Thursday, August 9, 2018

@1:00, 8/9/18

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World

In Rare Move, North Korea Releases South Korean It Detained

Although more than 30,000 North Koreans have fled to South Korea in the past three decades, it is rare for South Koreans to enter North Korea illegally.

Generation after generation the feud continues.


Books

Science or Quackery? The Study of Hormones Has Been Both, a New Book Suggests

Randi Hutter Epstein’s “Aroused” looks at the history of hormone research and the many missteps along the way.

Naomi Oreskes should write her own book.

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T Magazine

The Chefs Redefining Polynesian Cuisine

Centuries of colonization nearly erased the taste of the Pacific. Now, a new generation is reimagining the regional food for a new era.

The kingdom of Hawaii continues.

Humans are omnivores.

https://www.amazon.com/Hawaii-James-Michener/dp/0394427971/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1533

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Lens

A Portrait of an Egyptian Neighborhood Breathing Toxic Dust

A photo essay by Mohamed Mahdy shows what it’s like when your next-door neighbor is a cement factory that belches toxic dust.

Yes

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Sports

As Red Sox Creep Away, Yankees Check Their Rearview Mirror

A four-game sweep in Boston left the Yankees with little hope of catching the Red Sox atop the A.L. East. The wild-card could also be in jeopardy.

"Wait till next year"

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World

Violence Intensifies as Student Protests Spread in Bangladesh

What began as a road-safety protest by middle-school and high-school students is now in its ninth day, met with escalating force by the government.

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

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Business Day

Alcoa Requests Reprieve From Trump’s Aluminum Tariffs

The company, which imports much of its aluminum from its facilities in Canada, asked the administration for an exemption.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall%E2%80%93H%C3%A9roult_process
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcan

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

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Science

Welcome to the World, Little Fish. In 14 Days You’ll Start Making Babies.

The African annual fish can reach sexual maturity in about two weeks, scientists found, the fastest known among vertebrates.

Interesting.  
The research is in early stage.

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World

Video: Indonesia Earthquake Survivor: There Is ‘No House Anymore’

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake on the island of Lombok killed at least 98 people and displaced around 20,000 others.

People are always surprised by the unquiet earth.
Cheap construction falls down.

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Magazine

Kevin McAleenan Says the Border Patrol Doesn’t Make the Laws

The commissioner of Customs and Border Protection on enforcing the Trump administration’s orders, child separation and the Abolish ICE movement.

"He was under orders."

That defense did not work at Nuremberg.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials

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