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Real Estate
How to Furnish Your Terrace or Backyard
Private outdoor space is rare in New York. Some owners make the most of it, spending a pretty penny on carefully selected plantings and furnishings.Hire a decorator.
I do not want to live with "The Hanging Gardens".
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Food
A Plastic Glass to Enjoy Drinking From
Wine, beer and rocks glasses, and a cordial, that are thoughtfully designed.Aesthetics trump practicality.
Pack the glasses.
The drinking rather than the drink is the occasion.
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Real Estate
Outdoor Decor: A Checklist
Tips from Amber Freda, a New York landscape designer, on improving a terrace, a balcony or a backyard.The frame is wrong.
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N.Y. / Region
Few Newark Children Found to Have Elevated Lead After School Water Scare
Blood tests were offered after the Newark school district found high levels of lead in water from drinking fountains and faucets at 30 public schools in March.The water treatment in Newark has been good.
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Travel
Acadia National Park: Maine’s Bright Face
The novelist Alexander Chee on the national park he grew up with — and then returned to."The beauty of Maine is such that you can’t really see it clearly while you live there. But now that I’ve moved away, with each return it all becomes almost hallucinatory: the dark blue water, the rocky coast with occasional flashes of white sand, the jasper stone beaches along the coast, the pine and fir forests somehow vivid in their stillness."
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Sports
Yuliya Stepanova, Whistle-Blowing Russian Runner, Gets Backing in Olympic Bid
The International Association of Athletics Federations, the governing body of track and field, said Ms. Stepanova should be allowed to compete at the Rio Games.
"Russian
sports officials have said they would not name Ms. Stepanova, an
800-meter runner, to the country’s Olympic team; last month President
Vladimir V. Putin referred to her as “Judas” for having betrayed the
country.
In
instituting the ban on Russian athletes, officials left what they
described as a “very tiny crack in the door,” the option for athletes
who had been living outside Russia and subjected to rigorous
drug-testing to petition to compete."
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Fashion & Style
What’s All the Fuss About Pollution-Fighting Skin Care?
Here, doctors outline a savvy defense against environmental attacks.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone
The fuss is advertising.
Please yourself. You will please me.
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Business Day
U.S. Warns Honda and Acura Owners to Replace Airbags
The transportation secretary, Anthony Foxx, said certain 2001-3 Hondas and Acuras needed to be repaired immediately because of faulty Takata airbags.Believe the warnings.
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N.Y. / Region
Would You Slather on Sunscreen if New York City Gave It Away?
A proposal by the city’s comptroller modeled on programs in Boston and Miami Beach would bring sunscreen dispensers to the city’s parks, pools and beaches in effort to combat skin cancer.The best sunscreen is clothing.
I need help to slather my back.
10
Science
The Tick’s Pincher Offensive
Why do I suffer more pain and itching, and for longer, after a tick bite than after a mosquito sting?I am not informed by this article.
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T Magazine
Where to Eat Good Italian in Paris
Five of the city’s best — and best-looking — places for pizza, pasta and antipasti.Try Naples.
12
Food
Midweek Recipes and More
Get inspired by some improv jazz and comedy, and then go cook a no-recipe chicken thigh dish.Ok.
13
Automobiles
Video Review: Hyundai’s Plug-In Sonata Saves Fuel With Understatement
The conservatively handsome and roomy Sonata Plug-in Hybrid, Hyundai’s entry in a field with few competitors, doesn’t look like a science experiment.The sandard hybrid objections apply.
The Prius is still the best of the lot.
13
Food
Your Next Lesson: Grüner Veltliner
Once a fad, a great summer wine gets another shot at proving its worth.Nothing to add.
14
N.Y. / Region
New York Police Department to Review ‘No Beard’ Policy
The rule was at the center of a lawsuit filed on behalf of a Muslim officer who was suspended for refusing to shave his beard. He was later reinstated.The Irish are required to learn.
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Opinion
A Roundup of Supreme Court Rulings
Readers discuss decisions on abortion, political graft and affirmative action.I have not yet understood the Bob McDonnell decision.
