.
At 7:29 a.m., the temperature sank to a low of 3 degrees in Central Park, the lowest since the record of 1 degree was set in January 2004, said Tim Morrin, the observation program leader for the National Weather Service.
More snow is expected after midnight , he said, enough to affect the commute on Tuesday morning.
Mr. Morrin’s son-in-law, Andrew Albany, 28 , was home with three children on Monday morning in south central New Jersey, putting in a load of laundry, when he realized the pipe to the washer was frozen.
Mr. Morrin’s son-in-law, Andrew Albany, 28, was home with three children on Monday morning in south central New Jersey, putting in a load of laundry, when he realized the pipe to the washer was frozen.
Mr. Morrin’s son-in-law, Andrew Albany, 28, was home with three children on Monday morning in south central New Jersey, putting in a load of laundry, when he realized the pipe to the washer was frozen .
Putting the 1-year-old in the playpen , and the 3-year-old and 6-year-old in front of a Disney movie, he deployed a space heater to try to try to thaw the pipe, before heading to his 3 p.m. to midnight shift as a nurse.
Yes, he conceded, laughing, “It was ‘ Frozen .
Cruz then grabbed the ball, skewering Clinton more sharply and showing that he could out-eloquent Rubio and out-nasty anyone.
Cruz said he wanted to eliminate five and named the Commerce Department twice.
That’s the fascination of Cruz, and the most fun Tuesday night was his stumble on the very ground that tripped up Rick Perry four years ago.
That’s the fascination of Cruz, and the most fun Tuesday night was his stumble on the very ground that tripped up Rick Perry four years ago.
Cruz said he wanted to eliminate five and named the Commerce Department twice.
There were eight contenders where there had once been 11 — back in the glory days of Scott Walker.
There were eight contenders where there had once been 11 — back in the glory days of Scott Walker.
And the other, my favorite: “Why do Republicans hate Ted Cruz ?”
“Who is Rand Paul ?” was one.
Even so, Bush couldn’t and didn’t stand out the way he, more than anyone else, really needed to.
After living much of the last six decades in the North Slope townhouse her seamstress mother had bought in 1949, Lorraine Leong, a health care administrator, decamped to the southwestern fringe of the neighborhood in 2012, paying $693,000 for a two-bedroom condominium on 12th Street and Fourth Avenue, a thoroughfare where blocky residential buildings have sprung up since a 2003 rezoning.
After living much of the last six decades in the North Slope townhouse her seamstress mother had bought in 1949 , Lorraine Leong, a health care administrator, decamped to the southwestern fringe of the neighborhood in 2012, paying $693,000 for a two-bedroom condominium on 12th Street and Fourth Avenue, a thoroughfare where blocky residential buildings have sprung up since a 2003 rezoning.
After living much of the last six decades in the North Slope townhouse her seamstress mother had bought in 1949, Lorraine Leong, a health care administrator, decamped to the southwestern fringe of the neighborhood in 2012, paying $693,000 for a two-bedroom condominium on 12th Street and Fourth Avenue, a thoroughfare where blocky residential buildings have sprung up since a 2003 rezoning.
Her son, a “foodie” who lives upstairs, keeps her informed, she said, about “all the great restaurants opening up” on Fifth Avenue and Flatbush Avenue.
“Fourth and Fifth Avenues have that diverse mix that Brooklyn always had, and it’s very appealing to me,” said Ms. Leong, who is of Chinese descent.
A principal draw of Park Slope has always been the rolling meadows and sinuous paths of Prospect Park, a masterpiece designed by Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted .
On Prospect Park West, a Romanesque Revival limestone mansion houses the Poly Prep Lower School; next door, a neo-Jacobean mansion built for a Bon Ami cleansing powder magnate is now home to the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture.
The neighborhood, home to about 60,000 , stretches west from the park to the rumbling river of traffic known as Fourth Avenue, and south from Flatbush Avenue.
At 105 Eighth Avenue, the neoclassical Tracy Mansion, which served for years as a Montessori school, is on the market for $13 million.
