Saturday, June 13, 2015

@10:00, 6/12/15

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1
Technology

Video Feature: Frame Shops for Phone Photos

Photo-enhancing apps have proliferated in the age of Instagram, but only a few are well designed because the category is not particularly high tech.

I use an older Adobe Photoshop.
Fix the color, the framing, the perspective, the brightness and the contrast.

Painting does fiction. 

2
Magazine

Soju for the Soul

Mellow and easy to mix, the Korean spirit is just the thing for a night in.

It is ethanol.
I try to do without it.

3
Travel

Restaurant Report: Bastardo in Lisbon

The best dishes from the chef, Luis Miguel Rodrigues, are grounded in traditional cuisine, with only subtle twists.

I would have to try it.

4
Education

Questions of Cost in Plan to Aid Defrauded Students

The Department of Education’s plan to help former students of Corinthian Colleges raised questions about what was needed for loan forgiveness and what taxpayers’ contribution would be.

The expense of debt cancellation is trivial to the lenders.  

5
World

Germanwings Crash Criminal Inquiry Planned by France

A panel of judges will investigate whether the airline or any individuals bear responsibility for failing to monitor the psychological health of the co-pilot who crashed the plane.

Business as usual.

6
Real Estate

Briarcliff Manor, N.Y., Family-Centric Community

The incorporated village of about six square miles 30 miles up the Hudson River, is known for excellent schools and expansive homes.

"Through May of this year, 25 single-family homes sold in the village, at an average price of $757,560. In the first five months of 2014, there were 10 sales, at an average of $797,790."

7
World

China: Fatal Shooting at Korean Border

The person was shot after resisting arrest, the government of Helong, a city in China’s northeast, said on its microblog.

North Korea is still failing.

8
Food

Eleven Madison Park Owners Plan to Open New Restaurant

The restaurant veterans Daniel Humm and Will Guidara will open a third restaurant, in a building rising on Park Avenue.

It will be a good restaurant.

9
U.S.

Illinois: Judge With Ties to Hastert Will Remain on Case

The judge donated $500 in 2002 and $1,000 in 2004 to the campaign of Mr. Hastert, an Illinois Republican, though he said that to the best of his knowledge, the two men had never met.

A local political squabble.

10
Travel

Exploring Franche-Comté, France’s Well-Kept Secret

This little-known region includes surprising museums, fragrant cheese caves and charming villages among its many attractions.

Seth Kugel had a good time.

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N.Y. / Region

On Parks, Mayor de Blasio Is Seen as Friend, Foe and in Between

Critics of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s budget say it fails to address nagging maintenance problems in the system and lacks a vision for new parkland; City Hall officials defend his record.

The city is out of space.
There is a faction that sees no point in public space that is not highway.
There is another that is opposed to highways.
Ball fields have their enthusiasts.
Gardens do not handle crowds.
Dog parks are not people parks are not gardens are not basketball courts are not swimming pools.  All of them need keepers.

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U.S.

Dolores Spikes, Trailblazer as President of Southern University, Dies at 78

As president of the Southern University and A&M College System in Louisiana, Ms. Spikes opposed court-ordered desegregation of the state’s colleges to protect Southern’s identity as a black institution.

Dolores Spikes was solving the problem. 
The federal government is trying to solve the politics.
They are not the same though both need solutions for civilization to thrive.
The situation extends to problems of men's and women's colleges
and all the public schools.

13
Sports

Lost Brother in Yosemite

Dean Potter jumped. Graham Hunt followed. Potter’s longtime girlfriend snapped photographs. Then came confusion, hope and despair.

I try not to get into trouble.
Do the same.

14
Sports

Women’s World Cup: Scouting a Mystery Opponent Can Take Some Detective Work

Many teams have little information about their opposition from Africa and Asia.

There is a need for television money.
Get network contracts.

15
Business Day

Technology to Prevent Drunken Driving Could Soon Come in New Cars

It will not be popular.

16
U.S.

More Americans Are Multiracial Than Census Shows, Pew Survey Says

Self-identification may account for Pew’s finding of 6.9 percent of adults as mixed race, compared with the 2010 census, which reported 2.1 percent of adults as multiracial.

