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Food
Apr 6th 2015
Make quick chicken stock by boiling chicken bones, onion, carrot and herbs in a large pot.
Cooking and Cookbooks
I have made stock. I will make stock.
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Science
By RACHEL NUWER | Apr 6th 2015
According to a new computer analysis, wildfires near the nuclear
plant have cumulatively redistributed an estimated 8 percent of the
original amount of cesium-137 released in the disaster.
Wildfires; Nuclear Energy
Own and use a radiation counter.
The background is always with us.
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Science
By JOHN SCHWARTZ | Apr 6th 2015
The new research on western Canada’s glaciers had implications for
predicting glacier loss around the world caused by climate change.
Glaciers; Global Warming
Anthropogenic global warming is real.
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World
By REUTERS | Apr 6th 2015
An Indonesian court rejected a challenge by two Australian drug
smugglers facing execution after being convicted in 2006 as the
ringleaders of a plot to smuggle heroin out of the country.
Drug Abuse and Traffic
Indonesia is sovereign.
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World
By JONATHAN GILBERT | Apr 6th 2015
Felisa Miceli, the economy minister from 2005 to 2007, had been
unable to prove that she legally obtained money — cash in dollars and
pesos worth more than $64,000 — when it was turned up in 2007.
Money Laundering; Sentences (Criminal)
It is not enough money to be a bribe.
There is more to this story.
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Food
By SUZANNE LENZER | Apr 6th 2015
Two allies in the kitchen — your food processor and freezer — can make pizza a regular weeknight event.
Pizza; Cooking and Cookbooks; Recipes
yes I make bread about twice a week.
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Health
By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. | Apr 6th 2015
Studies have found that the recommended protocol of injectible
antibiotics and hospitalization are hard for many poor people to carry
out.
Babies and Infants; Antibiotics; Research; Medicine and Health
OK.
It would be good to restore their microbiome after treatment.
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Opinion
By BERNICE DAHN, VERA MUSSAH and CAMERON NUTT | Apr 7th 2015
Crucial evidence of the virus’s presence in Liberia was overlooked.
Ebola Virus; Epidemics; Medicine and Health; Research
I now understand the low death rate.
The journal publishers are not behaving well.
Copyright was intended to get the authors paid.
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N.Y. / Region
By FRAN SCHUMER | Apr 4th 2015
H2Ocean Restaurant & Raw Bar serves only wild-caught varieties of its seafood.
Restaurants
Fine by me.
The kitchen is learning.
It will be better or gone in a few months.
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Travel
By KATIE PARLA | Apr 3rd 2015
New businesses, cultural spaces and an Eataly Italian food emporium have injected the Ostiense district with life.
Travel and Vacations
I will have to think on what I want to do in Rome.
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Magazine
By HELEN MACDONALD | Apr 7th 2015
In one of Britain’s oldest nature reserves, Darwin collected
beetles and Saxon warlords hid from invaders. But walking there now is
much more than a visit to the past.
Zoos
I prefer her way of viewing.
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The Upshot
By AUSTIN FRAKT | Apr 6th 2015
I an relieved to know A.A. helps.
Do what works.
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World
By GARDINER HARRIS | Apr 6th 2015
Diplomats say President Abdulla Yameen is becoming more autocratic
and unpredictable, citing the influence of gangs and the imprisonment
of a former president.
Demonstrations, Protests and Riots
Machine politics . . .
They look to be the default condition.
Reform can be another machine.
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U.S.
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS | Apr 3rd 2015
A mother and child were missing after being swept into a creek in the eastern part of the state.
Floods
Stupidity carries a death penalty.
http://www.wunderground.com/severe.asp?region=mw&setprefs.0.key=SVRMAP&setprefs.0.val=mw
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Technology
By NATASHA SINGER | Apr 5th 2015
School administrators say for online learning to be legitimate,
the testing has to be monitored. Proctortrack requires the student to
sit upright, remain glued to their chair, keep their face fully visible,
and a few more.
Tests and Examinations; E-Learning; Cheating; Colleges and Universities
Cheaper is not often better.
The software is still primitive.
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Science
By JOHN MARKOFF | Apr 6th 2015
Technological advances are making human pilots less necessary in
the cockpit. But will passengers board a flight controlled by a robot?
Aviation Accidents, Safety and Disasters; Pilots; Drones (Pilotless Planes); Air Traffic Control
Probably not and certainly not yet.
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World
By NORIMITSU ONISHI | Apr 4th 2015
An incumbent president steps down in a country with a history of
military coups and rivalries, raising the possibility that it can happen
elsewhere on the continent.
Elections; Appointments and Executive Changes
We can only hope.
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Job Market
By PATRICIA R. OLSEN | Apr 4th 2015
Jonathan Temple, an elevator mechanic for the Liberty Elevator
Corporation in Paterson, N.J., talks about how he got into the field.
Elevators and Escalators; Labor and Jobs
Yes, it is a skilled job that cannot be outsourced.
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The Upshot
By STEVE LOHR | Apr 6th 2015
Data science offers a lot of promise in many fields, but for now, it seems wise to keep human beings in the loop.
Data-Mining and Database Marketing; Artificial Intelligence
The machines are still blind to aesthetics.
The machines are tools.
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U.S.
By RON NIXON | Apr 7th 2015
New requirements, which were passed by Congress in 2010, cannot be met without more money, supporters of the overhaul say.
Food Contamination and Poisoning; Food; Law and Legislation; Federal Budget (US)
The question that needs an answer is what failure rate is acceptable.
Zero is very costly. One hundred percent is free.
An acceptable rate of failure will cost more than the money available.
That money may be as much as should be spent this year.
The agency will tell the president when the funds are all committed.
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