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[1/3] Debris from overnight flooding along Cedar Pond Brook is pictured in Stony Point, New York, U.S., July 10, 2023. "Widespread, heavy rainfall capable of producing considerable to catastrophic flooding is beginning to unfold, road washouts are ongoing, and are expected to increase in extent and severity over the course of the day," the weather service said on Monday. On Monday morning, Amtrak suspended passenger train service between Albany and New York after flooding damaged tracks. "So that's basically what our priority is today, to try to get to them and open up these major arteries." About two dozen state roads were closed as life-threatening flooding spread across much of the state from the Massachusetts state line north to the Canadian border, Vermont State Police said.

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☆ Heavy rains pound US Northeast, with more storms on the way
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

July 9 (Reuters) - Heavy rainstorms poured over parts of New York and Pennsylvania on Sunday, with first responders rescuing people stuck in vehicles along flooded roadways and with more wet weather on the way for the U.S. Northeast. "Significant flooding in Stony Point - homes and cars - and many people evacuated," he wrote. [1/2]Streets are flooded in Highland Falls, Orange County, U.S., in this video screengrab obtained from social media, July 9, 2023. Melissa Roberts/via REUTERS/File photoCentral Pennsylvania and southern New York bore the brunt of the rain on Sunday. Blocked roads in New York's Orange County, which is home to West Point, prevented rescue teams from reaching isolated people, the New York Times reported, citing a county emergency management official.

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☆ Opinion | As a Rabbi, I’ve Had a Privileged View of the Human Condition
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( David Wolpe | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

I have had a privileged view of the human condition, and the essential place of religion on that hard road. Where else do people sing together week after week? I know the percentage of those who not only call themselves religious but also find themselves in religious communities declines each year. I have seen families receive meals for weeks, and in one case for years, after a loss. I have seen one child pick another up on the sports field and I have seen couples find their way back to one another after estrangements.

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☆ Call of the Rewild: Restoring Ecological Health to the Emerald Isle
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Ed O Loughlin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The west coast of Ireland is famed for its wave-beaten shores and bare, stony mountains, where only a few stunted trees grow in hollows and valleys, bent by harsh storms blowing in from the North Atlantic. The coastline, with its cold, clean winds and ever-changing skies, gives an impression of unspoiled, primal nature. In 2014, the Irish government designated a 1,550-mile tourist route along the coast, and called it “The Wild Atlantic Way.”Yet, where generations of painters, poets and visitors have rhapsodized about the sublimity of nature and the scenic Irish countryside, ecologists see a man-made desert of grass, heather and ferns, cleared of most native species by close-grazing sheep that often pull grasses out by the roots.

Organizations: Atlantic, Irish Locations: Ireland

☆ Mariana Trench and Challenger Deep: 6 facts about the oceanic chasm
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Jackie Wattles | Amaya Mcdonald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

‘Titanic’ director James Cameron is one of the few people who have visitedFew human expeditions have ventured to the Challenger Deep. Explorer and Texas investor Victor Vescovo said he saw a plastic bag and candy wrappers at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. A trip to the Challenger Deep can put a vessel under pressure that is “equivalent to 50 jumbo jets,” Feldman noted. In 2005, tiny single-celled organisms called foraminifera, a type of plankton, were discovered in the Challenger Deep,” according to NOAA. Given high interest in the Mariana Trench, however, researchers have made several efforts to give increasingly detailed pictures of its features.

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☆ Loneliness, social isolation linked with early death
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The new paper, however, is a meta-analysis of 90 studies that had examined the links between loneliness, social isolation and early death among more than 2 million adults. People who experienced social isolation had a 32% higher risk of dying early from any cause compared with those who weren’t socially isolated. Holt-Lunstad was the lead scientist on the US Surgeon General’s recent advisory report on social isolation and loneliness. Broadening social connectionsPeople experiencing social isolation and loneliness should actively seek social support, Wang said. Public health strategies to address loneliness and social isolation, including raising awareness, are also needed, Wang said.