At 105 Eighth Avenue, the neoclassical Tracy Mansion, which served for years as a Montessori school, is on the market for $13 million .
Public School 321 , a well-regarded elementary school on Seventh Avenue, is a major attraction.
Last year, 78 percent of students met state standards on the state English test, and 80 percent on the math test, versus 30 and 39 percent citywide.
Last year, 78 percent of students met state standards on the state English test, and 80 percent on the math test, versus 30 and 39 percent citywide.
The Berkeley Carroll School, a private institution for prekindergarten through 12th grade, has its lower school on Carroll Street and middle and high schools on Lincoln Place.
Nine trains stop at Atlantic Avenue - Barclays Center, including the D, N, 4 and 5.
The North Slope is well served by subway lines, including the 2, 3, B and Q , which make stops on Flatbush and reach Midtown Manhattan in about a half-hour.
The History Washington Park was home to a forerunner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, which used the Old Stone House of Gowanus, a 17th-century structure, as their clubhouse in the late 19th century.
The History Washington Park was home to a forerunner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, which used the Old Stone House of Gowanus , a 17th-century structure, as their clubhouse in the late 19th century.
The R train serves stations along Fourth Avenue.
Re “Counterrevolutionary Russia” (June 26) by Roger Cohen : There have been two alternative social, political and intellectual currents with deep roots in Russia.
The neo-Slavophile current exerted significant influence in the past and is re-emerging as a strong political orientation in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, as Mr. Cohen notes with alarm.
Re “Counterrevolutionary Russia” ( June 26 ) by Roger Cohen: There have been two alternative social, political and intellectual currents with deep roots in Russia.
This illiberal ideology emphasizes the uniqueness of the “Russian World” with its Eastern Orthodox faith, and is providing Russian foreign policy with a renewed regional assertiveness as an Orthodox power that will protect its perceived core: Russia, Belarus and Ukraine .
This illiberal ideology emphasizes the uniqueness of the “Russian World” with its Eastern Orthodox faith, and is providing Russian foreign policy with a renewed regional assertiveness as an Orthodox power that will protect its perceived core: Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
The other current has been the neo-Westernizer, which re-exerted itself strongly during the Mikhail Gorbachev years and gave rise to his world-transforming ideas and ideals.
In contrast to the neo-Slavophile current that is anti-Western, this liberal rival outlook actually seeks integration with the West , which Mr. Gorbachev assiduously pursued during his tenure.
In contrast to the neo-Slavophile current that is anti-Western, this liberal rival outlook actually seeks integration with the West, which Mr. Gorbachev assiduously pursued during his tenure.
Reza Fakhari, Brooklyn, N.Y.
The other current has been the neo-Westernizer , which re-exerted itself strongly during the Mikhail Gorbachev years and gave rise to his world-transforming ideas and ideals.
She added that when reading Frank’s diary, which is in epistolary form , she would think, “What does she say that might spark a response from him?”
But everything they say is drawn from works produced two decades apart: “The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition,” the unexpurgated version of Frank’s Holocaust journal, and “Letter From a Birmingham Jail,” a rebuke to Southern white clergymen that Dr. King wrote while imprisoned for civil disobedience in Alabama in 1963.
But everything they say is drawn from works produced two decades apart: “The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition,” the unexpurgated version of Frank’s Holocaust journal, and “Letter From a Birmingham Jail ,” a rebuke to Southern white clergymen that Dr. King wrote while imprisoned for civil disobedience in Alabama in 1963.
But everything they say is drawn from works produced two decades apart: “The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition,” the unexpurgated version of Frank’s Holocaust journal, and “Letter From a Birmingham Jail,” a rebuke to Southern white clergymen that Dr. King wrote while imprisoned for civil disobedience in Alabama in 1963.
At this program, the season’s conclusion to the Broadway Playhouse series at Merkin Concert Hall , which introduces classic musicals and their creators to the next generation of audiences, they can discover the world of Frank Loesser.
