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Magazine
‘Many Echoes of My Family’s Journey’: Readers React to School Segregation
I heard from hundreds of people about my article on sending my daughter to a low-income, segregated school in New York City. Here are some of their questions and comments, along with my responses.I can add nothing to this thoughtful discussion.
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N.Y. / Region
Speed of a MetroCard Swipe
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority provided an inquirer with data on how fast one should move a transit card through the turnstile.It is hardly trivia.
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Books
Susan Faludi’s ‘In the Darkroom’
In this rich, arresting memoir, Faludi writes about discovering that her estranged father, 76 at the time, had undergone gender reassignment surgery.I am still learning.
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Real Estate
In Brooklyn, a Home and Home Brewery
Melissa and Jesse Peretz watched the price drop on a Kensington house, and eventually put in a bid.I have no income.
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Arts
‘The Evidence Room’: Architects Examine the Horrors of Auschwitz
An installation at the Venice Architecture Biennale shows how the death camp was designed.http://www.jta.org/1972/01/20/archive/acquittal-seen-possible-for-two-former-nazis-on-trial-for-war-crimes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Bischoff
"Karl Bischoff (9 August 1897 – 2 October 1950) was a German architect, engineer and SS-Sturmbannführer. He served at Auschwitz as chief of the Central Construction Office of the Waffen-SS. While there he was chief of construction of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp."
"In April 1944 he left Auschwitz and became chief of the building bureau of the Waffen-SS in Silesia and Bohemia at Katowice. He remained there until the end of the war. Although almost all of the archives of the Auschwitz building office fell into the hands of the Soviets after the camp was liberated by the Red Army in January 1945, Bischoff remained in the shadows after the war ended. His involvement at Auschwitz went unrecognized until his death in Bremen in 1950."
References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz:_The_Nazis_and_%27The_Final_Solution%27
The BBC did their homework.
Dig into their sources.
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Health
W.H.O. Says Olympics Should Go Ahead in Brazil Despite Zika Virus
The agency said that, with the exception of pregnant women, athletes and spectators should not hesitate to attend the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro this summer.The W.H.O. is ultimately a political organization.
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N.Y. / Region
Rockefeller University Starts Its Expansion Over a Busy Highway
The Manhattan school began installing a structure that will straddle the Franklin D. Roosevelt Drive and add two acres to the campus.https://www.google.com/maps/place/Manhattan,+New+York,+NY/@40.7620959,-73.9555866,16z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c2588f046ee661:0xa0b3281fcecc08c!8m2!3d40.7830603!4d-73.9712488
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Manhattan,+New+York,+NY/@40.7622097,-73.9547283,1155m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c2588f046ee661:0xa0b3281fcecc08c!8m2!3d40.7830603!4d-73.9712488
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulkhead_line
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Science
You Want Tastier Coffee? Freeze Beans, Then Grind.
The colder the bean, the more uniform the grind and the more flavorful the brew, a study found.I can do that.
I have been drip brewing Stop&Shop Original Roast, 16 g to the liter.
I drink lipton @ one bag to the pint.
Coffee was making me stiff.
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U.S.
The Stanford Sexual Assault Case: What You May Have Missed
Santa Clara County prosecutors had the judge in the case removed from a different sexual assault hearing.People can't read.
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Magazine
Judge John Hodgman on a Family’s Fantasy Food World
Settling a dispute between “the Saladeterian” and “the Lollipop Lady” is bound to get messy.Judge John Hodgeman could recommend an edible leaf for the wrapper.
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N.Y. / Region
Hoosick Falls Residents Take Anger Over Tainted Water to New York’s Capitol
A toxic chemical known as PFOA has been found in the upstate village’s water, and people there called on the Legislature to hold hearings on the state’s response to the contamination.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorooctanoic_acid
People would like Perfluorooctanoic acid to be toxic.
It does not look like it is.
I would no bet my life on that.
The testing will go on for decades.
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Travel
I Don’t Like Roller Coasters, but the View From Earth Is Fine
As a recent trip to Hersheypark confirmed, amusement parks can still be a lot of fun for those who do not ride roller coasters.Noted. I do not insist on Roller Coasters or white water canoeing.
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U.S.
Opposition to Judge in Stanford Sexual Assault Case Grows, In and Out of Court
The Santa Clara district attorney’s office removed Judge Aaron Persky from another sexual assault case and jurors have objected to serving in his courtroom.People don't read.
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Books
Gregory Rabassa, a Premier Translator of Spanish and Portuguese Fiction, Dies at 94
Professor Rabassa was known in particular for making the wave of dynamic and powerful fiction that emerged in Latin America in the 1960s accessible in English.
"For
all his acclaim, Professor Rabassa disavowed reviewers’ accounts of his
linguistic prowess: It was the skill of the author, he insisted, that
had half the battle won for him before he took up his pen.
“If
it’s a good book,” he told The Times in 1974, “the translator has to be
a butcher to kill it. If it’s a great book, even a clown can make it
come true.”"
I do not love Magical Realism.
I will be back late.
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N.Y. / Region
Classmate of Murdered Brooklyn Girl Is Indicted 10 Years After Her Death
Veron Primus, accused of killing Chanel Petro-Nixon, is in custody on a Caribbean island and awaiting extradition.A cold case has warmed up.
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N.Y. / Region
New York’s Own Anti-Gay Massacre, Now Barely Remembered
A former transit police officer rampaged through Greenwich Village in 1980, killing two men and wounding six in a spasm of violence that fewer and fewer people now recall.HIV was new.
The name was GRIDS.
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Food
You Don’t Need a Recipe
Get ready to make pancakes, and try a smoky, no-recipe greens recipe.http://cooking.nytimes.com/guides/24-how-to-make-pancakes
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U.S.
Last Call at Orlando Club, and Then the Shots Rang Out
The gunfire did not let up. As round after round was fired, people started dropping, some in panic, some because they were wounded, and others because they were dead.Enough.
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Food
Black Pasta, but Not From Squid Ink
This noodle is made from beans and is gluten free.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellophane_noodles
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