Saturday, October 7, 2017

@1:36, 10/7/17

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1
Crosswords & Games

Dystopian Backdrop

Byron Walden. That’s really all you need to know.

A different puzzle.

2
Food

What to Cook This Weekend

Make chili gumbo, or bake some of Dorie Greenspan’s recipes, whether her craquelin-topped cream puffs or her buttermilk biscuit shortcakes.

I will have to do something.

3
Opinion

Reviews For America

I used to give this place five stars! But since the change of management, it's going downhill.

The United States is reviewed every two years.
Every four years there is a bigger review.
The reviewers have been failing to understand the performance.
Their feedback has further degraded the the performance.

4
Food

Anthony Bourdain Talks Tough About Food Waste

The TV traveler and the chef Danny Bowien spoke about their new anti-waste film Thursday for Times Talks.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wppnxBcpv50

The problem is one of shelf life. 

A solution is to sell the expiring product off at reduced price.

Markets do not compete with themselves if they can help it.

Filene's Basement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filene%27s)
was a notable exception.

5
Science

Why We Miss Objects That Are Right in Front of Us

A new study highlights one of the many ways that expectations shape what we see in the world.

"“inattentional blindness”"

The political system depends on inattentional blindness.
Marketing works through the effects.

6
Science

New Species of Sponges Found on the Pacific Seafloor

The tiny creatures live on rock nodules containing metals like iron, cobalt and copper that are targeted for deep-sea mining in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone.

Deep sea mining is not going to happen soon.

It is always good to find another species.

7
Magazine

Poem: Self-Portrait as Myself

Selected by Terrance Hayes.

Child desire . . .
We do what we can.

8
Health

Researchers Predict a Quarter-Million New Cases of Breast Cancer in the U.S.

More than 40,000 women will die from the disease in 2017, the American Cancer Society projects. Racial disparities persist but are “not inevitable.”

Culture changes only the treatment.

9
The Learning Network

Race, Banned Books, Fake News and Sleep: Our Favorite Student Comments of the Week

A look at the best responses from the last several days, and an invitation to join the conversation yourself.

I am interested to see how  the children echo the school line.

10
Times Insider

What’s a Science Reporter to Do When Sound Evidence Isn’t Sound?

I knew this article — about the alleged “sonic attack” at the U.S. Embassy in Cuba — would be very different than the ones I usually write. There was not even an official medical report.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/science/cuba-sonic-weapon.html

The answer is almost certainly no, there was no sonic attack.

Acoustic energy is easy to detect.
Send a technical person.


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