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☆ Teachers in England to strike for two more days in July
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) - Teachers in England will strike on July 5 and July 7, the National Education Union (NEU) said on Saturday, staging further industrial action over a pay and funding dispute with the government. The new dates announced by Britain's largest education union come on top of at least six days of walk-outs by teachers in England from February to May. Teachers rejected a government pay offer for an average rise of 4.5% plus a 1,000 pound one-off payment in April. While teachers in Wales and Scotland have settled their dispute, the NEU said Britain's Education Minister Gillian Keegan was not doing enough to stop further industrial action in England. Workers in healthcare, transport, the civil service and other sectors have gone on strike over the past year across Britain in pay disputes as inflation reached 40-year-highs.

Persons: Gillian Keegan, Sarah Young, Andrew Heavens Organizations: National Education Union, Britain's, Teachers, Education, Workers, Thomson Locations: England, Wales, Scotland, Britain

☆ Without climate change, these extreme weather events would not have happened
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Rachel Ramirez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

People often want to know if an extreme weather event happened because of climate change, said Friederike Otto, climate scientist and co-lead of the World Weather Attribution initiative. And, more often than not, they are finding the clear fingerprints of climate change on extreme weather events. “We’re always going to have extreme weather, but if we keep driving in this direction, we’re gonna have a lot of extreme weather,” said Ted Scambos, a glaciologist at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty ImagesSiberian heat wave, 2020In 2020, a prolonged, unprecedented heat wave seared one of the coldest places on Earth, triggering widespread wildfires. A study from the journal Nature Climate Change found the period from 2000 to 2021 was the driest the West has ever been in 1,200 years, noting human-caused climate change made the megadrought 72% worse.

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☆ Stony Brook University to Receive $500 Million, an Uncommonly Large Gift
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Liam Stack | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Stony Brook University, a public school on Long Island, received a donation of $500 million on Thursday from a foundation formed by an alumnus and a former faculty member, making it the recipient of one of the largest gifts to a university in American history. The school said it hopes the gift will spur other donations that could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars. Gifts of that size are rare for universities, and especially so for public institutions like Stony Brook, which is one of the flagship schools of the State University of New York. The donation plus the state matching funds amount to nearly twice the amount of Stony Brook’s current endowment of $370 million, the university president, Maurie McInnis, said in an interview. The donation was made by the Simons Foundation, which was formed in 1994 by Jim Simons, a former Stony Brook math professor who later made billions as a hedge fund manager, and his wife Marilyn Simons, who received her bachelor’s degree and doctorate at Stony Brook.

Persons: Maurie McInnis, Jim Simons, Marilyn Simons Organizations: Stony Brook University, New York State, State University of New, Simons Foundation, Brook Locations: Long, Stony, State University of New York, Stony Brook

☆ Egypt unearths tombs and workshops where humans and sacred animals were mummified in the age of the pharaohs
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Archaeologists found ancient mummification workshops and tombs in the Saqqara necropolis. The workshops were used to embalm humans and sacred animals to prepare them for the afterlife. The tombs of two priests dating back to the 24th and 14th centuries BC were also found. Amr Nabil/AP PhotoThe excavations also uncovered the tombs of two priests dating back to the 24th and 14th centuries BC. The new discoveries were unveiled by Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities in a high-profile press conference on Saturday.

Ships in the Autonomous Port of Cotonou in Benin, West Africa. Prosper Dagnitche/AFP/Getty ImagesThe stream of used cars heading to West African ports is only expected to increase with the West’s shift to electric vehicles. “It’s not like people want to drive used cars; it’s an affordability issue.”Experts say demand for used cars could explode further as the take up of electric cars in the West increases the supply of used cars to African countries. Those states also have robust port operations, making them an ideal place to ship used cars to Africa. “In terms of where Africa goes, the transition shouldn’t necessarily be from used cars to brand new combustion engines, it should be from used cars to EVs,” Ipke said.

