Category: landscape
A view of Napoli, Italy
Gomorrah by Matteo Garrone, 2008.
Ada Tolla on Vele di Scampia by Franz di Salvo (nytimes).
They are iconic buildings that embed the Modernist idea of the right to a home — a home for everyone. At the time it was conceived, the complex was very positive, optimistic and progressive.
Codiaeum variegatum
Croton on Miami Beach, Florida.
Hurricane Preparedness
Hurricane Matthew is serious.
BULLETIN
HURRICANE MATTHEW ADVISORY NUMBER 23
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL142016
500 PM EDT MON OCT 03 2016…LIFE-THREATENING RAIN…WIND…AND STORM SURGE EXPECTED IN
PARTS OF HAITI TONIGHT…
…HURRICANE WARNING ISSUED FOR THE CENTRAL BAHAMAS…SUMMARY OF 500 PM EDT…2100 UTC…INFORMATION
———————————————-
LOCATION…16.3N 74.7W
ABOUT 140 MI…225 KM S OF TIBURON HAITI
ABOUT 225 MI…360 KM SW OF PORT AU PRINCE HAITI
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…140 MPH…220 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…N OR 10 DEGREES AT 7 MPH…11 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…940 MB…27.76 INCHES
Some tips to prepare. Evaluate your risks. Have some supplies.
Police
We need better and more open statistics, in order to improve the police. This story underlines the gap.
After Ferguson, it became apparent that the official government count of the number of people killed by police was low; it was off by about 50 percent. So journalists started counting. The Washington Post counted 990 people shot dead last year, a quarter of them black. This year is on about the same pace. But Klinger says we need more details about every instance of deadly force, even when no one dies.
The Washington Post : 2015 database – 990 people shot dead by police. 2016 database – 707, so far. Methodology. On Github.
Black Lives Matter calls to defund (which does not mean to eliminate) and to prioritize the use of police departments.
Blue-Grey Gnatcatcher
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