It still $mells the $ame (frown):
"NYC developer makes changes in 'poor door' design
NEW YORK (AP) — A plan for a luxury skyscraper with a so-called "poor door" is changing to extend more of a welcome to residents of its cluster of affordable apartments, officials and the developers said Friday.
The retooled plan for 1 West End Ave. still involves separate entrances, but all residents will now have access to such building amenities as a courtyard and river-view roof deck, and the affordable segment's lobby will be stylishly appointed and set facing a park.
The retooling follows an outcry over developments that got government incentives to include affordable housing but have separate amenities and even entrances for higher-paying residents. Developers say such arrangements can help make it financially feasible to build affordable housing at pricey addresses.
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"8 adoptees win $17.5m abuse suit" | August 30, 2014
MIAMI — Three private New York foster care agencies will pay $17.5 million to settle a lawsuit by eight people who were fraudulently adopted by a woman they said repeatedly abused, starved, and imprisoned them in a ‘‘house of horrors,’’ attorneys said.
The lawsuit was filed in 2009 in Brooklyn federal court on behalf of the children whom Judith Leekin, 67, adopted over an eight-year period ending in 1996. Howard Talenfeld, one of the attorneys for the now-grown children, said both parties agreed to the settlement earlier this summer. Authorities say Leekin deprived the children of medical care and school.
The suit charged that Leekin was able to carry out a scam in which she fraudulently collected $1.68 million in adoption subsidies.
Leekin, who lived with the children in both New York and Florida, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Florida and 11 years in prison in New York.
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"Nicole Diggs, a special education teacher accused of killing her severely disabled 8-year-old daughter by withholding food and medical care could inherit nearly $1 million from the girl’s trust fund — even if she is convicted....
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I see another opening:
"A significant aftershock from last weekend’s magnitude-6.0 earthquake rattled Northern California’s wine country Sunday, the latest of more than 70 aftershocks recorded during the past week. In Alaska on Saturday night, the state Earthquake Information Center said a magnitude-5.1 earthquake hit 43 miles northwest of Fairbanks. On Aug. 13, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 struck the state’s Cook Inlet region."
I've got nothing to add as I retreat into a Shell. Sorry.
"Sunday morning’s eruption followed a smaller one in the same site on Friday. Thousands of small earthquakes have rocked the region in recent days, leading to concerns that the main volcano may erupt."
I'm not going to take the time to link anything. Sorry.
"Determining the date of rock art is very difficult, and there has traditionally been very little interest."
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Looks like you feel the same regarding the new format based on the hits I'm seeing.
