Saturday, June 3, 2017

@10:30, 6/3/17

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Food

A Chicken-Roasting Method All Good Cooks Know


N.Y. / Region

Mayor Honors Jimmy Breslin in Name, if Not in Spirit


N.Y. / Region

Street Stops by New York City Police Have Plummeted


N.Y. / Region

New York City Police Sergeant Arrested in Bronx Woman’s Shooting Death

N.Y. / Region
 
Real Estate

For a City Family, a Lakeside Second Home Beckons

On a drive back from the Berkshires, Daniel and Megan Parker found a large lake on a map, and started dreaming of a place for their urban children to enjoy the country life.

No intense search:
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/2094771330_zpid/globalrelevanceex_sort/41.586239,-73.343782,41.477911,-73.606424_rect/12_zm/
Food

Black Tap’s Baroque Milkshakes Hit the Road


Well

How to Be Mindful Holding a Baby


Health

New Electrical Brain Stimulation Technique Shows Promise in Mice



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@18:00, 6/2/17

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Opinion

Donald Trump: The Gateway Degenerate

Republicans in the age of Trump have sadly moved away from morality as a viable concept.
The Upshot

Science Needs a Solution for the Temptation of Positive Results

The push to achieve new and exciting findings is one reason researchers are having trouble confirming prior studies.
U.S.

Georgia Democrats Know Close Won’t Count This Time

Jon Ossoff, who was two points shy of a House victory in April, is courting millennials and minorities in a race to hold off Karen Handel and seize a Republican seat in a runoff.
N.Y. / Region

New York Commuters Again Face Problems, This Time on Ferries

Less than a month after the launch of the NYC Ferry service, passengers on the city’s newest transit option dealt with long lines and delays over the holiday weekend.
Technology

When You See Something (Fake), Say Something

In its efforts to help curb the spread of false news around the world, Facebook has added new tools for users to aid in monitoring the site.
Opinion

When Politicians Pick Their Voters

The Supreme Court needs to set limits on how lawmakers draw district lines to gain partisan advantage.
Food

Black Tap’s Baroque Milkshakes Hit the Road

Three trucks from the burger chain will offer shakes to thirsty New Yorkers.
U.S.

Body Cameras, Long Distrusted, Now Help Show ‘Human Side of the Badge’

As more police departments adopt body-worn cameras, they are seeing ways to use the technology as a counterpoint to narratives about officer misconduct.
Food

The South Faces a Summer With Fewer Peaches

A double punch of unseasonably warm winter weather and an ill-timed freeze has devastated crops in Georgia and South Carolina.
Food

Johnny Iuzzini and the Chocolate Factory

The pastry chef has started a bean-to-bar chocolate company.

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@10:15, 6/2/17

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Times Insider

Inside ‘The Daily’ With Michael Barbaro

The New York Times reporter turned podcast host talks about “The Daily” and the thinking behind The Times’s new daily podcast. Susan Lehman is host.

The virtual Times is enormous.
There is a place for the drama of the news in it.

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U.S.

Democrats’ Bid to Regain Hold on House Begins in California

Energy is high, at least for the moment, as the health care debate and problems for the Trump administration give the party fresh hope.

The Democrats know what they need to do.
They are getting organized to win.

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Sports

Police Found Tiger Woods Asleep at the Wheel

According to a Jupiter, Fla., police report, Woods was not under the influence of alcohol, but failed a field sobriety test. Woods said he was on several medications, including Vicodin.

Tiger Woods needs a keeper.

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N.Y. / Region

Eavesdropping and Unsatisfied

A bus rider wants a tale to conclude before her stop arrives.

There was a beginning.
She heard the middle.
Her stop was her end.

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N.Y. / Region

Getting Used to New Surroundings

Two women learn a bit about each other.

Yes

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U.S.