The composer and lyricist behind “Guys and Dolls” and “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,” Loesser also wrote a famous tune that could be an anthem for this winter: “Baby, It’s Cold Outside.” Singalongs and interactive games are part of the fun.
At 11 a.m. , 129 West 67th Street, Manhattan, 212-501-3330, kaufmanmusiccenter.org/mch.
Broadway Playhouse: Frank Loesser (Sunday)
‘The Bully’ (Saturday and Sunday) Vital Theater Company is reviving this ever-topical musical, by John Gregor and David L. Williams , which refreshingly avoids the trap of bullying its own audiences with heavy moralizing.
(Through April 26 .)
Instead, the many pitfalls of the typical middle school relationship of victimizer and victim are revealed through wit, humor and a killer of a sly twist.
‘The Bully’ (Saturday and Sunday) Vital Theater Company is reviving this ever-topical musical, by John Gregor and David L. Williams, which refreshingly avoids the trap of bullying its own audiences with heavy moralizing.
Arielle Sosland , writer and director of this musical, based it on “The Can Do Duck” series of children’s books by her father, Morton Sosland, a child psychiatrist.
Arielle Sosland, writer and director of this musical, based it on “The Can Do Duck” series of children’s books by her father, Morton Sosland , a child psychiatrist.
Arielle Sosland, writer and director of this musical, based it on “The Can Do Duck” series of children’s books by her father , Morton Sosland, a child psychiatrist.
It focuses on a duck family and a human family as they learn to face challenges with self-confidence and optimism .
(Through June 28 .)
This one will sprout indoors at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater , which is reviving Michael Alogna’s adaptation of the classic fairy tale about Jack, the Giant (here named Milford), Dolly the Cow and the famous Golden Goose.
This one will sprout indoors at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theater, which is reviving Michael Alogna’s adaptation of the classic fairy tale about Jack, the Giant (here named Milford ), Dolly the Cow and the famous Golden Goose.
Bruce Cannon , the theater’s artistic director, has revised the script, and a human actor now stars in the show along with the company’s hand-built marionettes.
Live In Theater , known for its interactive murder mysteries, will present the case, a premiere production that unfolds throughout the museum galleries.
New York International Children’s Film Festival (Saturday and Sunday)
Recommended for ages 6 through 11 , the show promises to be hands-on and interactive.
These heroines aren’t like their traditional selves — Snow White, for instance, is allergic to apples — and neither are their princes, who may be more clumsy than charming.
(Through May 31 .)
a jazz musician and singer, whose musical brunch for young people at the Measure Lounge at Langham Place, Fifth Avenue, a hotel in Midtown Manhattan, has returned.
Of course, they’ll also perform on more conventional instruments, like French horn and trumpet, at this free concert, part of the Saturday Morning Show series for families at Brookfield Place .
On selected Sundays throughout the season, she will be accompanied by Broadway performers.
Misty Copeland ’s promotion to principal dancer at American Ballet Theater this summer put ballet back on popular culture’s map and ushered in a conversation about diversity in ballet.
So what now? Classical ballet is still overwhelmingly white, but over the past few years diversity has finally become a priority.
On the stages of American Ballet Theater and New York City Ballet black, Asian, Latino and multiracial dancers are beginning to change the face of ballet where it matters most: Lincoln Center, home base to both companies.
On the stages of American Ballet Theater and New York City Ballet black, Asian, Latino and multiracial dancers are beginning to change the face of ballet where it matters most: Lincoln Center, home base to both companies .
On the stages of American Ballet Theater and New York City Ballet black, Asian, Latino and multiracial dancers are beginning to change the face of ballet where it matters most: Lincoln Center, home base to both companies.
More than equality is at stake when Ms. Copeland — the first African-American principal female dancer in the company’s 75-year history — dances.
Money is another incentive to change: The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Ford Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have financed recent diversity initiatives.
If it takes 10 years to make a dancer — and you can’t waste a minute — diversifying ballet must begin with children.
Both Ballet Theater’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School and the School of American Ballet, the training ground for City Ballet, have initiated programs to spot and recruit young minority dancers.