☆ One awkward photo sums up how the debt ceiling negotiations are going
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | Ayelet Sheffey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

McCarthy seemed stony-faced during discussionsSpeaker of the House Kevin McCarthy sits in the Oval Office on Tuesday, May 16. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images"Lot of work to do in a short amount of time," McCarthy told reporters following the meeting. Sen. Chuck Schumer offered a slightly more positive spinSen. Chuck Schumer sits in the Oval Office on Tuesday, May 16. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images"We also agreed we have to pass a bipartisan bill with bipartisan support in both chambers," Schumer said. Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesA White House readout on the Tuesday debt ceiling talks offered little concrete evidence as to how close the administration is to reaching a deal.

☆ Party City is planning to close over 30 stores across the country — here's the full list
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Avery Hartmans | Ben Tobin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Party City says it's closing over 30 stores after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Cartersville: Cartersville Crossing, 451 East Main St.IowaWaterloo: Crossroads Commons Shopping Center, 1415 Flammang Dr.IllinoisBradley: Bradley Commons, 2060 N. State Rte. 20Felch Street Shopping Center, 3050 Beeline Rd., Ste. L12East Hills Shopping Center, 3702 Frederick Ave., Ste. K2Five Points Shopping Center, 4101 Hwy.

☆ Watch the Donald Trump deposition for his rape trial, where he mixes up accuser E. Jean Carroll with his ex-wife
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Donald Trump was deposed for a rape and defamation lawsuit brought by E. Jean Carroll. Under oath, Trump denied the rapeIn response to deposition questions by Carroll's attorney Roberta Kaplan, Trump continued to deny raping Carroll, as she alleged, and called her "mentally sick" and "not my type." In the deposition, Trump said he seldom purchased gifts for women he dated and denied that he publicly dated other women while married to Maples. AP Photo/John MinchilloTrump appeared to mix up various timeframes throughout the deposition video shown to jurors. Trump's attorney Joe Tacopina has said Trump will not testify in the Carroll trial, and rested the defense case on Thursday afternoon without bringing any witnesses.

☆ Some people feel morally impure after networking and most just hate it. Here's how to learn to love it, according to experts.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Emily Stone | Kellogg Insight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

They found that networking can make some people feel morally impure and dirtier afterwards. She and coauthors explored where that feeling comes from and found that networking can make people feel morally impure. After all, junior professionals often stand to gain the most from networking, so they're doing themselves no favors if they're networking-averse. "They don't feel like they're taking advantage of their networking partner, which makes them come across as more authentic." The reason may come down to the types of information that men versus women need to succeed.

☆ Governors Island to Be Site of $700 Million Climate Campus
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Emma G. Fitzsimmons | Dana Rubinstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the two decades since the federal government turned over control of Governors Island to New York City, city officials have sought an innovative way to use the 172-acre patch of land with stunning views of Lower Manhattan. On Monday, Mayor Eric Adams plans to announce a $700 million campus dedicated to finding solutions to address the climate crisis. The city chose a consortium led by Stony Brook University to transform one of the island’s last big chunks of developable land into a 400,000-square-foot hub called the “New York Climate Exchange.” The campus, which will focus on researching climate solutions and training for green jobs, is expected to open in 2028. The climate hub will serve as a “living laboratory” that features resilient design, with renderings showing shiny sloped buildings covered in vegetation that are intended to evoke the hills of Governors Island. It will include two newly constructed classroom and research buildings on three acres of land that are currently undeveloped and will also make use of some historic buildings on the island.

☆ Video catches moment Putin's speech met with awkward silence as he appears to wait for applause that never comes
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-08 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Vladimir Putin addressed a group of ambassadors at a speech at the Kremlin. He appears to look around expecting applause, but is instead met with awkward silence. In the speech Putin blamed the US for the Ukraine conflict as the US ambassador awkwardly looked on. As the Russian leader finished his speech at a televised ceremony of ambassadors on Wednesday, he looked around the room as an awkward silence followed. The video was widely shared on social media, including by Ukrainian official Anton Gerashchenko, who noted that "no one applauded" following the speech.

