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Opinion
The Deadly Combination of Heat and Humidity
Steamy days can defeat the body’s natural cooling system, making high temperatures that much more dangerous.Get the fact checkers busy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative_humidity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Carrier
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Rational_Psychrometric_Formulae
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U.S.
California: $15 Minimum Wage Is Now a Step Closer in Los Angeles
The Los Angeles City Council voted, 13 to 1, on Wednesday to raise the minimum wage in the city to $15 an hour by 2020, but a second vote is required for final approval because the vote was not unanimous.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/08/opinion/paul-krugman-fighting-the-derp.html
Los Angeles is having a derp problem.
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Sports
Video: Jack Warner Says He Knows FIFA’s Secrets
Mr. Warner, a former vice president of soccer’s governing body and a central figure in its scandal, vowed on Wednesday to reveal all he knows about Sepp Blatter and corruption within the organization.Trinidad Discusses Ex-FIFA Leader Warner
minister said on Sunday that there was a presumption of innocence in the case involving the former FIFA vice president Jack Warner, but that it should go to trial.June 08, 2015 - - Sports - Print Headline: "Trinidad Discusses Ex-FIFA Leader Warner"At Center of FIFA Scandal, a Divisive Politician in Jack Warner
Caribbean republic walked out of a session of Parliament on Friday, angrily chastising a fellow politician and former ally, Jack Warner, who finds himself and his two sons at the center of soccer’s widespreadJune 08, 2015 - - Sports - Print Headline: "At Center of FIFA Scandal, a Divisive Politician"Egypt Ex-Official Says FIFA's Warner Sought Money, Citing Influence in World Cup Selection
Sunday that ex-FIFA Vice President Jack Warner asked for $7 million from Egypt, suggesting it could help with Egypt's bid to host the 2010 World Cup. Al-Dahshouri Harb told Reuters in a telephone interview thatJune 07, 2015 - - Sports - Print Headline: "Egypt Ex-Official Says FIFA's Warner Sought Money, Citing Influence in World Cup Selection"BBC Says It Has Seen Documents Detailing Warner Transactions
evidence detailing what happened to the $10 million soccer's world governing body FIFA sent to former vice-president Jack Warner. Warner is among nine current and former FIFA officials and fiveJune 07, 2015 - - Sports - Print Headline: "BBC Says It Has Seen Documents Detailing Warner Transactions"
Sports
Belmont Stakes 2015: Predictions and Analysis
Can American Pharoah win the Triple Crown? A look at the horses in the 147th running of the Belmont Stakes with comments by Joe Drape and Melissa Hoppert.He did.
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Science
Relying on Butterfly Wings to Survive
Flame azaleas must depend almost entirely on butterflies to reproduce, researchers have found.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhododendron_calendulaceum
Dover Plains should be near the northern edge of their range.
It will require sheltering to do well there. A winter shade should do the job.
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Sports
Big Test for American Pharoah’s Jockey, Too
In Saturday’s Belmont Stakes, much will depend on the split-second decisions made by the jockey Victor Espinoza and his counterparts in a grueling mile-and-a-half contest.Winner.
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Sports
Letters to the Editor
Readers sound off on the latest headlines in Sports.The sports books have power.
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Business Day
Fewer Americans Seek Jobless Aid, and Productivity Decline Deepens
Applications for unemployment aid dropped 8,000 to a seasonally adjusted 276,000 last week, and the four-week average rose 2,750 to 274,750.Short low paid employment.
The depression continues.
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N.Y. / Region
A Triple Crown Possibility Keeps Registers Ringing Around Belmont Park
Business picks up every year in neighborhood around the racetrack, as workers and crowds move in for the Belmont Stakes. The challenge is staying afloat when the visitors are gone.Better racing would help.
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Opinion
Europe’s Shared Responsibility for Migrants
A proposed system of quotas would ensure that European countries do their fair share in handling the huge number of people seeking asylum.Any possible quota system will be overloaded.
There has been little success fixing migration at the source.
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The Upshot
A Quiet Benefit of Interactive Journalism
It helps teach us what we don’t know.Much of the problem is the view that education is or should be a "For Profit" business that produces a salable product.
Culture and income are "cousins" rather than causally related.
Getting the culture does not mean getting the income and getting the income does not mean getting the culture.
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N.Y. / Region
A Review of Sayulita, Mexican Cuisine With a Twist
Named after a surfing village, Sayulita plays with south-of-the-border fare in a beach-styled space.Let us make an opportunity.
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Sports
Video: Scenes from Belmont Park
American Pharoah became the first horse since 1978 to sweep the Triple Crown.Some year we will attend.
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U.S.
Texas: Killer of Four Men Is Executed
Lester Bower Jr., 67, who was convicted of the 1983 fatal shootings of four men at an airplane hangar on a ranch near Sherman, Tex., was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday.About 22 years after the event.
I am told that a "life sentence" is about eight years long.
It looks like Sadism.
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Opinion
Supreme Court Justices: Be More Open
The head of Fix the Court calls on justices to be more open about their speeches and other activities outside the Supreme Court.The Supreme Court is not a democratic institution.
There is no reason for it to be more open.
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Business Day
N.H.T.S.A. Admits Missing Clues to G.M. Ignition Defect
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration identified a series of failings that allowed millions of small cars to go unfixed for more than a decade.G.M. hid the facts.
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Magazine
Making and Unmaking the Digital World
From mining to power to waste, the physical footprint of the online experience.We know the problems.
We also know some of the costs.
Corporate management refuses to pay the costs from income.
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N.Y. / Region
A Stunning Link to New York’s Past Makes a Long-Awaited Return
The High Bridge made modern New York possible, the final link in an aqueduct that first carried pure water to Manhattan from upstate in 1842. On Tuesday, it will reopen to the public after about 40 years.Hurrah for polio vaccine.
The other bridges and tunnels could give it a run.
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World
Gas Station Explosion in Ghana’s Capital Kills Around 100
The blast occurred overnight while the station was packed with people seeking shelter from knee-high water caused by rain that has flooded much of the city.Gasoline floats on water.
How the flood got into the storage tanks is a question.
It indicates bad code enforcement.
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