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Climate
Fiddling With the Roof
This week, we’re answering your questions about the color of rooftops and how the global temperature is measured.The Adirondacks insist on a dark green roof inside the blue line.
Satellite measurement will give good temperature data.
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Style
This Old Thing? Quilts Hit the Catwalk
The humble blanket, once a fixture of dusty antiques shops and flea markets, is now sold on Madison Avenue and in Paris boutiques.Quilts tie directly to artisinal production.
There is no way to mass produce pieced quilts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quilt
Batting sewn between fabric is often mass produced.
3
Real Estate
$1.895 Million Homes in North Carolina, Vermont and California
A colonial-style house in Raleigh, a 117-acre estate in Kirby and a 1968 home in Sonoma County.Tell me what you want to live in.
I need a large shed with a floor near a good library.
The rest is optional.
I do not need or want a two million dollar "cottage"
A fireplace would be a pleasure.
A bath, a shower and a flush toilet, a bathroom sink, maybe two. A bedroom, a guest room and a kitchen.
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Technology
Jumping Into the New Gmail
Google recently overhauled the web version of its email software, and you can try out the new version — even if you haven’t been formally invited yet.More of the same with different buttons
"Google has also stepped up Gmail’s security, with bigger warnings about suspicious messages. If you are sending sensitive information, you can also use the new Confidential mode by clicking the padlock-and-clock icon at the bottom of the new message window. By using the options in the Confidential mode, you can require a passcode sent to your recipient’s phone in order to open the message — and then have the message disappear in a day, a week, a month, three months or five years."
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T Magazine
In Fashion: The Modern Elegance of Spring
Precision-cut jackets and billowing blouses ramp up the season’s drama.I have no interest in knowing this group.
The models are lovely.
The cloths frame them beautifully.
The business is above my pay grade.
6
Style
Nordstrom Men: Choose Your Own Adventure
The new store is not what you’d expect to find at 57th and Broadway. For one thing, you may find some highly coveted sneakers here.Totally foreign.
7
Real Estate
House Hunting in … Norway
After a brief slowdown in 2017, following tightening government regulations, housing in Oslo is selling quickly again and prices are rising.I see the fit and finish.
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Opinion
Britain’s Appalling Transgender ‘Debate’
Why did Caitlyn Jenner have to defend her identity on British television?These are not matters of public concern.
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Opinion
German’s Secret Labor Experiment
Behind the scenes, the country is trying to integrate hundreds of thousands of refugees into its work force.The U.S. experience is teaching everyone is the best result.
If the refugees stay they are valued. If they return they are valued.
Labor is not zero sum. Teach them all.
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U.S.
Faculty Member Shoves Black Graduates Offstage, and the University of Florida Apologizes
A faculty member seen on video hustling students along during a commencement ceremony has been placed on paid administrative leave.It is an education failure.
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