Saturday, September 16, 2017

@23:00, 9/15/17

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1
Food

Roasted Summer Vegetables Tucked Into Tartlets

September’s cooler weather means it’s the perfect time to bake with late summer zucchini and tomatoes.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018923-zucchini-and-tomato-tartlets-with-a-cheddar-crust

Try a different pastry.

2
Well

Gut Bacteria May Be Key to Weight Loss

A study found that people with a high ratio of two gut bacteria lost more weight than those with a low ratio.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevotella
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteroides

Eat fiber.

3
Well

Do I Carry a Dangerous Amount of Belly Fat?

Visceral fat, which collects around the middle, is tied to a host of serious medical problems.

Avoid fructose.  
Less is much better than more.

4
Opinion

William Howard Taft Is Still Stuck in the Tub

Our heaviest president, born this day in 1857, loved the bath. But it didn’t take six men to wrest his body from it.

"Fortunately for Taft, history’s a long game, and it’s never too late to set the record straight. So let’s put to rest the bath story, once and for all, and focus on what may be his real tabloid legacy. After all, Taft is credited with saving the Republican Party in 1912. Without him, there might not be a President Donald J. Trump."

That is another fable.

Wilson, a Democrat was elected in 1912.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1912
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson

5
Fashion & Style

Two Pastors in Love, and Only God Knows

Twanna Gause and Vanessa Brown, who met as choir girls nearly 30 years ago, are wed, much to the displeasure of Ms. Gause’s father, also a minister.

Love is.

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

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The Learning Network

What Do American Values Mean to You?

What democratic values define Americans?

Attempted  equality before the law.
A rule of law rather than persons.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_contract

I am having doubts about social media.
Contract law needs attention.

7
Opinion

Trump Gives Conservatives Their Just Comeuppance

Trump’s move toward Democrats is about betrayal, not pragmatism.

Pragmatic politics must be the rule.

8
Crosswords & Games

Plucky Words

A very nice joint effort.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NuofNHKbVc

I did not know the age of the performers.
Pop was an industry.
The Brill Building . . .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brill_Building
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_Pan_Alley

9
Travel

Why the Skier Mikeala Shiffrin Loves Croatia — and Colorado

She trains in New Zealand and Chile, races in Europe and will compete in the Olympics. To fight fatigue, she naps, jogs and snacks on dried mangoes.

Cross country is my preference.

I have not yet learned down hill.

10
U.S.

Readers React: Redemption, Then Rejection From Harvard

Times readers debated Harvard’s decision to withdraw an offer to a woman who had been imprisoned for the murder of her young son.

I hope Harvard did their due diligence before accepting her.
If Harvard was diligent it should not be swayed by the mob.

My respect for Harvard is reduced.  

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