Cleveland Police Officer Who Shot Tamir Rice Is Fired

Officer Timothy Loehmann, who shot the 12-year-old in 2014, setting off national outrage, was fired. His partner, Frank Garmback, was suspended for ten days.

Cleveland is trying to bury the death.
Tamir Rice will be remembered again and again.

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Opinion

Lies vs. B.S.

Even if Donald Trump’s untruths are not meant to persuade, they are typically intended to distract people from reality.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/5/30/15631710/trump-bullshit

Bull Shit has real results.

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Well

Food Allergies Found in Less Than 4 Percent of Americans

The most common food allergen groups were shellfish, fruits or vegetables, dairy and peanuts, in that order.

Allergies can be an exercise of power
They are fashionable.
They can be life threatening.
I take others claims seriously.

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Style

Pardon My Sweat, and Pass the Borscht

At the Mermaid Spa, a luxurious bathhouse in Coney Island, a sybaritic immersion in scorching heat and Russian cuisine.

They had a good sweat at the baths.

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Times Insider

Again a Train Delay? We Feel Your Pain!

The Metro editor talks about his desk’s all-out reporting push on the problems with New York’s transit system and explains why this is a global story.

Some of the staff at the Times is beginning to understand the subways.



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U.S.

No, ‘Covfefe’ Was Not Trump Speaking Arabic

A false translation of the president’s garbled tweet has spread on social media. He was not sending a message to the world in Arabic.

Click bait.

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Technology

Daily Report: Twitter Makes the News a Little Dumber

The service is clubby and filled with bots that can spread false information. It elevates the silly over the serious. What could possibly go wrong?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/technology/how-twitter-is-being-gamed-to-feed-misinformation.html

Indeed, "why believe anything?"

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Opinion

The Bears Ears Monument

The National Trust for Historic Preservation writes that at issue is whether this special place will be adequately protected.

Yes.
Put rangers at The Bear's Ears.

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Well

How to Be Mindful Holding a Baby

Remember that whatever state of being that your baby is in at any particular moment, it is not a permanent condition.

No instruction is needed.

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Opinion

Donald Trump’s Twitter Comedy

The president’s Twitter presence bears an uncanny resemblance to certain strains of absurdist Twitter humor.

Enough.

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Food

Sauces to Start a Moroccan Tagine Dinner

The latest jarred sauces from Casablanca Foods give cooks a head start making a dinner inspired by a North African favorite.

OK

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N.Y. / Region

Amtrak Riders to Share in Penn Station’s ‘Summer of Hell’

Newly announced temporary changes while the Manhattan terminal undergoes repairs include canceling three daily Washington-New York trains in each direction.

Maintenance is required.

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World

Constantine Mitsotakis, Former Prime Minister of Greece, Dies at 98

Mr. Mitsotakis, a conservative, was credited with starting unpopular free-market policies and with improving relations with Turkey.

People do.

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N.Y. / Region

Getting Used to New Surroundings

Two women learn a bit about each other.

There is no avoiding gays.

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Opinion

We’re Forward-Looking. Or Are We?

Readers say we’re not because we don’t seem to take certain threats seriously.

People live about a week without water and about a month without food.
Immediate needs get our attention.


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Friday, June 2, 2017

@12:00, 6/1/17

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N.Y. / Region

Sheridan Expressway Shortcut

A fond memory of an unloved stretch of road.

The cabby was wrong again.

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Crosswords & Games

Viewership Peaks

Jeff Chen and Seth Geltman assure us that everything’s great.

I will skip Jeff Koons

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

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U.S.

Trump Interviewing 2 F.B.I. Candidates

The president was to speak with Christopher Wray, a former assistant attorney general, and John S. Pistole, who held two top government positions.

The F.B.I. will not trust Donald Trump.

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Opinion

Has the Democratic Party Gotten Too Rich for Its Own Good?

In the past, Democrats could support progressive policies knowing that the costs would fall largely on Republicans. Not anymore.

Thomas B. Edsall opposes all Democrats.

