Saturday, May 28, 2016

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World

Survivors Recount Horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

More than 120,000 people who lived through the atomic bombings in 1945 are still alive. Several survivors shared their stories, and thoughts about the president’s visit.

The violence of war echos in empty spaces.
There can be no apology.
There must be no repeat.

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World

Hiroshima Survivor Cries, and Obama Gives Him a Hug

Shigeaki Mori, who was 8 when the United States dropped the bomb, spent decades researching the fates of American P.O.W.s killed in Hiroshima.

Resolution . . .

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Health

Short Answers to Hard Questions About Antibiotic Resistance

A dangerous form of drug resistance has reached the United States, leaving us just one step away from infections that are completely untreatable.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/27/health/infection-raises-specter-of-superbugs-resistant-to-all-antibiotics.html

Walls will not stop nature.

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N.Y. / Region

Time for Horseshoe Crabs and the Shorebirds That Love Them

In late spring, the crabs return to shallow bays in and around New York to mate after a winter in deeper water. Birds that feast on their eggs wait hungrily.

Sex is a basic drive.

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N.Y. / Region

Bed-Stuy May Be Changing, but There Is Still a Line for Ribs

The Royal Rib House in Bedford-Stuyvesant has dished up Southern classics for more than 50 years, even as the neighborhood around it has changed dramatically.

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Royal+Rib+House/@40.6830223,-73.940685,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xfceb7300e09efe52!8m2!3d40.6830223!4d-73.940685

An easy walk.

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Science

Curbs Are Lifted, but Water Issues Remain for California

After a relatively wet winter that eased fears of shortages, drier conditions may return to the state, both for the short and long term.

The problem is not solved.

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Travel

In This Part of Tuscany, No Souvenirs Necessary

Punta Ala, Italy, is not high profile, and that is one of its many charms — along with beautiful beaches and leisurely seafood lunches.

Enjoy

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Magazine

He Survived Ebola. Now He’s Fighting to Keep It From Spreading.

A doctor in Guinea tries to train health workers to halt the transmission of the disease — before it comes roaring back.

Asepsis is the tool that Africa has.

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N.Y. / Region

Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan Will Close to Rebuild Smaller

The hospital, which has served the downtown area for more than 125 years, is now on a growing list of city hospitals to either close or change its services significantly since 2000.

The Lower East Side has lost much of it's Jewish population.

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Food

Ravioli’s Curvy Cousin Dresses for Spring

Fill homemade mezzelune with ricotta, spinach, mint and lemon zest.

http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018140-mezzelune-pasta-with-peas-and-shiitake-mushrooms

I have the skills and the equipment.

I want an audience.

Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

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Food

Barberas From Piedmont Defy Conventional Wisdom

This Italian red is said to be a versatile partner for food. Drinking it can prove otherwise.

Fair warning.

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Travel

In Dijon, a Refurbished Hotel with a Touch of Whimsy

Vertigo, centrally located in Dijon’s ancient city center, is the first Design Hotel member in the capital of Burgundy.

A partially successful upgrade of a provincial commercial hotel.

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Real Estate

Pop-Up Home Staging

Lightweight faux furniture helps buyers visualize what an empty space would look like furnished.

Buyers have no visual imagination.

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Food

Tart Rhubarb Shines on Shortcakes

Strawberries aren’t the only possible filling for this summer dessert.

If I made this "boy bait" it would be eaten.

http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018139-rhubarb-oat-shortcakes

Rhubarb on vanilla ice cream is delicious.

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World

Times Readers’ Advice for Obama in Hiroshima: Focus on a Nuclear-Free Future

Some readers debate whether the president should apologize for America dropping the bomb on Japan. Others urge him to focus on a tomorrow without such weapons.

Dense urban development requires more energy than the kilowatt per square meter.
A practical source of that energy is nuclear fission.
Nuclear fission breeds Pu239 and Pu240 out of U238 with the aid of U235.
The reaction is not clean.  Byproducts are produced.
Pu239 is used as a bomb fuel as well as a power metal.
Thorium nuclear reactions run through U233.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium
"Thorium is weakly radioactive: all its known isotopes are unstable, with the seven naturally occurring ones (thorium-227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, and 234) having half-lives between 25.52 hours and 14.05 billion years. Thorium-232, which has 142 neutrons, is the most stable isotope of thorium and accounts for nearly all natural thorium," 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium#Nuclear_energy

I expect U233 could be a bomb fuel.

Careful design and siting are our best defenses against further disasters. 

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Business Day

Japan Recalls 7 Million More Cars With Takata Airbags

The widening auto-safety scandal added to questions about how the Japanese company would pay to fix millions of cars.

The government of Japan is Takata's ultimate underwriter.

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N.Y. / Region

2 Men Tied to Neighborhood Watch Group Plead Guilty to Attack

The men, linked to a Hasidic private security group, admitted their part in the 2013 beating of a man they suspected of vandalism in Williamsburg.

