Sunday, September 17, 2017

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Times Insider

As Global Obesity Rises, Teasing Apart Its Causes Grows Harder

In a series beginning today, the health and science desk explores the environment in which the obesity epidemic has come to a head.

The sugar industry has no mercy.

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Times Insider

Walking the Line Between Covering a Rohingya Refugee Story and Changing It

“You cannot help everyone, so you tell yourself that documenting their suffering is a form of aid.”

Do what you can.
Blame the generals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myanmar

3
U.S.

Trump Shares Doctored Image of His Golf Ball Hitting Hillary Clinton

In a series of eclectic Twitter posts, President Trump also appeared to refer to Kim Jong-Un, North Korea’s leader, as Rocket Man.

I am waiting for results.

"Marching morons" do not earn.

4
Arts

Holocaust Museum Faces Criticism After Pulling Syria Study

The Holocaust Museum has found itself in the middle of a fraught debate over the Obama Administration’s legacy in Syria after withdrawing research.

https://www.scribd.com/lists/21589468/US-Holocaust-Memorial-Museum-Syria-Study

Counterfactuals are fictions.

Whining about fiction is not productive.
Policy was not different in Syria.

5
Climate

Memo on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

The text of the Interior Department memo.

Alaska and the oil industry were told their answer was no.
That answer continues to be no.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/21/climate/how-americans-think-about-climate-change-in-six-maps.html

Still no.

6
Travel

‘Price Gouging’ and Hurricane Irma: What Happened and What to Do

Customers trying to book flights in the lead-up to Irma faced steep price hikes. But were they out of the ordinary?

The airlines could and did do that.

The past does not change.

Regulation changes the future.

Mary may be a problem.
www.nhc.noaa.gov

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N.Y. / Region

Restoring Eleanor Roosevelt’s Childhood Home on the Hudson

Van Lamprou, who founded Dolce Vita Footwear, hopes to turn the 19th century mansion into a space for civic engagement in the spirit of the former first lady.

It is his money.
The United Nations is her legacy.

8
World

Jellyfish Seek Italy’s Warming Seas. Can’t Beat ’Em? Eat ’Em.

With climate change, jellyfish are booming in the Mediterranean, to the point that researchers say there may be little to do but to live with them.

The warm sea is productive.
Using jellies for animal feed would be good.

Viscosity separation will work.

9
Opinion

The Woman Behind ‘The Man From Hope’

Linda Bloodworth Thomason clarifies that she was the primary creative force for the Bill Clinton biopic.

"Rape, kill, pillage and burn;  get it right this time!"
A briefing for Viking raiders.

Misogyny is a grievous error.

10 
Fashion & Style

Christine Walker, Thomas Nerney

The couple had their first conversation at a breakfast meeting, and that afternoon, he sent her a message asking her to dinner, too.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.


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