Saturday, December 17, 2016

@23:40, 12/16/16

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1
N.Y. / Region

After Burst Radiator Kills 2 Girls, Investigators Scrutinize Bronx Building

The Bronx district attorney’s office was investigating conditions in the building and its landlord, Moshe Piller. The radiator was sent to the F.B.I.

We will learn all about the radiator.

2
U.S.

Bill Usery, Who Settled Wide Range of Labor Disputes, Dies at 92


A necessary participant.

3
N.Y. / Region

With Second Ave. Subway, Cuomo Has Hands-On Role and Eye on the Future


4
Business Day

Whistle-Blowers Spur Companies to Change Their Ways

Financial wrongdoing dropped — and stayed down — at companies that were subject to investigations, a new study shows.

Corporate masochism is rare.

5
Health

Pregnant Women Warned to Avoid Brownsville, Tex., Because of Zika

At least five cases of Zika transmitted by local mosquitoes have been reported in the last few weeks, and temperatures are still high enough for the insects to thrive.

Ok.

6
U.S.

Stein Ends Recount Bid, but Says It Revealed Flaws in Voting System

Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, closed out her long-shot bid to recount the votes in three battleground states.

Enough.

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N.Y. / Region

A Man Is Shot in the Back, and Only the Police Are Kept in the Dark

Adrian Maldonado was killed after a drug deal at a Bronx housing complex. Rumors focused on a spurned lover, but witnesses were reluctant to come forward over fears of reprisals.

Rough justice.

8
U.S.

Alabama Prosecutor Sets the Penalties and Fills the Coffers

In the city of Dothan, one man’s grip on the criminal justice system has exacted a steep price for many.

Some prosecutors are criminal.
Alabama is noted for the deliberate choice to do harm.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_and_evil
This discussion is not helpful.

9
World

E.U. Reaches Compromise With the Netherlands on Closer Ukraine Ties

The Dutch had been the lone holdout among European Union member nations on an association agreement that would seek to counter Russia’s influence in Ukraine.

The Dutch voters were wrong on support for Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin would be a conqueror.

10
Business Day

2 Former Drug Executives Charged With Price Fixing

Jeffrey Glazer and Jason Malek, formerly of Heritage Pharmaceuticals, are charged in a scheme to artificially inflate the price of two drugs.

Yes.
They were fixing prices.

11
Arts

Shall They Dance? Making ‘La La Land’ Move

The choreographer Mandy Moore worked on Damien Chazelle’s movie musical. Among her jobs: teaching Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling how to dance.

An essay on designed movement.
      Believe it.
   Movement for display is not a direction I have taken.

12
N.Y. / Region

In Search of a Coquito Like Abuela Used to Make

Under the tracks of the No. 6 train, revelers gathered to judge a qualifying round of the Coquito Masters tournament, which seeks to find the best coquito in the region.

Enjoy

13
Opinion

Coal Miners Lose Their Appalachian Champion

Ken Hechler, who died at 102, served in Congress and also as a professor, state official, speechwriter and novelist.

A hero in times of need.
I hoped those times had passed.

14
Arts

The Best Architecture in New York of 2016

The Times critic Michael Kimmelman reflects on how architects have changed New York City this year, making it more livable, humane and energizing.

The M.T.A. hates the city as it has since its inception.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Transportation_Authority
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Transportation_Authority#Founding

15
Health

You’re ‘Prediabetic’? Join the Club.

A popular screening tool finds that most older people are at risk for Type 2 diabetes. But how helpful is that, really?

A promotional project of the health incorporated.

16
Technology

Video: Yahoo Breach Could Be ‘Tip of the Spear’


17
Times Insider

‘Pet City’ Columnist Reflects: Dying — It’s What Pets Do

Going back to my childhood, death — often sudden, bizarre or unexplained — has been one of the most vivid aspects of pet stewardship.

I am not there.
I am happy to offer what comfort I can.

18
N.Y. / Region

To Combat Trump, Democrats Ready a G.O.P. Tactic: Lawsuits

Republican attorneys general may have set the stage for their Democratic counterparts by using the courts to block parts of President Obama’s agenda.

Do it.

19
Business Day

Japan, Looking for Money, Removes Ban on Casino Gambling

A newly approved measure could allow the country to become a rival to Asian gambling centers like Macau — even as other countries also ramp up competition.

Casino gambling does not create wealth.
Wise people do not do it.

20
Opinion

Will 2017 Be the Year of Criminal Justice Reform?

With the election over, there will be a new impetus to change a costly system that over-criminalizes and over-punishes without making us safer.

Justice will indulge more deeply in theater.


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