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Some articles and links from the NYTimes
A quick one on vintage base ball (note spelling)
One on traditional diagramming of sentences
Crackdown on Migrants Tugs at Soul of Israelis
This one comes with pictures!
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American Children, Now Struggling to Adjust to Life in Mexico
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In a Shift, Biggest Wave of Migrants Is Now Asian
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Forced Move Raises Anger in West Bank Villages
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So You Think You Can Be a Hair Braider?
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One on traditional diagramming of sentences
Crackdown on Migrants Tugs at Soul of Israelis
This one comes with pictures!
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American Children, Now Struggling to Adjust to Life in Mexico
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In a Shift, Biggest Wave of Migrants Is Now Asian
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Forced Move Raises Anger in West Bank Villages
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So You Think You Can Be a Hair Braider?
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- europe,
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- law,
- middle east,
- religion,
- safety,
- sex
More articles. (Brace yourselves.)
First, let me say that I'm told the previous article in diabetes IS, in fact, really bad. My apologies.
One on the avoidance of the term "rape" for children who clearly WERE raped.
On the trend of diagnosing children with bipolar disorder - worth reading
A 1960s parody of commercials
The Pope has more or less approved condom use by male prostitutes to prevent the spread of AIDS. This is one of those situations where, if you can get inside the logic that leads to "condoms for male hookers = yes, condoms for married couples = no" it makes internal sense. I guess.
On good airport security
Canada wants more immigrants.
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For Catholics, Interest in Exorcism Is Revived
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Cigarette Giants in Global Fight on Tighter Rules
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Catholics in Belgium Start Parishes of Their Own
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On Nov. 4, Anderson Cooper did the country a favor. He expertly deconstructed on his CNN show the bogus rumor that President Obama’s trip to Asia would cost $200 million a day. This was an important “story.” It underscored just how far ahead of his time Mark Twain was when he said a century before the Internet, “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” But it also showed that there is an antidote to malicious journalism — and that’s good journalism....
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For Saudi Women, Biggest Challenge Is Getting to Play
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Small Cheesemaker Defies F.D.A. Over Recall
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I.R.S. Sits on Data Pointing to Missing Children
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One on the avoidance of the term "rape" for children who clearly WERE raped.
On the trend of diagnosing children with bipolar disorder - worth reading
A 1960s parody of commercials
The Pope has more or less approved condom use by male prostitutes to prevent the spread of AIDS. This is one of those situations where, if you can get inside the logic that leads to "condoms for male hookers = yes, condoms for married couples = no" it makes internal sense. I guess.
On good airport security
Canada wants more immigrants.
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For Catholics, Interest in Exorcism Is Revived
( Read more... )
Cigarette Giants in Global Fight on Tighter Rules
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Catholics in Belgium Start Parishes of Their Own
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On Nov. 4, Anderson Cooper did the country a favor. He expertly deconstructed on his CNN show the bogus rumor that President Obama’s trip to Asia would cost $200 million a day. This was an important “story.” It underscored just how far ahead of his time Mark Twain was when he said a century before the Internet, “A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” But it also showed that there is an antidote to malicious journalism — and that’s good journalism....
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For Saudi Women, Biggest Challenge Is Getting to Play
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Small Cheesemaker Defies F.D.A. Over Recall
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I.R.S. Sits on Data Pointing to Missing Children
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Articles
4,100 Students Prove ‘Small Is Better’ Rule Wrong
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Elite Colleges, or Colleges for the Elite?
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The Angry Rich
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Water Drops for Migrants: Kindness, or Offense?
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Told to Eat Its Vegetables, America Orders Fries
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Basic Religion Test Stumps Many Americans
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At East Village Food Pantry, the Price Is a Sermon
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Anger as a Private Company Takes Over Libraries
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Elite Colleges, or Colleges for the Elite?
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The Angry Rich
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Water Drops for Migrants: Kindness, or Offense?
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Told to Eat Its Vegetables, America Orders Fries
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Basic Religion Test Stumps Many Americans
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At East Village Food Pantry, the Price Is a Sermon
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Anger as a Private Company Takes Over Libraries
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A few articles
Mixed-use neighborhoods may reduce some crimes
An article ambitiously titled "Evolution in Action" about how some skinks give live birth
What to do if you lose a body part. Not likely to come up, but better to read it now - are you really gonna go google if your fingers get chopped off?
