Wednesday, February 15, 2017

@9:01, 2/15/17

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1
Food

A Finishing Salt From the North Atlantic

Nordur, a coarse Icelandic sea salt, makes its way to America.

One evaporated salt is much like another.

2
U.S.

Jeff Sessions Resists Pressure to Remove Himself in Russia Inquiries

Democrats and outside groups questioned whether Mr. Sessions, the attorney general, was independent enough to oversee investigations that might lead back to the White House.

"A great right wing conspiracy"

3
Opinion

What California’s Dam Crisis Says About the Changing Climate

Five years of drought show that state’s aging system of dams and reservoirs is not equipped for the ‘new normal’ of global warming.

There is not much connection between the two.
This dam problem is from the construction of the spillways.

4
U.S.

Trump Told Weeks Ago That Michael Flynn Withheld Truth on Russia

Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, said in a briefing Tuesday that President Trump has been reviewing the situation daily and asked for Mr. Flynn’s resignation as national security adviser.

A red herring.
The Trump administration is in trouble.
The press has not yet found a "gate" to give the trouble a name.

5
Science

How a Little Bit of Hydra Regrows a Whole Animal

A protein scaffold in the body of the hydra, a tiny predator, helps it regenerate a whole animal from even a small piece.

Think identical twins or clones.

6
U.S.

Pressure on Senate Intelligence Committee to Deliver on Russia Inquiry

The Senate panel has, at least for the moment, chief responsibility for getting to the bottom of events surrounding the resignation of Michael T. Flynn and any foreign meddling in the 2016 election.

The senate intelligence committee is naturally reluctant to display its incompetence.

7
World

Grisly Cleanup Follows Deaths of 400 Whales in New Zealand

Excavators and dump trucks moved over 200 decomposing carcasses of pilot whales away from the coastline. Gas buildup in the carcasses risked explosions.

Unaesthetic.

8
Business Day

A Victory for Trump Is a Victory for Big-Name Traders

A quarterly ritual for fund managers shows investment managers placing bullish wagers on banks, manufacturers and construction stocks on hopes for growth.

The foxes are in charge of the hen house.

9
Well

Why Exercise Is Good for the Heart

Even a single workout may start to change how the heart’s cells work, a study of mice on treadmills found.

Staying active really helps.

10
Science

A Race to Document Rare Plants Before These Cliffs Are Ground to Dust

The species native to Cambodia’s limestone karsts exist nowhere else. Now these unique environments are being pulverized for cement.

Action is necessary.   
Cambodia would regret the loss of these hills.


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