The New York Times - 19.09.2019

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In Langouët, a rural village in

northern France, the farmers tending

their fields are not supposed to spray

pesticides unless the wind blows at

less than six miles an hour.

The Mayor Who Banned Pesticides
And Became a HeroA

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The United States is the world’s

largest producer of oil, having

surpassed Saudi Arabia and Russia.

Boom Times and Fresh StartsB

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Britain’s Supreme Court was

founded in 2009, after a

constitutional reform process

initiated by Prime Minister Tony

Blair, the Appellate Committee

of the House of Lords.

No Powdered Wigs, but a Key Role on Brexit A

Marc Randolph, the first C.E.O. of

Netflix, has an Audi with a vanity

plate that reads NTFLX and a

Toyota with one that says NETFLIX.

Pushing the Red Envelope:

A Memoir of Netflix’s BirthB

All her life, Susan Sontag, a

voracious moviegoer, insisted on

sitting in the same seat in theaters:

third row, center.

A Metaphor That Takes Center StageC

• Apple’s newest mobile operating
  system, iOS 13, will work only on
  iPhones from 2015 (the iPhone 6S)
  and later.
  Some Small Leaps for Smartphone-kindB


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  Horse racing is so emblematic of
  Hong Kong that China’s late leader,
  Deng Xiaoping, promised that after
  Britain’s handover of Hong Kong to
  Chinese rule in 1997, “horses will still
  run, stocks will still sizzle, dancers
  will still dance.”
  Hong Kong Cancels Popular Horse RacesA

  
  

Of Interest

NOTEWORTHY FACTS FROM TODAY’S PAPER

JONI MAJER

“You think you can be a United States senator, and do your

job, really do your job, by not talking to the other side? You

have to talk to the commies, the kooks, the racists, the Tea

Party, you have to talk to everybody.”

ALAN SIMPSON, a former Republican senator from Wyoming, defending former Vice President Joseph

R. Biden Jr.’s relationship with Mitch McConnell, the Senate majority leader.

Quote of the Day

BIDEN HAS FAITH IN MCCONNELL.
SOME DEMOCRATIC RIVALS
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1. Trump to Revoke California’s Authority to Set Stricter
   Auto Emissions Rules

The news that the Trump administration will take away Cali-
fornia’s authority to set auto emissions rules that regulate air
quality, was Wednesday’s most read article.

2. Cokie Roberts Dies;

Veteran Broadcast Journalist Was 75

The death of Cokie Roberts, the journalist and political com-
mentator, continued to be a top story on Wednesday. Ms.
Roberts, “carved out a career that served as an example to
later generations of women in journalism,” Neil Genzlinger
wrote in her obituary.

3. Key Moments From Corey Lewandowski’s Testimony

Before Congress

This article on Corey Lewandowski’s testimony before the
House Judiciary Committee continued to be widely read on
Wednesday. Mr. Lewandowski confirmed that President
Trump once asked him to help pressure the attorney general
to curtail the scope of the Mueller investigation.

4. Something Special Is Happening in Rural America
   In The New York Times Opinion Section, Sarah Smarsh, the
   creator of the podcast “The Homecomers” and the author of

the memoir “Heartland,” argues “there is an exodus afoot that
suggests a national homecoming, across generations, to less
bustling spaces.” She cites data that people living in rural
America are happy and hopeful.

The Conversation

FOUR OF THE MOST READ, SHARED AND DISCUSSED POSTS
FROM ACROSS NYTIMES.COM

DOUG MILLS/THE NEW YORK TIMES

Set goals, both individually and as a fam-

ily. Try to do this at the beginning of a new

school year, the first of the month, or the

beginning of a new season. Keep the dis-

cussion light and low-pressure. This

process isn’t about getting better grades,

it’s about supporting learning as a family.

Everyone (yes, that means parents, too)

sets three short-term, achievable goals

oriented around tasks and improvements

under your control. For example, “I’m

going to get all A’s this semester” is too

broad and too difficult to control. Instead,

try “I’m going to ask for help in math more

often,” “I will plan one extra help session a

week,” or “I will practice my multiplication

three extra times this month.”

One of those three goals should be a

challenge. We can’t hope to convince our

children to be emotionally and intellectu-

ally brave unless they see us do the same,

so set some goals that get you out of your

comfort zone. Take guitar or dance or

Spanish lessons, try an activity you have

never tried before, or pick up a new hobby.

This is, after all, how we expand our cogni-

tive potential and make new connections

in our brains that can help us become

stronger, smarter and more efficient learn-

ers.

A few years ago, one of my sons’ goals

was to make a few new friends, a goal that

was both challenging and important to

him.

Before you set new goals, take the time

to assess how everyone did on past goals.

Review these goals once a month or once a

semester. If you fail to achieve your goals

talk about why, and what you plan to do

differently next time. If you succeed, cele-

brate that achievement!

Watching a parent set a scary, ambi-

tious goal and talk about the process of

achieving it is the most direct way to teach

children that learning and striving to be

better are human goals, not just school

goals. JESSICA LAHEY

Here to Help

HELP YOUR CHILD SUCCEED AT SCHOOL: VALUE GOALS OVER GRADES

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