Thanks for removing the numbering! So much more readable without them.
BLACK FRIDAY
Ever shopped on Black Friday?
Monstrous, busy scene.
Crowds deplete family fortune.
Call it the Friday that's Green.
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Thank! You!! for bringing back the events guide:-)))!
It's good to see NY Today cover more than just the fun stuff and emphasize the political machinations that tend to happen off the radar, but nonetheless have a huge effect on day to day life in the city. But it's nice to keep the lighter news also. Along with the weather.
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New format looks great! And thank you for bringing back the daily round up. Guess you don’t realize how much you appreciate something until it’s gone!
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I'm happy to read that this "healthy and robust democracy" is going to drag Michael Ryan's sorry self in front of a committee to better explain why he feels that the overall voting situation is acceptable.
He has about as much chance of convincing the committee of his acceptable job performance as does El Chapo convincing his jury of the same.
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In discussing parking regulations you referred to the day after Thanksgiving as Black Friday. Doing so in a newspaper creates Black Friday as a thing we should all recognize if not observe. Doing so solidifies consumer culture as a kind of sacred thing. Is that the culture you want?
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This is such a grave overreaction. The Friday after Thanksgiving is widely known as Black Friday and some companies even consider the day a company holiday.
It would be similar if the author were to state something like, "it will be warm on Saturday but expect rain on Super Bowl Sunday."
Does that mean the author thinks everyone should watch the NFL? No. It's just a day everyone recognizes.
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@Rebecca Todd, it seems Black Friday is not an observance, so much as as just a business concept, recognizing the busiest shopping day of the year. When I was working for the dress union holiday funds (late 1970s), we actually used the descriptive term "Day After Thanksgiving." We had an actual rubber stamp for "Day After Thanksgiving" just like every other annual holiday for the union shops.
I wondered if I could get the term "El Shoppo" to catch on, but that may be politically incorrect. :)
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@Mark, re "Does that mean the author thinks everyone should watch the NFL? "
Although: While (since all the reports that football players are physically damaging themselves) to me the game itself has lost entertainment value, you are at a total loss in so many client meetings and business talk the next day if you haven't seen the commercials and the half-time show.
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"We’re experimenting with the format of New York Today. What would you like to see more (or less) of?"
I would like to see more talk about the environment, so here goes:
A recent New York Times story said that not too many New Yorkers are participating in the new organic recycling. I have some suggestions to encourage that.
The Department of Sanitation could leave a bag of finished compost every time they picked up the contents of a brown bin (or other organic waste). Or distribute the finished compost some other way.
Also, the city could provide compost bins to residents so they could produce their own compost (thereby eliminating the middleman). On the other hand, a compost bin is not really necessary for making compost.
I have heard that some communities chip waste at the curb. So if you leave a pile of leaves, shrub prunings, etc., in the street, you immediately get back a great pile of mulch--again, eliminating carrying the stuff all around the city.
New Yorkers could be encouraged to leave grass clippings on the lawn (maybe using a mulching mower or mulching attachment) or to use this gardener's gold as mulch elsewhere in the garden.
The city could distribute compostable bags for use in the brown bins.
I remember here in New York city when people used to burn leaves in their front yards in the fall--not so much anymore!!!
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