"Mr. Patterson has filed a lawsuit against the Williamsburg Safety Patrol for negligent hiring practices, and Mr. Stoll said he planned to use the suit to explore the connection between the shomrim and the Police Department."

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Food

Make the Most of the Grill’s Heat

After the meal is cooked, use the dying embers to give added flavor to citrus, chiles and onions.

"While some people consider grilling over charcoal to be cumbersome, we love every part of it. To us, it’s like an old friend who demands a certain measure of care and attention."

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N.Y. / Region

Before a Fire Under the Tracks in East Harlem, a Business Took Root

The Urban Garden Center, which leases its space from the city’s Economic Development Corporation, has struggled through problems to serve its community.

The business will continue.
I hope they get grid power.

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Magazine

A Soviet-Era Mind-Set at the Market

Confronting, or failing to confront, the old conformity in Slovakia.

Early training stays with people.
There is nothing to be done from outside.
Individuals must stand up for their rights.

There are other vegetable markets that cull their onions.
Some will even allow choice among displayed produce.
Patronize the better markets.



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T Magazine

A Guide to the Ancient, Now Thriving, City Where Picasso Was Born

Málaga, Spain was for centuries a strategic site for the various conquerers who laid claim to it. We can see why.

Housing for the wealthy homeless.
You can take me.
Sooner is better.  As soon as you can is best.

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Food

Tart Rhubarb Shines on Shortcakes


Spring.

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Travel

In Dijon, a Refurbished Hotel with a Touch of Whimsy


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Opinion

Mexico and Marijuana

A drug policy expert writes that legalizing an industry in Mexico, like marijuana, “does not necessarily push the cartels out.”

The illegal status marijuana in Mexico enforces the cartel monopoly.
Any attack on the Mexican cartels must be on their income.
They are the effective government of Mexico.  They own all the police.

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Travel

In This Part of Tuscany, No Souvenirs Necessary

Opinion

Have You Ever Been Arrested? Check Here

A minor criminal record can interfere with employment, housing and education — for life.

A statement of fact.
My answer is no.

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Business Day

Pollution From Canadian Oil Sands Vapor Is Substantial, Study Finds

The pollution coming from the process is rivaled by only the largest metropolitan areas, like Los Angeles, in North America.

A dome over an open pit mine could be constructed.
They are not considered economically feasible.
Everything that can be done burns more fossil carbon.

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N.Y. / Region

2 Men Tied to Neighborhood Watch Group Plead Guilty to Attack


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N.Y. / Region

Bodies Given to N.Y.U. Ended Up in Mass Graves, Despite Donors’ Wishes


The abandoned dead go to potter's field.

Cremation costs money.

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Food

Barberas From Piedmont Defy Conventional Wisdom


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Science

Curbs Are Lifted, but Water Issues Remain for California


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Real Estate

Condos to Replace Bowlmor Lanes

A residential tower some 300 feet high will rise on the site where a popular bowling alley once stood.

More power must be found to stop this developer.

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Opinion

A Food Label That Gets Right to the Point

To really help shoppers, the F.D.A. needs a whole new approach to food labeling.

The food industry is interested only in selling at the highest possible profit.

Labeling will continue to support profit.

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Travel

A Guide to Safety on the Appalachian Trail

“You would think it would be things like wildlife, raging rivers and stuff like that,” an official says. But you should worry about little things like ticks.

Good advice.  

There are better and shorter hikes.  

I have been passing up the most popular trails.

I like to go by quiet water.

http://www.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/doc/parksearch/details.pl?park_id=2

https://www.google.com/search?q=allagash+wilderness+waterway&sa=X&biw=1024&bih=635&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0ahUKEwjpxtKX0_3MAhXDLSYKHRX6BEEQsAQIMw

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U.S.

Dylann Roof Will Face Federal Death Penalty in Charleston Church Killings

Mr. Roof, whom the authorities have accused of carrying out a racially motivated massacre of nine people, will now face two death penalty trials.

Dylann S. Roof will be tried for his life.

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Magazine

A Soviet-Era Mind-Set at the Market


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Travel

How to Zip Through Airport Security

Lines are long at most airports in the United States. Here are six ways to shorten your wait.

These would help.
I will pick my travel times and check my bag.

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N.Y. / Region

Skyscraper at Trade Center Rises From the Inside Out

In a construction technique rarely used in New York office towers, the concrete spine of 3 World Trade Center is being built before the steel perimeter.

A people armored building.

I will look at its public aspect.

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Health

More Men With Early Prostate Cancer Choosing to Avoid Treatment


I am aware of the choices.
The choices may change in the future.
I will make them when I must and discuss them first.


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U.S.

Iowa Court Rejects Life Without Parole for Juveniles

The character of young people is “a work in progress,” the judges said in setting aside the sentence in a murder case involving a teenager.

Individual decisions are better.
One size does not fit all.

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