Saturday, April 8, 2017

@12:12, 4/8/17

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1
Real Estate

Homes for Sale in New York and Connecticut

This week’s properties include a six-bedroom in Bronxville, N.Y., and three-bedroom in Darien, Conn.

Formal.  
I don't need the taxes.

2
Food

What to Cook This Weekend

Make the days count: Start planning for Passover, if you observe it, or turn to other recipes, like steamed fish on kale or seared lamb chops.

Easter?     Hope fulfilled.

Sooner is better.    As soon as you can is best.

The religious year is designed.

3
Technology

An Alternate Plan in Case of a 911 Failure

Mobile carriers have had occasional trouble routing emergency calls to 911 centers, but you can plan ahead for a possible service disruption.

Good advice.


Call a local business with a landline.
Call the operator.
Call directory assistance.  Get the number for the emergency  service required.

4
Science

A Genetic Oddity May Give Octopuses and Squids Their Smarts

Unlike other organisms, coleoid cephalopods make extensive use of RNA editing, which could slow their evolution but may make their behavior more complex than other invertebrates.

Learning is always good.
More stable DNA is an advantage for individuals and slow breeders.
Evolution is merciless.


The Learning Network

Optimists and Pessimists

Would you say you are more of a “glass is half-full” or a “glass is half-empty” type of person?

Understand statistics.
Both optimism and pessimism are not basses for decisions.
Luck of any kind does not exist.

6
N.Y. / Region

Three Brooklyn Clinics, 6.3 Million Oxycodone Pills and 13 Indictments

Several physicians and a former Brooklyn assemblyman are among those accused in a $24 million drug conspiracy and Medicaid fraud.

This fraud is old.
Ending it now is a boon to Heroin sales.
Methadone would help.

7
U.S.

In Alabama, a Slow-Burning Scandal Engulfs the Governor

Robert Bentley faces a litany of problems: an state investigation, impeachment proceedings, and, now, the possibility of a criminal prosecution.

Robert Bentley made his own troubles.

8
U.S.

Mayor Says Indiana Man’s Deportation ‘Feels Like a Defeat for Our Community’

Roberto Beristain, an Indiana undocumented immigrant whose wife voted for Donald Trump, was dropped off in Juárez, Mexico, by immigration agents.

Voters must understand their choices.

9
Well

Is Low Iron, Without Symptoms, a Problem?

You may be iron deficient without being anemic, but since your body needs iron to make red blood cells, anemia may be just down the road.

In itself it is easily corrected.
It is a symptom of other problems.
The possible other problems should get attention.

10
Business Day

Flood Insurance: Pricier This Year, and May Go Higher

Premiums under the government’s flood insurance program just rose, but most people don’t know that homeowner’s insurance policies don’t cover floods.

Flood insurance is losing its subsidy.
It is only insurance.
Insurance spreads risk over an at risk group.
One of the problems the Republicans have with Obamacare is the broad definition of the at risk group.   

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