Sunday, April 17, 2016

@19:30, 4/16/16

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T Magazine

When You Dream of Provence, You Dream of This Town

Saint-Rémy is still the platonic ideal of the Provençal village — only now there’s some nice modern design amid its cobblestoned streets and ancient ruins.

Strangely, I do not dream of Provence.
I dream of you.
Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

The demands of Pratt are reduced for a few weeks.

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U.S.

Chicago Releases Video of Man Who Died in Police Custody Last Year

The city released the dashboard camera video two days after a task force condemned a pattern of racism and excessive force in the Police Department.

Some kind of repair is required to the Chicago police department.
Recruiting and training Chicago blacks may help.

3
Travel

In Paris, a Hotel with a Bargain Price and Style to Spare

In a city awash in luxury hotels, a Parisian property popular with price-conscious trendsetters and students.

A place to sleep.

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U.S.

California Appeals Court Reverses Decision to Overturn Teacher Tenure Rules

Judges rule that the state’s job protections for teachers do not deprive poor and minority students of a quality education, or violate their civil rights.

The suits in Minnisota and New York will continue.
The appeal decision in California will be appealed.


5
Real Estate

House Hunting in ... Bermuda

The America’s Cup coming to Bermuda in June 2017 has helped invigorate the real estate market, which lost ground after the world financial crisis.

My name is not Bloomberg.


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U.S.

Teacher Tenure Is Challenged Again in a Minnesota Lawsuit

A group of parents backed by wealthy philanthropists hopes to change state job protections, as well as rules governing layoffs.

The teacher protection rules have been found to be necessary.
Cheap teachers are not skilled teachers.
The group that is suing is seeking low taxes and low skills.

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U.S.

Chicago Police Dept. Plagued by Systemic Racism, Task Force Finds


Now what can de done to correct the situation.

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Real Estate

Condos in a Williamsburg Warehouse

Not many warehouses come with design accolades, but this relic of the old Brooklyn waterfront has not one, but two distinguished architects to add some prestige.

The prospect no longer appeals to me.

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U.S.

Family of Immigrants, Only One a Citizen, Anxiously Awaits Supreme Court Ruling

Justices will hear oral arguments Monday in a challenge brought by 26 states to President Obama’s executive action to expand protections for immigrants.

These are people our nation needs.

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N.Y. / Region

Authentic Mexican Food Amid a Nuevo-Taco Craze


as possible.

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N.Y. / Region

Segregation Issue Complicates de Blasio’s Housing Push

The racial makeup of New York’s residential neighborhoods has gone mostly unmentioned as City Hall tries to spur construction of below-market-rate apartments.

Local government cannot magically make the poor wealthy.

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U.S.

U.S. Issues New Rules on Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling

The regulations are aimed at preventing the kind of failures that caused the disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and come amid a proposal for Arctic drilling.

It is far easier to say no now than after drilling begins.

The price of oil will be higher later.

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U.S.

Provost Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Case at Berkeley

Claude Steele and other top administrators have been criticized for their handling of a sexual harassment scandal. Mr. Steele will join Berkeley’s faculty.

The situation at Berkeley does not look good from here.
I am not much involved.

14
World

Second Powerful Earthquake Strikes Japan

After nine people were killed in an earthquake on Friday on the island of Kyushu, a more powerful temblor struck the same area, killing at least 11.

"Kyushu is home to the only Japanese nuclear power station currently in operation, the Sendai Nuclear Power Plant, about 75 miles southwest of Mashiki. Ground vibrations at Sendai were comparatively mild and were not threatening enough to trigger an automatic emergency shutdown, the Kyushu Electric Power Company said. The plant continued to operate normally on Saturday, the utility said."

The number of dead will rise.

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Business Day

Consumer Prices Barely Ticked Up in March

The Labor Department said its Consumer Price Index gained 0.1 percent as a rebound in gasoline prices was partly offset by a drop in the cost of food.

There is no consumer inflation.

16
Opinion

Stop a Pipeline for Fracked Gas

It’s not worth tearing up New York’s landscape to invest in a harmful fossil fuel.

I doubt the project can be stopped outright.
Drilling under the water courses can and should be demanded.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Wright,+NY+12861/@43.8003091,-73.3986196,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x4cb55494bed4e9a5:0x8a81097ad78dcfd1

https://www.google.com/maps/place/New+Milford,+PA+18834/@42.2527461,-74.7140728,9z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x89dad889c77b224b:0x17d243a321ddcf27

Tell these idiots no.

17
Science

Uncovering a Deep-Sea Swarm of Zombie Crabs

In the murky ocean depths, marine biologists witnessed what looks like a scene from ‘The Walking Dead’: A swarm of crabs marching like a zombie horde.

It is just a mystery at this point.
The current seems to be across the swarm's line of march.

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Business Day

Sumner Redstone Won’t Have to Give Deposition in Competency Suit

A judge reaffirmed the ruling ahead of a scheduled trial in a mental capacity suit filed by Manuela Herzer, the ailing media mogul’s former companion.

I don't know the situation.

I hope she has a written and signed contract with a penalty clause.
The rupture is probably not repairable.

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U.S.

Hastert Accuser, ‘Individual D,’ Is Expected to Testify at Sentencing

The man is among at least four former wrestling team members who say they were sexually abused by J. Dennis Hastert, who has pleaded guilty in a “hush money” case.

The judge should discount the "Individual D" testimony.
Hastert is convicted of making an illegal payment.

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N.Y. / Region

Juror Imperils Conviction of Peter Liang, Ex-Officer, in Brooklyn Killing

A juror in the trial of Mr. Liang, who shot Akai Gurley in a stairwell, is said to have hidden the fact that his father had been imprisoned for an accidental shooting.

Peter Liang should not go to prison.

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