Money is another incentive to change: The Rockefeller Brothers Fund, the Ford Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation have financed recent diversity initiatives.
(He refers to himself as “a cultural gumbo.” ) Peter Martins, the ballet master in chief of City Ballet as well as the artistic director and chairman of faculty at the School of American Ballet, says that substantial change may take time, but it will happen.
While it’s still too soon to tell if the children discovered through recent community auditions will make it into City Ballet, since 2008-9, the school has graduated 36 minority dancers who have gone on to join professional companies.
Peter Martins, the ballet master in chief of City Ballet as well as the artistic director and chairman of faculty at the School of American Ballet, says that substantial change may take time, but it will happen.
India Bradley , a 17-year-old advanced student at the school said her ambition — obsession really — is to become one of them.
One of her teachers, Andrea Long-Naidu — a former City Ballet dancer — encouraged her to audition for the school.
And now Ms. Bradley has a chance to get into City Ballet , which rarely accepts dancers who have not trained at its school.
Last spring, of the five apprentices Mr. Martins named for City Ballet only one was white.
“They just want you to do your tendu .
Last spring, of the five apprentices Mr. Martins named for City Ballet only one was white.
Last spring, of the five apprentices Mr. Martins named for City Ballet only one was white.
Mr. Farley is firm about what it takes for a ballet dancer to succeed.
And different generations see the issue differently.
Theresa Ruth Howard , a teacher and former member of Dance Theater of Harlem who wrote a much-talked-about piece for the website My Body My Image focusing on the many black ballerinas that preceded Ms. Copeland, can’t help but view diversity initiatives with some skepticism.
Theresa Ruth Howard, a teacher and former member of Dance Theater of Harlem who wrote a much-talked-about piece for the website My Body My Image focusing on the many black ballerinas that preceded Ms. Copeland, can’t help but view diversity initiatives with some skepticism.
Theresa Ruth Howard, a teacher and former member of Dance Theater of Harlem who wrote a much-talked-about piece for the website My Body My Image focusing on the many black ballerinas that preceded Ms. Copeland , can’t help but view diversity initiatives with some skepticism.
As a panelist on a South Korean talk show that features female defectors like me, I heard other panelists complain privately that a few of the guests must have been embellishing their stories .
SEOUL, South Korea —  North Korean defectors can usually tell when other defectors are lying about their past .
If defectors say they had high-level connections in Pyongyang or came from an esteemed institution in the North , they can gain better employment in the South, where life can be very difficult for North Koreans.
As a panelist on a South Korean talk show that features female defectors like me, I heard other panelists complain privately that a few of the guests must have been embellishing their stories.
If defectors say they had high-level connections in Pyongyang or came from an esteemed institution in the North, they can gain better employment in the South, where life can be very difficult for North Koreans.
Shin Dong-hyuk , a prominent defector who shocked the world several years back with his disturbing tales of torture in North Korean gulags, confessed last month that parts of the personal history he had told the public were inaccurate.
Shin Dong-hyuk, a prominent defector who shocked the world several years back with his disturbing tales of torture in North Korean gulags , confessed last month that parts of the personal history he had told the public were inaccurate.
Shin Dong-hyuk, a prominent defector who shocked the world several years back with his disturbing tales of torture in North Korean gulags, confessed last month that parts of the personal history he had told the public were inaccurate .
His dramatic story, which included being forced to watch the execution of his mother and brother , led to a lot of publicity and his role as a key witness for a United Nations inquiry into North Korean atrocities.
His dramatic story, which included being forced to watch the execution of his mother and brother, led to a lot of publicity and his role as a key witness for a United Nations inquiry into North Korean atrocities .
After the United Nations came out with its damning report in February 2014 , Pyongyang’s propaganda officials circulated a video featuring wild accusations against Mr. Shin.
After the United Nations came out with its damning report in February 2014, Pyongyang’s propaganda officials circulated a video featuring wild accusations against Mr. Shin .