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Arts
Animals Sly Enough to Surprise David Attenborough
At 90, Mr. Attenborough, a veteran of many captivating nature programs, still has wild worlds to share as the narrator of “The Hunt” on BBC America.“We run out of titles,” he said, “but we don’t run out of subjects. The world is a big place. It’s got a lot of stuff in it.”
I don't have cable.
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N.Y. / Region
Somewhere, John Sorenson, 92, Is Smiling
Mr. Sorensen, one of the six people followed in a series of articles about the oldest New Yorkers, died on June 26, after falling in his apartment in early May. It took an event that drastic to get him to leave his home.Death comes for us all.
Let us not rush.
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N.Y. / Region
Pool Rules: No Running, No Eating and, Three Times a Week, No Men
Two New York agencies are trying to resolve a complaint that says female-only hours catering to Hasidic women in Brooklyn violate a city law.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritual_purification#Judaism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikveh
It is unclear to me if the city pools qualify.
It is immaterial if they do.
They are public and sex discrimination is forbidden by law.
The temples can install their own facilities.
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U.S.
Supreme Court Vacates Ex-Virginia Governor’s Graft Conviction
Bob McDonnell, a former governor of Virginia, did only routine favors in exchange for gifts from a businessman, the justices ruled in a closely watched corruption case.The ex-governor of Virginia gets a new trial.
Rod Blagojevich should also get a new trial.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Blagojevich
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Science
Lacking Brains, Plants Can Still Make Good Judgments About Risks
Researchers examined how pea plants grow in a study of risk assessment theory that could have applications for studies of human behavior.Plant perception is limited.
2
Food
Phil-Am Kusina, a Ray of Philippine Sun on Staten Island
The son of two North Shore grocers turns out generous portions and big flavors.As convenient.
3
Sports
Drug Testing Lab in Kazakhstan Is Suspended
It was the sixth suspension announced by WADA in the last three months, a period of unprecedented disciplinary action.WADA has found a political platform.
It will ride it to world power in athletics.
6
Health
Estimate of U.S. Transgender Population Doubles to 1.4 Million Adults
The new figure is likely to raise questions about the sufficiency of services to support a population that may be larger than many assumed.Watch the frame.
The worry is that the "social conservatives" will have to change their view of sexuality.
That change is inevitable.
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Science
Ozone Hole Shows Signs of Shrinking, Scientists Say
Three decades after a treaty to phase out the use of chemicals known as CFCs, there are indications that the hole in the ozone layer is healing.Regulation works.
8
Your Money
Auto Insurance Is Costlier at Lower Incomes, Study Says
Lower socioeconomic factors like blue-collar work or renting can mean higher rates for even good drivers, the Consumer Federation of America says.Actuaries get to choose their data sets.
9
Opinion
‘An Alcohol-Laced Society’
Citing wine sales at Starbucks and in drugstores, a reader worries about the effects of easing access to alcohol.Retail alcohol is an high profit item.
Regulate the profit to regulate the availability.
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Opinion
4 H-Bombs in Spain, and the Poisoned Airmen
Readers say the Air Force must take responsibility, and a Vietnam veteran writes about his struggle to get service-related compensation for blindness.The Military must keep its promises.
12
Travel
Glacier National Park: Return Trips
The novelist Adelle Waldman on how a national park has been a part of her marriage.It seems like a good plan to me.
We may need to modify the project.
13
Opinion
Who Are VW’s Victims?
A reader says everyone who breathes the poisoned air, and not just the car owners, is a victim.VW is still bankrupt.
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Opinion
Costs of Regulations
The Competitive Enterprise Institute defends its study of federal agencies, “Ten Thousand Commandments.”Regulation is essential.
Industries have no right to profit or of existence.
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U.S.
The Challenges That Remain for L.G.B.T. People After Marriage Ruling
L.G.B.T. leaders reflect on the obstacles the community still faces one year after same-sex marriage was legalized.Yes.
18
Business Day
James Green, Author and Human Rights Activist, Dies at 71
An author and teacher at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, Professor Green participated in protest politics for decades.I will miss his understanding.
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Magazine
In the Russian Army, With Lust
Missing single life in Moscow to a perilous degree.1969 I would not have survived Vietnam.
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