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Science
Envying the Starfish, Regenerator of Limbs
Human beings can regenerate some tissues, notably the liver and skin, but limbs are another matter.Cancer could be the answer.
Tumor and regrowth may look the same to the immune system.
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Health
Short Answers to Hard Questions About Weight Loss
Some questions about weight loss and maintenance come up again and again. Here are some answers.Sugar is an addictive drug.
http://www.uctv.tv/shows/Sugar-The-Bitter-Truth-16717
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moQZd1-BC0Y
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World
Wildfire Empties Fort McMurray in Alberta’s Oil Sands Region
The entire community of Fort McMurray was ordered to evacuate on Tuesday night as a fast-spreading wildfire cut off its only highway link to the south.http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/world/americas/fort-mcmurray-canada-fire.html?ref=world
"Ms.
Notley, the provincial premier, said that officials were holding off on
flooding the area with assistance until the shape of the fire becomes
clearer and the weather turns cooler, which may help make the fire less
destructive.
“Your
first thought is to say: ‘Get more people, get more stuff, go, go, go,’
” Ms. Notley said, but that approach could cause added danger and
hamper firefighting work by clogging the city’s small airport. Instead,
she said, the province has been concentrating on sending specially
trained firefighters and specialized equipment in from other parts of
the province.
David
Martell, a professor in the Fire Management Systems Laboratory of the
University of Toronto, said that large forest fires are effectively
impossible to fight in hot, dry conditions, because they can shoot out
flames more than a mile ahead of their fronts. All that crews can do
right now, he said, is prepare plans and resources to “really go in and
hammer it” when the weather changes."
Fort McMurray has not burned up.
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Magazine
Judge John Hodgman on Phone Calls While Commuting
The court sentences a husband to soft labor as a postwork entertainer.Phone calls have a low information content.
I want your presence.
For now the stream of text will have to do.
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N.Y. / Region
Studying How Poverty Keeps Hurting Young Minds, and What to Do About It
Experts in neuroscience, genetics and social work discussed emerging research on what happens to a child’s brain before it is fully formed, and how children who seem broken can be made whole.Punishing people for poverty does not produce wealthy or thinking people.
Punishment has little effect on behavior.
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Science
Strange Microbe May Help Slow Zika Epidemic, Scientists Find
Mosquitoes infected with the bacterium Wolbachia resist viruses like Zika and dengue. Now researchers are testing the bacterium on mosquitoes in the wild.The work with Wolbachia is promising.
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N.Y. / Region
De Blasio Asks State Senate for 7 More Years of Control Over Schools
The mayor wasn’t aggressively questioned on his education policies at a State Senate hearing, but he was asked about the inquiries swirling around his administration.Oversight is performed on the public schools.
There is no saving in stinting them.
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N.Y. / Region
Sheldon Silver, Ex-New York Assembly Speaker, Gets 12-Year Prison Sentence
Mr. Silver, a Democrat from the Lower East Side, was for decades one of Albany’s most powerful legislators before being convicted of multiple counts of corruption.Sheldon Silver is going to prison.
Appeal will not be successful.
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Fashion & Style
Brooks Brothers Revives the Preppiest Shirt Collar
A small but significant change to the oxford-cloth button-down revives a sartorial nonchalance.I like them.
I see no reason to stop wearing them.
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Your Money
Choose Experiences Over Stuff, and Maybe Over Security Too
Consider the allure of leaving the stability and security of the American dream and following the path of “what if?”Homeless should be voluntary.
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Times Insider
The Delicate Art of Interviewing Incarcerated Ex-Lawmakers
The list of recent New York State Legislature members in prison cells was a long one, but the Metro reporter Vivian Yee figured at least a few would be interested: “These were politicians, after all.”If they were to confess their self image would collapse.
A politian is all image.
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Fashion & Style
The Man Who Would Change the Look of Red Carpet Hair
In a sea of Veronica Lake curls and beach waves, Adir Abergel does something different. Clients like Kristen Stewart and Rooney Mara are up for the challenge.I am not a hairdresser.
If you like it I will like it.
I am only beginning to appreciate the skill.
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Business Day
Takata Airbag Defect Is Traced to Moisture and Temperature
Based on the findings of three investigations, American regulators will order replacements in 35 million to 40 million vehicles.Takata has been dancing around the essential problem for years.
They are bankrupt and have no new business.
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The Upshot
Outspoken Fed Official Frets About Following Japan’s Path
James Bullard of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis wants to raise rates, but fears the opportunity won’t come before the next recession does.James Bullard has not been paying attention.
Raising rates will bring on the next downturn.
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N.Y. / Region
Thomas Libous, Powerful New York Senator Felled by Scandal, Dies at 63
Mr. Libous, a Republican, earned a reputation as a reliably reasonable lawmaker over nearly three decades in Albany, but his tenure ended with a federal conviction.He never took responsibility for his actions.
"Of the dead, speak only good.
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N.Y. / Region
Advice for Alzheimer’s Caregivers
Two experts on the disease share tips on how to care for someone who has trouble communicating, hallucinates, angers easily or wanders.Dementia is not yet a problem.
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Real Estate
Elmhurst, Queens, a ‘Crossroads of the World’
The neighborhood is drawing residents with its lower housing costs, proximity to the subway and quiet, low-rise streets.
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Travel
In the City of the Cheese Steak, Vegans Feel at Home
Vegan food, from old-school doughnuts to adventuresome tacos, is booming in Philadelphia.Philadelphia has history but little reason to exist.
I can deal with it if I must.
I would like to be out of town.
Gettysburg?
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