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Books
Review: ‘The Moth Snowstorm,’ and Other Natural Bliss-Outs
Michael McCarthy’s book is both a paean to the earth’s beauty and an elegy for it.Enjoy what one can.
Fix those parts of the world one can.
The world may not end in our lifetimes.
Living is a choice.
Death is the end of choices.
Motor fuel costs the earth.
Make it cost the users as much.
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Fashion & Style
Dear Dad: We’ve Been Gay for a Really Long Time
A brother and sister decide to come out to their 95-year-old Mennonite father in a pair of carefully written letters.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mennonite
"Recently, many of the Mennonite churches in Lancaster County, Pa., decided to split from Mennonite Church, USA, which has chosen to allow openly gay members."
The Mennonite Church, USA has the proper position.
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Business Day
Offshore Wind Farms See Promise in Platforms That Float
Engineers look to floating platforms to enable wind turbines to move into deeper waters farther from the coast.I will be sorry to lose the birds.
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Times Insider
Embedded With Poor Minority Students Studying the Police
“Though I introduced myself as a reporter for The Times, one student seemed to believe for some time that I also was a police officer — one who asked a lot of questions.”The distrust been taught.
The Isolation is inflicted by the way of life..
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N.Y. / Region
Death of 6-Year-Old Boy in Harlem Raises Questions for Child Welfare Agency
Zymere Perkins’s death this week has left his family, and the mayor, wondering why warning signs of possible child abuse did not lead to a different outcome.The next victim is the mom.
An anonymous call to The Administration for Children’s Services, the city’s child welfare agency could have resolved the situation.
The Administration for Children’s Services, the city’s child welfare agency, would have removed Zymere Perkins from his home and mother and culture.
That was also not acceptable.
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Food
Review: The Poole’s Cookbook, Reimagining Southern Classics
Ashley Christensen’s debut book celebrates exquisite ingredients and exacting instruction.As necessary.
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Real Estate
Is New York Ready for Solar Power?
New York City’s solar boom has been prompted by recent drops in installation costs.The city is not ready where densities are high.
The state where densities are low is not ready for the hail sensitive present panels.
Hail resisting roof designs are possible.
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Food
Diana Henry Writes Hundreds of Great Recipes a Year. How Does She Do It?
The popular British food writer works constantly to create her masterly flavor combinations.http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018313-sweet-potatoes-with-yogurt-and-cilantro-chile-sauce
Buy her books or I will.
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Opinion
End the Death Penalty
A law school dean writes that “the death penalty is a broken system” that “no amount of reform can repair.”The dean is correct.
Life without parole is a better punishment.
It is also partially reversible.
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Style
You’ll Find Me in My Hammock, Inside
The Venezuelans taught me that hammocks are useful indoors as well as outdoors. When it’s cold outside, bring it in.http://www.english-for-students.com/Show-A-Leg.html
Navel enlisted men slept in hammocks so the gun deck could quickly be cleared for action. Officers got births. Civilian sailors had flat births.
Sleeping in a canvas hammock can hurt. Netting is better.
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Science
The Sweet Emotional Life of Bees
New experiments suggest that bees given treats may experience a positive, or optimistic, state of being.I would not call the responses emotion.
The papers will keep graduate students busy for years.
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Science
Organic Milk Will Wait and Wait for You
A different, hotter pasteurization process helps explain why organic milk has a longer shelf life than the other stuff.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_milk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Organic_Program
I am surprised.
It is the cow that is organic.
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Well
The 4 Traits That Put Kids at Risk for Addiction
Early trials show that personality testing can identify 90 percent of the highest risk children, targeting risky traits before they cause problems."Recognizing that most teenagers who try alcohol, cocaine, opioids or methamphetamine do not become addicted, they focus on what’s different about the minority who do."
An assertion requiring supporting evidence.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22974180
Not here.
I knew addicts. They were not cool.
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N.Y. / Region
Caregiver Who Abused 4-Year-Old Boy Pleads Guilty to Murder
Kryzie King, 29, admitted to torturing and killing Myls Dobson in exchange for a sentence of 22 years to life, slightly less than the maximum.The Administration for Children’s Services is not to blame.
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N.Y. / Region
Hoboken Train Crash Leaves at Least One Dead and Dozens Injured
About 100 people were injured when a New Jersey Transit train crashed into a station on Thursday morning, the authorities said; rail service was suspended into and out of the station.I have heard no report on the cause of the accident.
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N.Y. / Region
Brooklyn Officer Charged in Fatal Off-Duty Shooting Pleads Not Guilty
Officer Wayne Isaacs shot Delrawn Small in a traffic dispute in the Cypress Hills neighborhood on July 4, according to initial police accounts.It is the officer's right to plead not guilty.
There may be a trial.
A plea of "not guilty" is often a preliminary to plea bargaining.
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U.S.
Should You Intervene When a Parent Harshly Disciplines a Child in Public?
Photos of a man pushing a shopping cart with a girl’s hair wrapped around its handle set off a discussion about bystanders intervening in the parenting of others.Yes, with great care.
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Magazine
Do I Have to Tell My Family I’m No Longer Religious?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on visiting your Southern Baptist relatives when you’re no longer a believer, what to do when your E.R. colleague defers treatment of his patients until you arrive and more.The children will expose your condition if you try to hide your lack of belief.
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N.Y. / Region
Chaos at Hoboken Station After Train ‘Flew Through the Air’
Commuters said nothing seemed out of the ordinary as they approached the Hoboken train station. Then they were thrown from their feet and plunged into darkness.There has been no report on the cause of the accident.
"The cause of the crash remains under investigation, but officials said there was no immediate indication that it was anything other than accidental. Officials would say only that the train was traveling much too fast at the time of the crash."
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Well
Breaking Bad News to Patients
Some doctors engage in light conversation with their patients before telling them their cancer has returned, but I have always felt that to be disingenuous, writes Dr. Mikkael Sekeres.Dr. Sekeres is dealing with a difficult situation.
He is doing it well.
Oncologists get few real cures.
That is depressing.
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