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N.Y. / Region
Holiday Today New Year’s Day
A look at how government services in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will be affected.I find I have no intention to go out.
I seem to be working on Acute Bronchitis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronchitis
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Real Estate
Homes for Sale in Brooklyn and Manhattan
This weeks properties are in the East Village, Chelsea and Boerum Hill, Brooklyn.I can build anything but location.
I would have south facing glass in the eat-in kitchen and great room.
The master suite can face east. The study faces north.
A porch on the west?
A second suite upstairs and a spare room that shares the upstairs bath.
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Science
Gene Editing Offers Hope for Treating Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Studies Find
Three research groups, working independently of one another, reported in the journal Science on Thursday that a powerful new gene-editing technique could treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy in mice.The indications are Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy may be at an end.
The labs should continue to work with gene editing.
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Real Estate
Homes for Sale in New York and Connecticut
This week’s homes include a seven-bedroom Victorian in Lloyd Harbor, N.Y., and a four-bedroom colonial in Fairfield, Conn.Two "Cottages".
Lloyd Harbor is impossible to heat.
Fairfield has no gardens.
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U.S.
Freddie Gray Complained of ‘Bad Back’ Before Arrest, Filing Says
A court document made public on Thursday suggests that defense lawyers will argue that Mr. Gray was already injured when he was loaded into a Baltimore police van.A broken neck kills quickly.
A preexisting bad back is not a defense for the officers.
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N.Y. / Region
Holiday on Friday New Year’s Day
A look at how government services in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will be affected.I am not mobile.
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World
Investigators Blame Violent Weather for Yangtze Cruise Ship Disaster
But a Chinese government inquiry also found fault with the captain and dozens of officials, because of poor decisions and laxity.The captain is always responsible for the safety of the passengers.
The ship should have been docked when the storm hit.
It could have been turned into the wind as the gusts hit.
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N.Y. / Region
Holiday on Friday: New Year’s Day
A look at how government services in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will be affected.There is no holiday from a chest cold.
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U.S.
Atlanta Begins Charging for a Streetcar Named Undesirable by Some
In the streetcar system’s first year, residents often described it as somewhere between disastrous and vaguely satisfactory. And that was when it was free.There is no room in a city for cars.
The system is too small.
It should service the metro area.
The streetcars should have the right of way.
10
N.Y. / Region
New York City Correction Officers Reach Tentative Contract Deal
If approved, the contract would include an 11 percent raise over seven years and measures that would enable more efficient prosecution of inmates who assault officers at Rikers Island.Blame the victims.
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U.S.
Chief Justice’s Report Praises Limits on Litigants’ Access to Information
Others are not pleased with the adoption of limits on the pretrial exchange of facts that lawyers call discovery.Corporate managers hate getting sued.
Even more they hate losing suits.
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U.S.
Experts Foresee Obstacles for Both Sides in Bill Cosby Case
Legal experts said the road to conviction was filled with significant hurdles, including a lack of forensic evidence related to the decade-old allegation by the woman at the center of the case.Bill Cosby will not work again.
13
Science
Ants Can Change Their Roles, Study Finds
A study published this week found that treating ants with chemicals can alter the responsibilities they take on within a colony.Epigenetic work continues.
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N.Y. / Region
Decrease in Homeless Veterans in New York Far Outpaces National Drop
Even as homelessness has surged, the city has recorded a drop of 80 percent in the number of veterans living in shelters or on the street since 2009 — though some advocates question the counts.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIuSTT277XI
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U.S.
Ethan Couch Remains in Mexico as His Mother Is Brought to U.S.
Tonya Couch was brought to Los Angeles by United States marshals and will be later returned to Texas.They should have learned the first time.
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N.Y. / Region
Stalled Brooklyn Park Exposes Rift With Religious Group
Bridge Park 2 in Dumbo, Brooklyn, has remained in sorry shape for years. Depending on whom you ask, the fault lies with flawed zoning, communication breakdowns or the Jehovah’s Witnesses, who promised to fix it but never did.The Jehovah’s Witnesses moved in to proselytize the lower Bowery.
