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Well

Price Matters, in Patients’ Minds

By NICHOLAS BAKALAR | Oct 5th 2017

When people believe a medicine is expensive, they may show a greater response to it.

Another demonstration of the placebo effect.

2

Food

Valpolicella Comes Out of the Shadows

By ERIC ASIMOV | Oct 5th 2017

More popular and expensive styles like Amarone and Ripasso have surpassed this easygoing wine, but there is still very much a place for the real thing.

3

Style

The Secret to Marriage Is Never Getting Married

By GABRIELLE ZEVIN | Oct 6th 2017

Rather than making a single, ceremonial commitment, unwedded couples must choose each other every day.

I will take what I can get.

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

4

Science

Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded for Cryo-Electron Microscopy

By THE NEW YORK TIMES | Oct 4th 2017

Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson developed a process that may lead to “detailed images of life’s complex machineries,” the committee said.

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The Nobel Prize ✔ @NobelPrize

Atomic structures of a) protein complex that governs circadian rhythm b) pressure sensor of the type that allows us to hear c) Zika virus

Sleep is important.

 

5

Crosswords & Games

Move Like Jagger

By DEB AMLEN | Oct 5th 2017

Alan Arbesfeld offers us a theme that enables solvers to move like Jagger through the Thursday puzzle.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrIPxlFzDi0&list=RDEM07sWLP40fqgolm2qkwr-DQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48PJGVf4xqk&list=RDGfRWTg61W24&index=4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98SAT32a_9A&list=RDGfRWTg61W24&index=2

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Business Day

Review: ‘Forged in Crisis’ Strains to Define Leadership

By JONATHAN A. KNEE | Oct 5th 2017

In her book, Nancy Koehn attempts to identify the common qualities of figures as different as Abraham Lincoln, Ernest Shackleton and Rachel Carson.

Case studies are used because the necessary systems are not easily summarized.

7

World

Australia’s Battle Between Rigidity and Flexibility

By DAMIEN CAVE | Oct 5th 2017

This week’s newsletter explores Australia’s sense of when to strictly abide by the rules, and when to ignore, bend or change them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Australia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Australia#Modern_Australia_emerging_1960s

8

Fashion & Style

The Maximalists Are Coming

By BONNIE WERTHEIM | Oct 4th 2017

Plain isn’t always fabulous. Meet the design enthusiasts who like things bold and boisterous.

Watches are jewelry.
The gilded culture has recrudesced. 
 https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/recrudesce#English

9

Magazine

This Is the Best Firehouse Chili

By SAM SIFTON | Oct 5th 2017

For first responders, a shared meal is more than simply fuel.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1018961-firehouse-chili-gumbo

I often have some on hand.

10

Crosswords & Games

Good Behavior’s Reward

By DEB AMLEN | Oct 6th 2017

In which we are rewarded with a Patrick Berry Friday puzzle for getting through the week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewI1Ve7aQm0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CFuCYNx-1g

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