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Opinion
‘What’s the Buzz About Wild Bees?’
Farming landscapes that encourage diverse pollinators, like bees, birds and insects, can help produce food that is abundant and nutritious.There are no wild honey bees. Some become feral.
They are genetically European or African or hybrids. There are Asian bees but they have not been domesticated as far as I know.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apis_dorsata
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U.S.
Sandra Bland’s Family Is Said to Be Planning to File Lawsuit
The family of Ms. Bland, who was found hanged in a Texas jail cell three days after she was taken into custody after a traffic stop, plans to file the lawsuit in federal court in Houston on Tuesday.We will learn more.
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Food
Romanos Aren’t Just Any Green Beans
Sturdier and fleshier than other varieties, they are ideal for a simple vegetable stew.http://cooking.nytimes.com/topics/summer-produce
I had green beans most nights for ten years. I am taking a break.
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Fashion & Style
12 Tips for Living a Longer Life
You don’t have to eat a dinner cooked by Dan Buettner, the author of “The Blue Zones Solution,” to incorporate his advice into your life: a life that will hopefully be longer after reading this.I ignore the glycemic index and avoid fructose and alcohol.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/02/fashion/dinner-with-blue-zones-solution-dan-buettner.htm
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Fashion & Style
Spas Import an International Menu of Pampering
The standard massage is getting competition from treatments you might encounter in Germany, Turkey, Korea or Thailand.we should investigate what is available locally before we build spa facilities.
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Food
Zucchini Two Ways
A cheesy flan and a twist on traditional fried zucchini to make the most of summer’s most prolific vegetable.Two plants produce more than I want to eat.
I can learn to cook the blossoms.
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Opinion
Questions After Shooting of Unarmed Man in Cincinnati
A reader raises questions about “bad cops” and says civilians should not be allowed to have loaded guns in public places.I have a preference for dead cops over dead civilians.
Cops can patrol in pairs if being alone so frightens them.
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Science
Methane in Atmosphere May Greatly Exceed Estimates, Report Says
A device that measures leaked methane may greatly underestimate it, says an inventor of the technology used in the device, possibly affecting climate change predictions."The important point, Mr. Brownstein said, is that research shows that relatively inexpensive measures can sharply reduce emissions, however high they turn out to be. “The bottom line is the question is, ‘Are emissions high, or are they higher?’ Either way, the focus needs to be on reducing them. That’s where we come in.”"
No leak is far better for all.
Fix the leaks as they are found.
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Sports
A Rainy Start for Tour of Utah
The American Kiel Reijnen won a sprint over a small group of riders to win the 132-mile opening stage.A minor race of small interest.
I tour uncompetitively.
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Health
Solitary Confinement: Punished for Life
A lawsuit yields insights into the psychological harms of holding prisoners in isolation for years, sometimes decades.Cruel and less unusual than it should be.
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Travel
Forecasting Your Vacation Weather by Looking at the Past
A new service provides consumers with weather forecasts up to a year in advance by looking at weather patterns over the last century.It is better than nothing.
It gives probabilities more loosely than the local seven day.
There are no guarantees.
Talk to the insurance people. They will take the bet.
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Sports
Texas Red Prevails at Saratoga
Texas Red took the lead from Japan with an eighth of a mile left and held off Frosted to win the Grade 2, $600,000 Jim Dandy by a half-length at Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y."■ The Triple Crown winner American Pharoah had another easy gallop at Monmouth Park in Oceanport, N.J., his final serious exercise before the $1.75 million Haskell Invitational. American Pharoah, the 1-5 favorite in Sunday’s race, slowly jogged from the barn area to the finish line, giving fans who lined the rail a good look at the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years. He then turned toward the inside fence for a one-mile gallop. The assistant trainer Jimmy Barnes said the colt “looked awesome out on the track.”"
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/04/sports/american-pharoah-steers-clear-of-route-of-past-triple-crown-winners.html
"American Pharoah won the Haskell Invitational with ease Sunday. He was a 1-9 favorite and is the reigning Triple Crown winner, so few were surprised. He may race two or three more times at the most, then he will be retired. Few are surprised by that decision either."
He is a lovely horse.
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Business Day
New York Reaches Accords With Sellers of Toy Guns
The agreement includes civil penalties and stricter state standards on how toy guns look, which are intended to make them distinguishable from real guns.Second best.
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Opinion
Obama Takes a Crucial Step on Climate Change
His plan will slash domestic emissions and signal to the world that America is serious about climate change.Yes.
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Food
Zucchini, Tomatoes and Corn: Ripe for the Cooking
At the height of summer, tomatoes, corn and zucchini are plentiful and perfect for breakfast, lunch or supper.http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017584-indian-spiced-corn-soup-with-yogurt
Or any of the others.
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Opinion
Amnesty International and the Protection of Prostitutes
Amnesty International discusses its draft policy for protecting “the rights of sex workers, one of the world’s most marginalized groups.”The world has given up slavery.
Pandering must be suppressed.
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U.S.
Idaho: Ban on Filming Animal Abuse Unconstitutional
A federal judge has ruled that Idaho’s law banning secret filming of animal abuse at agricultural facilities is unconstitutional.Idaho is just one state. All such laws should be struck down.
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Magazine
The Tough Love of ‘Austerity’
When we talk about the need for austerity in Greece, the word conveys not just an economic but a moral requirement — a lesson that must be taught.Greece must and will leave the Euro.
Corbyn and the Cringe Caucus
I haven’t
been closely following developments in UK politics since the election,
but people have been asking me to comment on the emergence of Jeremy
Corbyn as a serious contender for Labour leadership. And I do have a few thoughts.
First, it’s really
important to understand that the austerity policies of the current
government are not, as much of the British press portrays them, the only
responsible answer to a fiscal crisis. There is no fiscal crisis,
except in the imagination of Britain’s Very Serious People; the policies
had large costs; the economic upturn when the UK fiscal tightening was
put on hold does not justify the previous costs. More than that, the
whole austerian ideology is based on fantasy economics, while it’s
actually the anti-austerians who are basing their views on the best
evidence from modern macroeconomic theory and evidence.
Nonetheless, all the
contenders for Labour leadership other than Mr. Corbyn have chosen to
accept the austerian ideology in full, including accepting false claims
that Labour was fiscally irresponsible and that this irresponsibility
caused the crisis. As Simon Wren-Lewis
says, when Labour supporters reject this move, they aren’t “moving
left”, they’re refusing to follow a party elite that has decided to move
sharply to the right.
What’s been going on
within Labour reminds me of what went on within the Democratic Party
under Reagan and again for a while under Bush: many leading figures in
the party fell into what Josh Marshall used to call the “cringe”,
basically accepting the right’s worldview but trying to win office by
being a bit milder. There was a Stamaty cartoon during the Reagan years
that, as I remember it, showed Democrats laying out their platform: big
military spending, tax cuts for the rich, benefit cuts for the poor.
“But how does that make you different from Republicans?” “Compassion —
we care about the victims of our policies.”
I don’t fully
understand the apparent moral collapse of New Labour after an election
that was not, if you look at the numbers, actually an overwhelming
public endorsement of the Tories. But should we really be surprised if
many Labour supporters still believe in what their party used to stand
for, and are unwilling to support the Cringe Caucus in its flight to the
right?"
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Opinion
Ending Child Obesity
A pediatrician writes that the problem could be eliminated “by judicious regulation, as has been shown in other advanced countries.”Yes.
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