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World
Vietnam Floods Kill 17 and Threaten to Pollute Ha Long Bay
Environmental groups said that waste from coal mines could damage the northern bay, a Unesco World Heritage site famous for its steep limestone islands.Stand clear until help is requested.
Let the diplomats work.
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U.S.
Video: The Psychologist Warden
A new warden at Cook County Jail in Chicago is looking for ways to treat an influx of mentally ill inmates. Her hiring comes at a time when many public mental health facilities have closed.Chicago is moving in the right direction.
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Business Day
Former University of Virginia Fraternity Members Sue Rolling Stone
Three former students said a discredited article about a brutal gang rape had a “devastating effect” on their reputations.This trio does not appear to have standing.
They are not injured by Rolling Stone.
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Opinion
The Killing of Cecil the Lion
Government intervention in this country could impede trophy hunting abroad, says a Born Free program associate.If they are threatened let us list lions.
The world would be poorer without them.
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World
Liberia: Ebola Stalls Birth Registrations
The births of more than 70,000 children in Liberia during the Ebola crisis were never recorded, leaving them vulnerable to marginalization.Record these births now.
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World
Video: Migrants Try to Walk Into Channel Tunnel
On Wednesday, for the third night in a row, migrants in France tried to enter the Eurotunnel illegally in order to get to Britain.http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/30/world/europe/britain-and-france-scramble-as-channel-crossing-attempts-by-migrants-continue.html
Britain can take them in or leave the European Union.
Two hundred years of advertising has been effective.
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Opinion
Are Artificial Sweeteners Safer Than Sugar?
A Purdue professor and a group of researchers at Rockefeller University Hospital say no.Sugar is not safe.
In so far as these sweeteners are free of fructose they are probably safer than sugar.
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Real Estate
When the Super Has a Drinking Problem
Problems with a co-op superintendent, rules for waiting in the lobby and rights to a rent-stabilized unit.I am here while the legal wheels grind.
My youngest brother will administer the estate.
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World
Amnesty International Weighs Decriminalization of Prostitution
A proposal by the human rights group to advocate the elimination of penalties in the sex trade, to be taken up at a conference in Dublin, has drawn denunciation from women’s groups.Slavery should be unlawful.
Slave takers and slave masters are enemies of civil society.
Calling them traffickers and pimps does not change their practice from slavery.
Exploiting slaves is a lesser problem.
Amnesty International should give the matter attention.
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Opinion
Special Olympics and the Burden of Happiness
Behind all the sports and smiles is an urgent human rights mission.There is not a lot the attention of the world can do for the intellectually challenged.
Setting up sheltered workshops to be economically viable is not a trivial problem.
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Real Estate
The Millennial Commune
A handful of businesses in New York are creating co-living spaces, advertising instant community and access to amenities.Such organizations require strong leadership and defined objectives.
There is a long history of failed experiments.
The most successful outside of religious monasticism last one generation.
Exits are messy.
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N.Y. / Region
For Some Drivers, Video of Sandra Bland’s Arrest Is All Too Familiar
Several African-American motorists conducting business at the Department of Motor Vehicle offices in New York this week watched Ms. Bland’s video and saw, in her, someone like themselves.yes
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N.Y. / Region
Construction Plans for La Guardia Airport Don’t Faze Its Neighbors
Before the airport the area was a wealthy suburb.
It presently depends on the airport for income.
Fort Totten and Rikers Island have little local impact.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Totten_%28Queens%29
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N.Y. / Region
Bronx Residents Anxious After 4th Death From Legionnaires’ Disease
As the number of cases climbed to 65, city officials said tests revealed the outsides of five building were contaminated.The city health department is also worried.
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Fashion & Style
The Jane Birkin-Hermès Fuss Needs to Be Put in Perspective
She asked that her name be taken off the Birkin Croco bag, not all handbags that bear her name, after reports of abuses on a crocodile farm.A promotional fuss.
The Lizard King
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Morrison
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=jim+morrison
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World
Experimental Ebola Vaccine in Guinea Shows Promise, Report Says
The report, published in the British medical journal The Lancet, indicated that the vaccine “might be safe and highly efficacious in preventing Ebola virus disease.”At this point the vaccine must be shown to be a failure to stop its production and application.
Other work on Ebola will need to find new funding.
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Sports
A Familiar Name, but Still an Unexpected Leader at the Women’s British Open
Jin Young Ko, a 20-year-old South Korean playing in her first major championship, grabbed a share of the lead on Saturday, while the world’s second-ranked player, Lydia Ko, was three strokes back.
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I will work at Pratt.
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Automobiles
Video Review: Honda Takes Different Path With the Accord Hybrid
The Accord has the appearance of gas-only models, but inside is a lithium-ion battery and a gas-electric system that is unlike other hybrids.Different. This model is not better.
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Magazine
The Miracle of Preserves
On my — and humanity’s — long and abiding faith in pickles, potted meats, jellies and jams.http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017580-vegetables-a-la-grecque
I do not have the canning pressure cooker.
I often decide not to sample doubtful pickled products.
The concept delights me.
There are other things I would rather spend my time on.
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