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T Magazine
The Seven Best Shoes of New York Fashion Week
Highlights from the fall/winter 2016 runways.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Das_Spielzeug_von_Paris
Red heels are supposed to be the mark of a Venetian courtesan.
I have no insight into fashionable womens' shoes.
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T Magazine
The Six Best Jewels of New York Fashion Week
Highlights from the fall/winter 2016 runways.Unfortunate iconography.
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N.Y. / Region
Mayor de Blasio Signs Measure Raising City Officials’ Pay
The raise, approved by the City Council this month, was criticized because it was $10,185 greater than the one recommended by an advisory panel.The mayor bid as high as he could.
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World
Price of Gas Skyrockets in Venezuela (to 38 Cents a Gallon)
While the price, about 10 cents per liter, is still far below world rates, for drivers here it is an essential shift from paying basically nothing.Price controles are ruinous.
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N.Y. / Region
An Underground Brook, Gallons of Sewage and a Century-Old Problem
New York City and environmentalists are studying ways to reroute billions of clean gallons of water that have for years been sent to a sewage-treatment plant.Once there was a combined outfall. Tibbets brook flushed that sewer. The treatment plant came later.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Van+Cortlandt+Park+S,+Bronx,+NY/@40.8949397,-73.8903599,14z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c2f3a6b5b4a699:0xe79b63f9915d9f0
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N.Y. / Region
A Look Down the Line
There are a number of potential hindrances to broad ridership on the waterfront streetcar system Mayor Bill de Blasio proposed for Brooklyn and Queens.The trolley provides an alternative to parking.
It connects to rail and ferry services.
It runs without local air pollution.
The noise is bearable.
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N.Y. / Region
Audit Faults New York City for Not Using Vacant Lots for Affordable Housing
The poor can't afford to live there and the comfortable wont afford to live there.
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Travel
In Montevideo, Uruguay, Vintage Flare With Contemporary Comfort
In Montevideo’s most atmospheric and attraction-filled quarter, the townhouse-like Alma balances contemporary comforts with vintage flair.Problem: it is in Uruguay.
Between Brazil and Argentina.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Uruguay/@-27.985596,-63.3729918,5z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x9575073afb5fde09:0x4a5596616016524a
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U.S.
Oregon: Minimum Wage Is Tied to Geography
Legislation that propels the state’s minimum wage for all workers to the highest rank in the United States is headed to Gov. Kate Brown, who has said she will sign it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgqVCJpRqWQ
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Arts
Bill Cosby Sued Accuser’s Lawyers on Eve of His Criminal Hearing
A seal was lifted Tuesday on part of a suit filed against Dolores M. Troiani and Bebe H. Kivitz, who have represented Andrea Constand.Bill Cosby will continue to suffer.
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N.Y. / Region
Two N.Y.P.D. Officers Are Shot in Brooklyn
The police said information about the shooting, which occurred at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, was still developing.More will be known.
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T Magazine
The Six Best Bags of New York Fashion Week
Highlights from the fall/winter 2016 runways."Nothing to see here. Move along"
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Technology
Got an A in Algebra? That’s Worth $120
Raise.me, a three-year-old start-up, allows students to accrue incremental scholarship credits by entering their high school achievements on a website.I suspect a marketing effort.
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Science
Zika Outbreak Could Be an Omen of the Global Warming Threat
In the coming decades, global warming is likely to increase the range and speed the life cycle of the particular mosquitoes carrying viruses like Zika.I am told warming is causal.
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Opinion
Slave Labor on the High Seas
The United States is taking some important new steps to clamp down on the use of indentured workers on the high seas.Fish will cost more.
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N.Y. / Region
Driver Sentenced to Prison for Death of 4-Year-Old on Upper West Side
Franklin Reyes Jr., 19, was sentenced to three to nine years after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of Ariel Russo, whom he hit with his car while fleeing the police.ugly.
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Arts
Big Risks as Landmarks Preservation Commission Moves to Prune Proposed Gems
A critic fears for some architectural treasures as the agency nears a decision on which potential landmarks to erase from its slate.No one will be happy.
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World
Francis Says Contraception Can Be Used to Slow Zika
The pope’s remarks stirred up divisions in the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church in South America about whether birth control should be widely allowed.And Trump is Unchristian.
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Opinion
Housing Aid for Homeless
An advocacy group writes that It is illegal for city landlords to reject applicants or evict tenants because they pay rent using assistance vouchers.There is always an innocent sounding reason to reject an applicant.
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