Thursday, August 2, 2018

@8:15, 8/2/18

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Science

Trump Finally Picks a Science Adviser. And Scientists? They Seem Relieved.

Kelvin Droegemeier, a well-regarded meteorologist, has a long research record. But his views on climate change are not well known.

He may not be heard.

"“Just having a voice in the room on climate that understands the equations, the scientific process and what is at stake is a huge win for science and the earth,” he said."
                   J. Marshall Shepherd, a meteorologist at the University of Georgia

2
Real Estate

$1.9 Million Homes in California, Alaska and Louisiana

A Spanish-style house in Los Angeles, a modernist home in Anchorage and a renovated 19th-century house in New Orleans.

I can't build location.

3
Times Insider

My Article Was Censored. I Found Out Why.

A reporter covering an art show didn’t expect to see her Times article blanked out in Qatar’s print edition.

Most people as individuals are not stupid.
Governments are not individuals. 

4
World

Want Toilet Paper and Plastic Chairs? Check Out U.S. Embassy in London

Among the surplus items of little historical value are 1,200 rolls of toilet paper, Dyson vacuum cleaners and plastic chairs.

Junk accumulates.

The civil service follows rules.

5
Real Estate

A Palazzo on the Mediterranean

This five-bedroom house on Gozo, the westernmost island of Malta, is on the market for around $2.9 million.

An "inhabited ruin" is a ruin.

6
New York

New York’s Economic Spending Shortchanges Nonwhite Communities, Report Says

A new report found that the $5 billion awarded through one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s signature development programs has gone to mostly white communities.

Governments are not individuals.
Some individuals are greedy.

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Business Day

Facing Losses, Condé Nast Plans to Put 3 Magazines Up for Sale

Anna Wintour is staying, but the once-flush company behind Vogue and The New Yorker lost roughly $120 million last year.

"Condé Nast, the company behind Vogue, Vanity Fair and The New Yorker," is
a public corporation.

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Today’s Paper

Quotation of the Day: Prosecutors Detail Manafort’s Big Spending on Homes, Clothes and Cars

Quotation of the Day for Thursday, August 2, 2018.

Evidence of a crime is not the crime.

9
Science

That’s Not Algae Swirling on the Beach. Those Are Green Worms.

Researchers demonstrated that plant-worms rotate in circular congregations along Atlantic beaches. But nobody is certain why.

Think sex.

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Obituaries

Howard Felsher, Game Show Whiz Who Overcame Scandal, Dies at 90

After admitting to Congress that he had rigged a quiz show, he found redemption as a game show doctor, lifting ratings of daytime fare like “Family Feud.”

Television is entertainment.


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