STRINGS ATTACHED - The Paganini Violin

"Why this Italian violin travels with its own security" PBS NewsHour 6/24/2019

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SUMMARY:  In 2015, a delegation of city leaders from Columbus, Ohio, went to Italy's Genoa, where they heard a performance of the famed Paganini Violin.  The contingent spent the next four years working to arrange a visit for the violin to their city, and this spring, it finally arrived.  WOSU’s Jackie Shafer reports on the rare travel for the Italian national treasure, worth an estimated $35 million.

ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION - Electric Scooters

This is what I call a DUH issue.  Have a system where your transportation can be left anywhere after using and not expect people to leave it on private property or where it blocks other people?  Dumb, really dumb.

"Why the rise of the electric scooter has been a bumpy ride" PBS NewsHour 11/15/2018

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SUMMARY:  It began with just 10 electric scooters in Santa Monica, California, but soon sidewalks and streets were flooded with thousands of them.  Essentially skateboards with handles that can be picked up and dropped off anywhere, they've been rolled out in scores of U.S. cities, where local officials have struggled to cope and residents have mixed feelings.  Special correspondent Catherine Rampell reports.