An article on the bedbug conference
Hilariously, it notes that the bedbug control folks all religiously checked their rooms first thing. It'd be the worst kind of irony to come home from this event with a few little hitchhikers!
Interesting quote here: “People still have in their heads that bedbugs means someone’s dirty,” Mr. Linde said, “but I handle multimillion-dollar homes in Westchester and Connecticut, and believe me, no one’s dirty.”
"People" think bedbugs mean you're *dirty*, but *he* doesn't bring up dirt, he brings up wealth. Because people do think the two go together (or don't, rather).
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In Mezuzas, a Custom Inherited by Gentiles
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Thousands of Trees Killed by New York Tornadoes
This is right on the heels of a huge tree-killing storm only half a year ago. Two years before that we had the storm that took out half the (remaining) trees on our block and a spire off the church up the hill. They call these "freak storms" but how freakish can they be, really?
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A Perk of Our Evolution: Pleasure in Pain of Chilies
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Family Fight, Border Patrol Raid, Baby Deported
What's all this crap I keep hearing about "anchor babies"? For crying out loud, the girl's mother's family has been in the US four generations, but she still got swept away.
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Mormon-Owned Paper Stands With Immigrants
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An article ambitiously titled "Evolution in Action" about how some skinks give live birth
What to do if you lose a body part. Not likely to come up, but better to read it now - are you really gonna go google if your fingers get chopped off?
An article on the bedbug conference
Hilariously, it notes that the bedbug control folks all religiously checked their rooms first thing. It'd be the worst kind of irony to come home from this event with a few little hitchhikers!
Interesting quote here: “People still have in their heads that bedbugs means someone’s dirty,” Mr. Linde said, “but I handle multimillion-dollar homes in Westchester and Connecticut, and believe me, no one’s dirty.”
"People" think bedbugs mean you're *dirty*, but *he* doesn't bring up dirt, he brings up wealth. Because people do think the two go together (or don't, rather).
( Read more... )
In Mezuzas, a Custom Inherited by Gentiles
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Thousands of Trees Killed by New York Tornadoes
This is right on the heels of a huge tree-killing storm only half a year ago. Two years before that we had the storm that took out half the (remaining) trees on our block and a spire off the church up the hill. They call these "freak storms" but how freakish can they be, really?
( Read more... )
A Perk of Our Evolution: Pleasure in Pain of Chilies
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Family Fight, Border Patrol Raid, Baby Deported
What's all this crap I keep hearing about "anchor babies"? For crying out loud, the girl's mother's family has been in the US four generations, but she still got swept away.
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Mormon-Owned Paper Stands With Immigrants
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Some articles
An article on psychological problems faced by Chinese-American children coming "home" to their parents after being sent to live with their grandparents. Interestingly, it seems the worst of these problems are caused by what ought to be a good thing - due to the proliferation of preschool, parents are calling their kids home at younger ages than they used to, at 2 instead of 6. Of course, two year olds are less likely to understand that these strangers are their *families*, you know?
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An article on changing ways of life in the Amazon
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An article on Sephardic Jews on the Jersey Shore
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An article on changing ways of life in the Amazon
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An article on Sephardic Jews on the Jersey Shore
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This strikes me as wrong all over
After Losing Freedom, Some Immigrants Face Loss of Custody of Their Children
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If the argument is that Ms. Bail can't take care of her child because she's imprisoned, why not deport her now? They're going to deport her anyway, wouldn't it be more cost-effective (and humane) to get it out of the way so her family would not be separated?
Or, for that matter, I've heard of prisons for women convicted of non-violent crimes where their children can live with them until a certain age. While not ideal, surely that'd be better than taking the kids away altogether.
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If the argument is that Ms. Bail can't take care of her child because she's imprisoned, why not deport her now? They're going to deport her anyway, wouldn't it be more cost-effective (and humane) to get it out of the way so her family would not be separated?
Or, for that matter, I've heard of prisons for women convicted of non-violent crimes where their children can live with them until a certain age. While not ideal, surely that'd be better than taking the kids away altogether.
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