Saturday, October 14, 2017

@1:00, 10/13/17

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1
Crosswords & Games

Big Name in Home Security Systems

A fun Friday by Zhouqin Burnikel.

Useful tips.

2
Podcasts

Still Processing: Harvey Weinstein and Our Unreal Reality

We talk about sexual misconduct at the hands of the powerful, and about how our world has outpaced the dystopia of ‘Blade Runner.’

Call an editor.

 3
Business Day

The High Cost of Not Talking About Money

Is an inability to talk openly and honestly about money and investments hurting you in the proverbial pocketbook? A new book argues that it is.

Money needs a discussion.

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

4
U.S.

Trump’s Chief of Staff, Speaking With Press, Walks a Verbal Tightrope

The chief of staff, John F. Kelly, tried to show calm and order inside the White House while not appearing critical of the president’s lack of those qualities.

Opaque.

5
Movies

Noah Baumbach Narrates a Scene From ‘The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)’

The director discusses a sequence featuring Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman.

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

6
Science

In Easter Island DNA, Evidence of Genetic Loneliness

DNA analysis of Pre-Columbian human remains suggest natives of South America may not have intermingled with the Polynesians who built the fascinating Moai statues.

https://crick.ac.uk/about-us/jobs-and-study/phd-programme/phd-student-recruitment/phd-positions-by-supervisor/pontus-skoglund/

The probability of a past event is unity.

The mapping of human settlement needs to continue.
This study adds little to the map.

7
Style

Prenup Is a Four-Letter Word

A man’s request for a prenuptial agreement roils an engagement, forcing his fiancĂ©e to confront her financial choices.

If you want a prenuptial agreement we will make one.

8
Travel

How to Celebrate Holidays on the Road

Book a private room for a meal, ask the kitchen to prepare family recipes and plan a special excursion.

Holidays are not much my concern at the moment.

Ebeneezer Scrooge before Christmas future is not my model.

9
Science

Jeremy the Lefty Snail Is Dead. His Offspring Are All Right.

The brown garden snail won international fame for a mutation that caused his shell to coil left instead of right, making it difficult to mate with other snails.

Another reason for graduate students.
I will be interested when the mechanism is known.

10
Business Day

Trump’s Attacks on the Press: Telling Escalation From Empty Threats

Old hands like Bob Schieffer and Russell Baker take the president’s words with a grain of salt. Others are not so sure.

"All hat and no cattle."

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