The bums are gone. There is no reason for the Watchtower to remain.
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Sports
Switzerland Gives Bank Records to U.S. to Aid FIFA Inquiry
The Swiss authorities said the documents would be used in a criminal investigation against soccer officials suspected of bribery. American investigators are also seeking records related to a sports marketing agency.The Swiss follow their laws.
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Sports
Returning to Outdoor Roots in Winter Classic
The even has grown into a festival of fresh air hockey that this year included for the first time a professional women’s game.http://nytimes.stats.com/nhl/scoreboard.asp
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N.Y. / Region
Bronx Man, a Father Figure in His Family, Is Fatally Attacked by 6 Men
Hugo Galindo, a restaurant worker who the police said was attacked by six men early on Thursday, was close his many cousins.Wolf pack.
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The Upshot
How Is the Economy Doing? Politics Will Probably Decide Your Answer
Two new studies provide evidence that political preferences shape how people perceive reality.People do not do statistical analysis on the economy.
The one percent is doing well.
The ninety nine percent are doing less well.
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N.Y. / Region
Number of Traffic Deaths in New York Falls for a Second Year in a Row
A second year of decline demonstrates that a project to reduce traffic fatalities works, said a safety advocate, who called on the mayor to expand the effort.There is little free parking in the city.
Most commuters take the trains and buses.
2
Science
The Plant Had a Lovely Striation. Then They Got the Pruning Shears.
Why do some variegated specimens, with their pleasant patterns of dark and light, grow back without the original pattern intact once they’re cut back?https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocotyledon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicotyledon
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World
Adrift Barge Secured After Evacuation of North Sea Oil Platforms
BP and ConocoPhillips airlifted staff members after the vessel owned by Eide Marine of Norway broke loose, but the companies planned to resume production.
"Georg
Eide, the chairman of Eide Marine Services, the Norwegian company that
owns the barge, said the vessel had been brought under control and was
being towed toward Norway.
The
barge, which is used to transport cargo, was returning to Norway from
Tunisia after the completion of a project carried out on behalf of the
German Navy when the tow line broke in “extreme weather” in the North
Sea on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Eide said in an email."
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U.S.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel Cuts Trip to Cuba Short After Police Shooting in Chicago
Acting concerned.
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Business Day
Shell Opens Natural Gas Wells Off Irish Coast
Opening the taps in the Corrib field is a breakthrough for the oil and gas industry in Ireland, which had mostly disappointing results in recent years.Less dependence on Russia.
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N.Y. / Region
Holiday on Friday New Year’s Day
A look at how government services in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will be affected.11
World
Spain Has Little Appetite for Truffles, but Plenty for the Truffle Trade
The Spanish, who barely eat truffles, have taken up the slack for a declining French output, committing resources to cultivating a lucrative foodstuff.Oaks. There should be a truffle harvest in California.
12
Travel
A Marine Ecologist Strives to Protect the Seas
Enric Sala of National Geographic goes to some of the world’s most remote places, to study them and help save them.The price of fish must rise to limit demand.
Let us use taxes rather than limited supply to raise retail prices.
14
Opinion
A Better Standard for the Use of Deadly Force
Police shootings should be necessary, not just “reasonable.”Let us have a few more dead police.
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Times Insider
Goodbye, Prison Loaf: Reporter’s Notebook
Jesse McKinley explains how he happened upon the story of the Disciplinary Loaf, an unappetizing foodstuff given to prison inmates in solitary confinement.Even cheap food can be delicious.
Prison food is a punishment.
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U.S.
Flooding in Missouri Raises Vexing Questions
Can greater defenses be erected? Should homes be vaulted on stilts? Or is it time for some communities to pack up and leave?We have a break in the weather.
Finally a black frost.
