Saturday, July 7, 2018

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Britain has won over Sweden in Russia.

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Admin

10 Recipes Readers Love

Butter tarts, chicken tikka masala and more for the weekend.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/68861692/11479096-our-10-most-popular-recipes-right-now

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019129-butter-tarts

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U.S.

Man Labeled ‘ID Adam’ Is Fired After Calling the Police on a Black Woman at Pool

Another video of a white person calling the police on a black person without cause circulated online, leading the caller’s employer to fire him.

Federal charges would be overkill.

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Health

He Called Older Employees ‘Dead Wood.’ Two Sued for Age Discrimination.

State governments “are still learning there’s an age law,” said one attorney, despite the fact it has been on the books for decades.

Good.

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Business Day

Women Outlive Men. Why Do They Retire Earlier?

Working a bit longer is a retirement strategy that can be especially effective for women. Yet women have been retiring even earlier than men.

Most women like their men and care for them.

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Books

Where Did the Radical Right Come From?

Kathleen Belew’s “Bring the War Home” traces the beginnings of the white power movement to the Vietnam War.

Kathleen Belew has an insight.
I would place the start at the Virginia plantation and New Amsterdam.

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Style

The Selfie That Dares to Go There

Men are not the only ones texting pictures of their private parts.

Do what works for you.
I cannot compose a satisfactory visual in my mind.

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U.S.

A Fatal Flaw as Trump Tries to Remake Health Care: Shortcuts

The Trump administration is on a losing streak in court cases, but the naming of a new Supreme Court justice could alter the trajectory on some of the most controversial cases.

Possibly.

The reactionaries will fight birth control any way they can.

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Style

How to Submit a ‘Rites of Passage’ Essay

We want to read your stories.

One of these days I will try to write them down.

I have wanted to marry since I was eighteen.
Fifty three years later there is hope.

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World

Japan Reels From Heavy Rains; Dozens Killed and Millions Evacuated

At least 51 people died and 48 were missing by Saturday night as severe rains hit western and central Japan, the public broadcaster NHK said.

Meteorologists are acurate over the next few days.
Flooding takes days.  Evacuations take several hours.

Hours are less than days.
The local governments are incompetent.
Earthquakes give no warning that is believed.

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Health

‘It’s Almost Like a Ghost Town.’ Most Nursing Homes Overstated Staffing for Years

Payroll records for more than 14,000 facilities show that the number of nurses and aides at work dips far below average some days and consistently sinks on weekends.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/07/07/health/nursing-home-map.html

It looks like a disaster to me.


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Health

‘It’s Almost Like a Ghost Town.’ Most Nursing Homes Overstated Staffing for Years

Payroll records for more than 14,000 facilities show that the number of nurses and aides at work dips far below average some days and consistently sinks on weekends.

Nursing homes are profitable.
They must become safe.

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U.S.

Man Labeled ‘ID Adam’ Is Fired After Calling the Police on a Black Woman at Pool


He may be typical.

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Health

He Called Older Employees ‘Dead Wood.’ Two Sued for Age Discrimination.

State governments “are still learning there’s an age law,” said one attorney, despite the fact it has been on the books for decades.

One battle won.

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Arts

Elvis Costello Cancels European Tour after Cancer Surgery

The British singer-songwriter has canceled concerts in Britain, Croatia, Austria, Norway and Sweden following the removal of a tumor.

I want new work.

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Style

The Selfie That Dares to Go There

Men are not the only ones texting pictures of their private parts.

Do what works for you.

Loving human contact is vital.
Pictures do not do that for me.

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Business Day

Women Outlive Men. Why Do They Retire Earlier?


Time with significant others is important.

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U.S.

A Fatal Flaw as Trump Tries to Remake Health Care: Shortcuts

The Trump administration is on a losing streak in court cases, but the naming of a new Supreme Court justice could alter the trajectory on some of the most controversial cases.

There is often a "do over"

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Opinion

How to Lose a Trade War

Trump’s tariffs are badly designed even given his premises

"Trump’s declaration that “trade wars are good, and easy to win” is an instant classic, right up there with Herbert Hoover’s “prosperity is just around the corner.”"

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Business Day

Countdown to Retirement: A Five-Year Plan

Has the prospect of retirement taken on a sudden, terrifying urgency? Here are the financial planning moves you need to start making now.

I am interested in surviving the deflation Trump wants.

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World

Dozens Are Killed and 1.6 Million Evacuated as ‘Historic’ Rains Pound Japan

At least 38 people died and 50 others were missing as torrential downpours hit western and central areas, the public broadcaster NHK said.

Incompetent local authorities.

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