After the United Nations came out with its damning report in February 2014, Pyongyang’s propaganda officials circulated a video featuring wild accusations against Mr. Shin .
It alleged he raped a 13-year-old girl and featured an interview with his father in North Korea who said they had never lived in a “so-called political prison camp.”
At least one defector from Camp 18 recognized Mr. Shin’s father as a fellow inmate, pressuring Mr. Shin to admit that his story didn’t hold together, leading to the retraction.
Mr. Shin has been examined by doctors who believe he was subjected to torture and child labor , given the evidence of his scars and unnaturally bowed arms.
Mr. Shin has been examined by doctors who believe he was subjected to torture and child labor, given the evidence of his scars and unnaturally bowed arms .
For defectors, sometimes doing so is the only way to survive .
My own story starts with my escape in 1997 , when I was 17.
My own story starts with my escape in 1997, when I was 17 .
Historically, the North’s propagandists vilified the South and its economy, but now that more Northerners know some of the truth through illegally smuggled South Korean television shows and other contraband , Pyongyang has redefined the difference in economies in relative terms: Though South Korea may be rich, any North Koreans foolish enough to chase Southern dreams will only find a life of hardship and poverty there.
Many of them are featured in scripted press conferences in which they claim to have encountered a life of misery in the South .
Historically, the North’s propagandists vilified the South and its economy, but now that more Northerners know some of the truth through illegally smuggled South Korean television shows and other contraband, Pyongyang has redefined the difference in economies in relative terms: Though South Korea may be rich, any North Koreans foolish enough to chase Southern dreams will only find a life of hardship and poverty there .
The double-defector propaganda has also given the regime a defense against human rights criticism from abroad : If North Korea really is so  horrible, why do so many people keep returning?
South Korea already provides a lot of support for defectors, including living expenses and a place to live .
SAN FRANCISCO — TODAY, we’re filing a lawsuit against the National Security Agency to protect the rights of the 500 million people who use Wikipedia every month .
Our lawsuit says that the N.S.A.’s mass surveillance of Internet traffic on American soil — often called “upstream” surveillance — violates the Fourth Amendment, which protects the right to privacy, as well as the First Amendment, which protects the freedoms of expression and association.
We’re doing so because a fundamental pillar of democracy is at stake: the free exchange of knowledge and ideas .
Our lawsuit says that the N.S.A.’s mass surveillance of Internet traffic on American soil — often called “upstream” surveillance — violates the Fourth Amendment, which protects the right to privacy , as well as the First Amendment, which protects the freedoms of expression and association.
Our lawsuit says that the N.S.A.’s mass surveillance of Internet traffic on American soil — often called “upstream” surveillance — violates the Fourth Amendment, which protects the right to privacy, as well as the First Amendment, which protects the freedoms of expression and association .
Most people search and read Wikipedia anonymously , since you don’t need an account to view its tens of millions of articles in hundreds of languages.
Most people search and read Wikipedia anonymously, since you don’t need an account to view its tens of millions of articles in hundreds of languages.
Most people search and read Wikipedia anonymously, since you don’t need an account to view its tens of millions of articles in hundreds of languages.
Every month, at least 75,000 volunteers in the United States and around the world contribute their time and passion to writing those articles and keeping the site going — and growing.
Every month, at least 75,000 volunteers in the United States and around the world contribute their time and passion to writing those articles and keeping the site going — and growing.
the United States government is monitoring what they read and write.
Unfortunately, their anonymity is far from certain because, using upstream surveillance, the N.S.A. intercepts and searches virtually all of the international text-based traffic that flows across the Internet “backbone” inside the United States.
Unfortunately, their anonymity is far from certain because, using upstream surveillance , the N.S.A. intercepts and searches virtually all of the international text-based traffic that flows across the Internet “backbone” inside the United States.
This is the network of fiber-optic cables and junctions that connect Wikipedia with its global community of readers and editors.
This is the network of fiber-optic cables and junctions that connect Wikipedia with its global community of readers and editors .
One day I saw a picture of then- Pope Pius XII on the front page of the evening paper and I was shocked — Shocked!