☆ The Clash of Civilizations That Heralded a Rocky Relationship
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Abhishek Kaicker | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Das, a professor of English at Oxford University, is the rare scholar who combines a sensitivity to the literature of Jacobean England with a sympathetic and nuanced understanding of the Mughal empire. In Das’s telling, Roe was not a herald of the Company Raj to come as much as a product of 17th-century England, an island nation whose commercial ambitions were beginning to overshadow its royal court. Conflicts over precedence did nothing to advance his mission of securing trade rights, which was the real reason Roe had been sent across the Indian Ocean. The Mughal emperor Jahangir suffered neither James I’s financial embarrassments nor accorded much privilege to traders. Indeed, the court’s sumptuous ceremonies led “mogul” to become a byword for fantastical wealth and overwhelming power.

☆ Manchester City Created Its Own Biggest Problem—a Former Coach Who Is Challenging Its Supremacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Joshua Robinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Over the three years they labored side-by-side at Manchester City, Pep Guardiola couldn’t help but notice when his assistant coach, Mikel Arteta, changed a workplace habit. Usually, Guardiola could be sure that Arteta would be the first person off the bench to celebrate any City goal. But when those goals came against Arsenal, where Arteta spent the final five seasons of his playing career, Guardiola noticed that he would stay stony-faced in the dugout, like a man waiting for a bus.

☆ Manchester City Created Its Own Biggest Problem—a Former Coach Who is Challenging Its Supremacy
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Joshua Robinson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Biden billionaire tax policy is not desirable for U.S. economy, says Alex Brill
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBiden billionaire tax policy is not desirable for U.S. economy, says Alex BrillStephanie Kelton, Stony Brook University professor of economics & policy, and Alex Brill, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, join 'Squawk Box' to discuss how it's possible to create a wealth tax, how to avoid double taxation and more.

On the final leg of his South American tour, Scholz on Monday became the first foreign leader to visit Lula since his inauguration. But he grew stony-faced as his fellow leftist leader expounded his views on the Ukraine war. Lula also said Brazil would not provide ammunition to Ukraine for German-made Gepard anti-aircraft guns, as reportedly requested by Germany. In both countries, Scholz visited memorials to the victims of their military dictatorships that he said underscored the need to fight for democracy and freedom. In Brasilia, he expressed his full solidarity for Lula and Brazil at large after Bolsonaro supporters earlier this month stormed government buildings.

☆ Cricket Afghan fans disappointed at Australia cancellation over women's rights
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/6] An Afghan man plays cricket on the snow-covered ground at the Chaman-e-Huzori field in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 13, 2023. "The decision by Australia made us very disappointed," said 25-year-old fruit seller Abdullah. Australia were scheduled to play a test match against Afghanistan in November 2021 but the fixture was postponed after the Taliban took power in August that year. The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has criticised Australia's decision, saying it had put political interests over sportsmanship and that cricket had contributed to education and social development in the country. Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley defended the decision, saying "basic human rights" are not politics.

☆ Two experts discuss what happens to inflation in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-30 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTwo experts discuss what happens to inflation in 2023Andrew Olmem, former deputy assistant to the president for economic policy, and Stephanie Kelton, economics professor at SUNY Stony Brook, join CNBC's 'Squawk Box' to break down their economic outlooks for 2023.

☆ Sure, You’ve Got a Wine Cellar. What About a Whiskey Lounge, or a Tequila-Tasting Room?
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Candace Taylor | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Raja Amar’s 23-acre estate in Stony Point, N.Y., has plenty of places to enjoy a cocktail. Visitors can choose a bottle from his glass-enclosed custom wine cellar, which holds about $2 million worth of wine from Opus One, Screaming Eagle and other pricey wineries. They can sample it at a table in the wine-tasting room just outside. They can pour a Macallan 25 at the bar and sip it in the whiskey-and-cigar lounge, a cherry wood-paneled room with two commercial-grade smoke eaters. A 56-year-old entrepreneur in the telecommunications industry, Mr. Amar built these amenities to house his collection of rare wines, whiskeys, cognacs, bourbons and tequilas, spending about $250,000 to create the wine cellar and wine room and roughly $1.2 million on the whiskey lounge.

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