Monday, March 14, 2016

@9:30, 3/14/16

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1
Fashion & Style

Bill Cunningham | Cure for the Cold

Women and men came out of their winter cocoons like butterflies in light, colorful clothes. Legs were bared.

Just a Turkish Bath.

2
Real Estate

Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan

This week’s properties are on the Upper East Side, in Murray Hill, and Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

I am not a "follower of fashion".

3
N.Y. / Region

Review: At Industry Standard, Pub Fare That Gets a Little Adventurous

The restaurant, which opened in November, offers pub classics along with a few pan-Asian dishes that are almost always outstanding.

Lunch before catching the boat to New London.

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U.S.

Video: What Does Trump Mean for the G.O.P.?

Republican voters we interviewed over the past six months expressed elation, frustration, happiness and fear over the impact one man, Donald J. Trump, is having on a political party facing upheaval in 2016.

Destruction.

5
U.S.

Video: Fact Check: Florida Republican Debate

The New York Times checks assertions made by the Republican presidential candidates during Thursday's debate in Coral Gables, Fla.

No surprises.

6
Opinion

Saving a Mixed-Income New York

The city should pursue a strategy of enlarging the permanently affordable cityscape.

Housing will have to be in surplus.
The landlords will try not to allow that.

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N.Y. / Region

Pollutant Is Removed From Water in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., Cuomo Says

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo visited the village and said a new filter system had cleared a toxic chemical known as PFOA from the municipal water supply.

The price of realestate in the area will remain depressed for a generation or more.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorooctanoic_acid
I will look at the physical chemistry.

Fluoride, fluoridation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_fluoridation


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N.Y. / Region

Review: Taino Smokehouse and Its Hodgepodge of Barbecue

The owner of the Middletown restaurant left a career as a software engineer to devote himself to the art of smoked meats.

Any time.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Middletown,+CT/@41.5498047,-72.7228326,12z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e64a65bdf7146f:0x6c1c794f3958b866

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Real Estate

Homes for Sale in New York and Connecticut

This week’s properties include a three-bedroom condo in New Canaan, Conn., and a five-bedroom house in Garden City, N.Y.

Dover Plains still looks good to me.

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U.S.

John Kasich Boasts of Ohio Recovery, but Reality Is More Nuanced

The presidential candidate closed Ohio’s budget shortfall in part by cutting aid to local governments, forcing some of them to raise taxes or cut services.

The Republicans have no winning candidate.

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N.Y. / Region

Staten Island Woman Charged With Murder After Infant Is Found Dead

The police said Nausheen Rahman, 28, was also charged with concealing a corpse after the baby was discovered in a trash can in the New Springville neighborhood.

There will be more known soon.

12
Sports

Steve Stricker Is Tied for Lead in Valspar Championship

Stricker holed out from the 10th fairway for eagle on his way to a five-under-par 66 that gave him a share of the lead with Will MacKenzie in the Valspar Championship in Palm Harbor, Fla.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/scotland

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N.Y. / Region

Trial of 10 Rikers Officers Charged in ’12 Inmate Beating Is Set to Begin

Prosecutors allege a cover-up linked to the brutal attack on Jahmal Lightfoot, whose nose and eye sockets were fractured.

Riker's is not outside the law.

14
Opinion

Anti-Gay-Rights Legislation

An A.C.L.U. official says that more than 100 bills threatening gay rights have been introduced in states so far this year.

yes.

15
U.S.

Video: How the Governor Responded to Flint

A look at how Gov. Rick Snyder of Michigan publicly acknowledged the health emergency in Flint and the missteps that followed, as efforts for a recall intensify.

Recall Gov. Rick Snyder.

16
Opinion

Raise the Minimum Wage to $15?


Do it.

17
Opinion

Donald Trump, Seen From Europe

An American reader in Ireland discusses the rise of right-wing populists in the United States and Europe.

True.

18
U.S.

Covering Donald Trump, and Witnessing the Danger Up Close

An event in New Orleans last week was a glimpse of how Donald Trump seems to have united Americans only in stirring their passion and anger.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_of_the_Will

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHs2coAzLJ8

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N.Y. / Region

Newark School Officials Knew of Lead Risks, 2014 Memo Shows

The document, sent that summer, urged principals and custodians to have everyone run the water in fountains before drinking in an effort “to reduce the risk of possible lead contamination.”

Running from trouble.

20
Travel

In Old Town Key West, a Hotel with Artsy Aspirations

The Marker Resort is clean, modern and luxurious, if just a little sterile, in the heart of Old Town Key West.

I dislike the town.

I would take the boat to the Dry Tortugas.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry_Tortugas_National_Park


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