Racism is real, present and trivial. 

17
Opinion

Rikers Island and the Death of Kalief Browder

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers should bring New York into the 21st century by passing a bill that would keep children out of adult prisons.

There are multiple populations at the jails on Rikers Island. 
They should not be mixed together.

18
Sports

Argentine Surrenders in FIFA Case

Alejandro Burzaco, a businessman indicted in the United States in connection with the corruption case, turned himself in to the police in Italy.

ok

19
U.S.

Property Damage Worsens in Louisiana as Flooding Continues

Residents are trying to gather what they can salvage from the effects of the Red River flood which has reached 37 feet, close to a historic peak in 1945.

Another urban design error.

20
World

South Korean Hamlet, Under MERS Quarantine, Symbolizes Weaknesses in System

“You can’t leave here unless you have wings,” said a Buddhist monk who runs a temple in the village, Jangdeok, where all residents are quarantined.

The health authorities are doing as best they can.


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1
Sports

Patriots Release Brandon Spikes

Spikes, a linebacker, was under investigation into whether his car had been involved in an accident that left three people injured.

Trouble.

2
U.S.

Property Damage Worsens in Louisiana as Flooding Continues


3
Magazine

Outside, Looking In

Transported back to a former life as a prison inmate.

I do not want to know more.

4
Opinion

Addiction Is Preventable


http://www.ianwelsh.net/the-honesty-of-morphine-addiction/

5
Health

Brain Tumor’s Genetic Makeup Critical in Treatment, Research Finds

Two teams of doctors, in an important advance for precision medicine, say that traits should be looked at first, not tissue samples.

Yes.

6
U.S.

Kentucky Governor Raises Minimum Wage With Executive Order

Gov. Steven Beshear signed an executive order raising the hourly minimum wage for certain state employees while Republicans worried that the move could hurt the economy.

A necessary action.

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N.Y. / Region

New York Police Detective Shoots Gunman Who Wounded Man

A 26-year-old gunman was shot by police after he shot and injured a 21-year-old man in East Harlem, the police said.

Let the authorities sort them out.

8
Travel

Travel Help for Families With Special Needs

Meghann Harris is the founder of SpecialGlobe.com, a new travel website for families with children who have physical and cognitive challenges.

Good.

9
Magazine

Soju for the Soul


Dilute ethanol. 
it is alcohol.

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U.S.

More Americans Are Multiracial Than Census Shows, Pew Survey Says


Trivial.

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N.Y. / Region

New York City Council to Vote on Bill to Protect Carwash Workers

The bill, which would require the businesses to post a bond to guarantee that their workers got their rightful pay, was attacked by owners as a unionization scheme.

It is not a bad thing.

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U.S.

Vote Aids Deep Sea Corals in Much of Mid-Atlantic

The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council voted Wednesday to protect deep sea corals from most bottom fishing over about 38,000 square miles of ocean.

Trawling is a bad practice.

14
Sports

Olympic Champion Dies

Sergei Sharikov, who won gold in the team saber event at the 1996 and 2000 Games, died in a car crash.

Sometimes fast will not save one.

15
Real Estate

Financial District Roommates

Matthew DeSimone and Matthew Murawski, former college roommates, succeeded in finding a rental apartment to share.

A short commute helps.

16
Opinion

Let Rich and Poor Learn Together


17
World

FIFA Spokesman Steps Down After Joking About Blatter Being Arrested

A joke about the FIFA president’s arrest apparently fell flat in the Zurich offices of world soccer’s governing body.

Indictment does not end power.

18
World

Germanwings Crash Criminal Inquiry Planned by France


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U.S.

Georgia: No Murder Charge for Woman Who Bought Abortion Pills Online

A prosecutor dropped a murder charge Wednesday but is pursuing a drug possession count against a woman accused of ending her pregnancy without a prescription, using pills she bought online.

Madness.

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U.S.

Illinois: Judge With Ties to Hastert Will Remain on Case

The judge donated $500 in 2002 and $1,000 in 2004 to the campaign of Mr. Hastert, an Illinois Republican, though he said that to the best of his knowledge, the two men had never met.

OK


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