Like St. Ursula, who was on a pilgrimage with 11,000 virgins, all of whom instantly chose martyrdom rather than surrender their purity to infidel Huns.
Like St. Ursula, who was on a pilgrimage with 11,000 virgins, all of whom instantly chose martyrdom rather than surrender their purity to infidel Huns .
In our Catholic school, the nuns stressed our isolation, and they kept prepping us to be ready to die for our faith at any moment .
One day I saw a picture of then-Pope Pius XII on the front page of the evening paper and I was shocked — Shocked!
This brings us back to Pope Francis, a humble man who accepts that he’s very powerful .
He knows there are places where Catholics are suffering terribly for their faith, but when he looks at an embattled flock, he also sees Muslim immigrants who need Christian countries to open their borders .
Many of our teachers were probably only a generation away from being picked-on immigrants, and maybe they brought their sense of paranoia with them to the classrooms.
Catholicism was, as I learned after the Pius XII incident, the largest faith in my city.
It seemed important to identify the best strategy, because some modern-day version of the Huns or pagan Romans could arrive at any minute .
But as long as we kept away from boys’ wandering hands , we felt spiritually A-O.K.
This pope is highly unlikely to accept gay marriage , and he’ll never give abortion a pass.
All I knew about greed was cartoons of Scrooge McDuck sitting on a pile of money.
But in Washington he grouped abortion in a long catalog of wrongs that need to be righted : hungry children, bombing, “immigrants who drown in the search for a better tomorrow,” old or sick people who are treated as a burden, terrorism, war, drug trafficking and environmental devastation.
But in Washington he grouped abortion in a long catalog of wrongs that need to be righted: hungry children, bombing, “immigrants who drown in the search for a better tomorrow,” old or sick people who are treated as a burden, terrorism, war, drug trafficking and environmental devastation.
That scene was all too reminiscent of the night that everything changed for the Bulls and their star point guard, then 23.
They were the top seed in the Eastern Conference, seeking a playoff rematch against LeBron James and the Miami Heat .
Late in Game 1 of their playoff opener against Philadelphia , as Rose drove, his knee gave out.
“I was just tired,” Rose said.
They were the top seed in the Eastern Conference, seeking a playoff rematch against LeBron James and the Miami Heat .
When he finally returned for the next season, 2013-14 , another injury — this time a torn medial meniscus in his right knee — felled him in only his 10th game.
When he finally returned for the next season, 2013-14, another injury — this time a torn medial meniscus in his right knee — felled him in only his 10th game.
In his absence, the Bulls were a scrappy underdog — a solid regular-season team that lacked the star power for playoff crunchtime.
Rose aggravated the injury this season, had surgery and missed a quarter of the campaign; he returned just before the end of the regular season.
Pau Gasol , a seasoned veteran and an N.B.A. champion with the Los Angeles Lakers who was signed during the off-season, was an All-Star starter this season.
Nikola Mirotic is a sharpshooter and a rookie of the year contender.
Jimmy Butler , who led the Bulls with 25 points Saturday, has emerged as a star.
This year’s Bulls team is also a new vintage, offering Rose more supporting offensive firepower.
Three sky divers who parachuted off the 1 World Trade Center tower were acquitted on Monday of the most serious felony charge against them but convicted of three misdemeanors after a two-week trial in Manhattan.
Three sky divers who parachuted off the 1 World Trade Center tower were acquitted on Monday of the most serious felony charge against them but convicted of three misdemeanors after a two-week trial in Manhattan .
Three sky divers who parachuted off the 1 World Trade Center tower were acquitted on Monday of the most serious felony charge against them but convicted of three misdemeanors after a two-week trial in Manhattan.
Three sky divers who parachuted off the 1 World Trade Center tower were acquitted on Monday of the most serious felony charge against them but convicted of three misdemeanors after a two-week trial in Manhattan.
The jurors decided, however, that the defendants were each guilty of two counts of reckless endangerment and of breaking a New York City ordinance against parachuting off buildings and bridges .