Friday, July 8, 2016

@12:39, 7/8/16

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1
Real Estate

Grymes Hill: Manhattan Views, West Coast Feel

A leafy and upscale enclave on Staten Island’s North Shore evokes a sort of West Coast vibe with its curvy, hilly thoroughfares.

Install your girl if you wish.
My response is still no.

2
Opinion

Humane Treatment of Workers in Poultry Plants

An Oxfam executive hails Perdue’s efforts to improve chickens’ lives, but asks, “What about the workers in its plants,” often denied bathroom breaks?

Perdue would have higher costs.



I will be back before 7/16/16
In the Adirondacks for a few days.

My car is disabled.

3
N.Y. / Region

First Day on New York’s Streets for Just-Graduated Police Officers

The officers on duty for a Fourth of July fireworks show were among the 1,257 graduates of the Police Academy who began their first detail on the holiday.

They get paid generously.

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N.Y. / Region

The Great New York Whale Census

A new survey is aiming to find out why so many whales are passing through New York’s waters, and determining how close they venture to crowded shipping lanes.

The whales primarily follow their food. 

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U.S.

Navy Seaman’s Drowning in SEAL Training Exercise Is Ruled a Homicide

The San Diego County medical examiner’s office said an instructor twice pushed Seaman James D. Lovelace under water after he had shown signs of distress.

Sadists like others' pain.

7
Opinion

Who Benefits From the Income Tax Credit?

Readers take issue with the notion that expanding the earned-income tax credit program is better than raising the minimum wage.

First one must have an income.

8
Opinion

Michael Brown’s Mom, on Alton Sterling and Philando Castile

When their children are killed, mothers are expected to keep the peace and to work for change. But nothing changes.

Let the civilian have the first shot.

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N.Y. / Region

Jews With Special Needs Prepare for a Rite of Passage

Now in their 20s and 30s, four young adults who all have cognitive disabilities will have their bar and bat mitzvahs, ceremonies that once seemed impossible for them.

OK.

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U.S.

Communities Work to Avoid Provocations in Response to Shootings

As high-profile police shootings of black men, like those this week, continue, communities are veering from the tight-lipped and sometimes antagonistic reactions of the past.

Let the civilian have the first shot.

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U.S.

Delayed Care Faulted in Immigrants’ Deaths at Detention Centers

Poor medical care and delayed emergency treatments are blamed for at least seven immigrants’ deaths in detention centers.

Immigration does not carry a death penalty.

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Opinion

When Will the Killing Stop?

The latest fatal shootings of black men by the police underline an urgent need for changes in attitude and oversight of departments across the country.

Let the civilian have the first shot.

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U.S.

Baton Rouge Is Passionate, and Peaceful, After Shooting of Alton Sterling

As a crowd thinned from Wednesday night to Thursday morning outside the store where Mr. Sterling was killed by officers, there was almost no visible police presence.

There will be prosecutions and suits.

14
Magazine

Blaming Trade and Voting Trump in the Rust Belt

But his policies won’t do anything to bring back jobs.

For every problem there is a solution that is easy, simple, and wrong.

15
Business Day

Ford Explorers Under Scrutiny for Exhaust Fumes Inside Vehicle


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U.S.

Police Shootings Highlight Unease Among Black Gun Owners


Let the civilian have the first shot.

17
Opinion

Hot Dogs on the Fourth

A reader takes a dim view of some of the ways in which we celebrate July 4.

Gerald Bazer has a problem with the first amendment.

18
The Upshot

A Medical Mystery of the Best Kind: Major Diseases Are in Decline

The leading killers — cancer, heart disease and stroke – are coming later in life in wealthy countries as people in general live longer in good health.

Public health is improved.
Stress is reduced.

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N.Y. / Region

Funeral Held for Murdered Brooklyn Pizzeria Owner as Police Seek Suspect

Louis Barbati, owner of L&B Spumoni Gardens, was fatally shot in front of his home last week; the authorities released a video showing a man being sought in the case.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/co-owner-nyc-pizzeria-stirred-mob-war-shot-dead-article-1.2695112

No progress.  A different version of the events.

20
Business Day

Congressional Study Faults Highway Agency Over Testing of Guardrails

The report responded to concerns about a widely used guardrail system involved in lawsuits over injuries to drivers and passengers.

No news.  Congress is unhappy.

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