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N.Y. / Region
A $50,000 Rent Check
The passer-by couldn’t believe what he heard, even on the Upper East Side, so he began imagining stories to explain it.Income costs.
"It is all front."
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U.S.
Washington Metro Repairs Leave More Commuters Stuck in Traffic
An effort to repair decades’ worth of infrastructure deterioration in the subway system has increased commutes for some, but others have sought to profit from the chaos.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Charles_L%27Enfant
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Enfant_Plan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haussmann%27s_renovation_of_Paris
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_transit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Moses
Rapid Transit wins.
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Opinion
Who Blames the Victim?
People who value loyalty, obedience and purity."Victim blaming appears to be deep-seated, rooted in core moral values, but also somewhat malleable, susceptible to subtle changes in language. For those looking to increase sympathy for victims, a practical first step may be to change how we talk: Focusing less on victims and more on perpetrators — “Why did he think he had license to rape?” rather than “Imagine what she must be going through” — may be a more effective way of serving justice."
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Opinion
Brooklyn Park’s Gift: Diversity
Two Brooklyn residents say of Brooklyn Bridge Park: “We believe that the diversity the park brings only enriches our two young boys’ lives.”It is an unfortunately rare opinion.
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Real Estate
Homes for Sale in New York and Connecticut
This week’s properties include a midcentury modern in Wilton, Conn., and a converted 1780s barn in Granite Springs, N.Y.No to both. Pool and scale problems.
I see the silo with windows at the top.
Let's have more floor area than that above the treetops.
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Travel
An Artsy Hotel Brightens the Scene in Ohio’s Capital City
A local art lover, Ron Pizzuti, filled this Columbus hotel with contemporary pieces from the collection he and his wife, Ann, have built over decades.Art is a business to the artist.
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Real Estate
NoLIta: Mixing Hip and Historic
In NoLIta, which stands for North of Little Italy, a sense of community persists amid the trendy restaurants and boutiques.Hip is a fashionable paint.
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Science
What Old Monkeys and Old Humans Have in Common
Monkeys get more picky about certain relationships with age, suggesting biological origins to similar behavior in distantly-related humans.Yes.
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going to Pratt.
Returned @22:07
Science
Scales, Feathers and Hair Have a Common Ancestor
An ancient reptilian creature was found by researchers to be the source of the spikes, plumage and fur that cover reptiles, birds and mammals.ok, another odd fact.
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Food
A Fresh Take on ‘Put an Egg on It’
At Blackberry Farm, smoked chicken broth is embellished with grits, cracklings, peanuts and yes, an egg.Smoke helps.
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Opinion
More Injustice in Baltimore
The acquittal of a second police officer in the death of Freddie Gray is just the latest sign that the city doesn’t work for its poor black residents.The judge did his job.
The prosecutors' office failed to do theirs.
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Real Estate
Goodbye, Old-School Amenities
Amenities once considered standard in the city’s residential buildings are declining in size and importance, or being phased out altogether.Personal service should be the ultimate luxury.
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Opinion
Policing the Police on Stop-and-Frisk
A court-appointed monitor is overseeing changes to ensure that the police have good reason to stop citizens, and that minorities are not targeted.The police appear to be behaving badly.
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Science
Why Do We Inherit Mitochondrial DNA Only From Our Mothers?
New research investigates why paternal mitochondria perish in embryos.I could guess.
The interested can keep looking.
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Opinion
Affirmative Action Isn’t Just a Legal Issue. It’s Also a Historical One.
The Supreme Court has played a role in limiting the discussion about affirmative action’s value.We do not need the court to tell us why educating as much of the population as possible is necessary.
The population is the government.
The legislature is a subcommittee assigned rule making.
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N.Y. / Region
After Nearly 75 Years, and Countless Knots, a Boy Scout Leader Is Retiring
Julio Balde joined the scouts when he was 15. Now, a week after his 95th birthday, he will step down as leader of Troop 102 of Newark.I did not find a peer group in the local troop.
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U.S.
Supreme Court Upholds Affirmative Action Program at University of Texas
The case challenged a part of the admission program at the University of Texas at Austin that takes race and ethnicity into account.The specific fight is over.
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Books
Finance Is the Master Technology — and It’s Funded the World
An economist argues that civilization’s rise hangs on the power of finance."Figures don't lie but liars certainly figure."
Finance is a service rather than a master of civilization.
When it usurps the leadership it becomes destructive.
The new secular order is financed. It is not financial.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry
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Opinion
What One Rape Cost Our Family
A reckoning illustrates the depths of my daughter’s devastation.Consent is a new concept in culture.
Cultural mechanisms do not deal with it well.
I am not prepared to manipulate culture.
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Business Day
A Family-Friendly Policy That’s Friendliest to Male Professors
Men who took parental leave used the extended tenure clock to publish their research, but there was no parallel rise in the output of female economists."The problem, said Ms. Davis-Blake, is that “giving birth is not a gender-neutral event,” recalling that during her pregnancy, “I threw up every day.” She argued, “Policies that are neutral in the eyes of a lawyer are not neutral in fact.”"
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