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Science

Newly Named NASA Spacecraft Will Aim Straight for the Sun

The Parker Solar Probe, named in honor of Eugene Parker, who predicted the existence of the solar wind, is to launch in 2018 and study the sun up close.

It might work.
The answers will be fascinating

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The Learning Network

Questions for: ‘Three Men Stood Up to Anti-Muslim Attack. Two Paid With Their Lives.’

What did you learn about Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche from this article? Rick Best? Micah David-Cole Fletcher?

Some people have hair trigger tempers.
If they must be dealt with physically it is best to let the authorities do it. 

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Books

Boldly Saddling Up

William Shatner’s new book reveals a side of the star that might be unknown even to his legions of fans.

I have little use for Star Trek.

As for cool, the dead are relaxed and calm after rigor passes off.   They are definitely cool in their refrigerators.

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The Upshot

A 2016 Review: Why Key State Polls Were Wrong About Trump

Pollsters are leaning toward optimistic explanations that their problems of last year can be fixed.

I would like to see the gerrymanders fixed.

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U.S.

Biden to Create a Political Action Committee, a Possible Signal for 2020

By creating a political action committee, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. is showing that he is not retreating from the political stage.

Biden should lose in the primaries.

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U.S.

In Police Shootings, Finding Jurors Who Will Say ‘Not Guilty’

Jury selection is a dark art in which consultants use social media, private investigators and even bumper stickers to sift sympathizers from skeptics.

Winning is how attorneys get paid.


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Thursday, June 1, 2017

@1:30, 6/1/17

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World

China Charges Taiwan-Born Activist With ‘Subverting State Power’

The mainland authorities have never leveled that charge against someone from Taiwan before, and his formal arrest adds a new strain to tensions between Beijing and Taipei.

Beijing is feeling nervous.

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Real Estate

$1.9 Million Homes in South Carolina, Oregon and Vermont

An updated 1815 house in Charleston; a contemporary home in Bend; and a Queen Anne-style house in Montpelier.

Domestic architecture is a developed art.

Build or buy there are choices to be made and resources to be considered. 
It is like meal preparation.

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Opinion

Safe Abortions, and the Adoption Option

A reader says abortions will always be done, regardless of law, and another speaks of the equally difficult decision of placing a child for adoption.

Abortion or placing a term child for adoption or raise that child.  These are personal choices every potential mother faces.  The state should not interfere.

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N.Y. / Region

Frances Sliwa, a One-Woman Kitchen Cabinet for the Guardian Angels, Dies at 93

Mrs. Sliwa became the bookkeeper, administrator and publicist for the red-beret-wearing neighborhood patrol group her son, Curtis, formed in New York in 1979.

A good life.

Policing is part of urban life.

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Food

Happy Memorial Day

Before the feast, reflect on the toll war takes on soldiers and their families.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/opinion/us-veterans-use-greek-tragedy-to-tell-us-about-war.html

"He kept us out of  war."    Wilson reelection 1916

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Opinion

A Haven From Trauma’s Cruel Grip

In California, a national model for a place to “come and be safe and sit with the horror and not be judged.”
Science

In Antarctica, Scientists Are Lured to a Frozen Desert

The McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica may be Earth’s closest equivalent to a Martian landscape.
The Learning Network

Editorial Contest Winner | ‘The Asian Misnomer: What the Affirmative Action Debate Misses’

We are honoring each of the Top 10 winners of our Fourth Annual Student Editorial Contest by publishing an essay a day. Here, an essay by Matteo Wong, age 16.
Opinion

Lies vs. B.S.

Even if Donald Trump’s untruths are not meant to persuade, they are typically intended to distract people from reality.
U.S.

Trump Tweets ‘Covfefe,’ and a Waiting World Supplies the Punchlines

The debate over what the president meant effectively consumed Twitter — or at least a certain segment of insomniac Beltway types, often journalists and political operatives.


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