Saturday, November 24, 2018

PLATT - MISC News

GENERAL INTEREST
 

The Week in Good News: Chess in Norway, the Grammar Table, Steven Pinker
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/22/briefing/week-in-good-news-chess-norway-steven-pinker.html?emc=edit_nn_20181123&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181123&te=1

PilotsEYE.tv - A380 Landing KSFO San Francisco
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENe89j89tBA

HEALTH
Virtual Reality Opens the Door to New Worlds
https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/home-care/info-2018/virtual-reality-triggers-memory.html#quest1

Grilled Rat Wasn't on the Menu. 2 Employees Made It Anyway
http://www.newser.com/story/267648/grilled-rat-wasnt-on-the-menu-2-employees-made-it-anyway.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_us_syn

HEALTH CARE
ICYMI: DNC CEO Actually Had An Honest Answer For How Her Party Would Pay For Medicare For All
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/11/22/icymi-dnc-ceo-actually-had-an-honest-answer-for-how-her-party-would-pay-for-medicare-for-all-n2536390?utm_source=thdaily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&newsletterad=&bcid=3cb4e56ddeac8885c78e874bb1d8f1a4&recip=27077809

PARENTING
The Right Way for Parents to Question Their Teenagers
See the Wall Street Journal article, below.

EDUCATION
In China, a School Trains Boys to be ‘Real Men’
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/business/china-boys-men-school.html?emc=edit_nn_20181123&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181123&te=1

DEMOGRAPHICS
Why the Announcement of a Looming White Minority Makes Demographers Nervous
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/22/us/white-americans-minority-population.html?emc=edit_nn_20181123&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181123&te=1

ENERGY
Thanks, Fossil Fuels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=M6zRk_nJAy4

ENVIRONMENT
Soil and Seaweed: Farming Our Way to a Climate Solution
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/soil-and-seaweed-farming-our-way-to-a-climate-solution/

U.N. climate rep.: Israel is well placed to provide Africa with assistance 
https://www.jpost.com/International/UN-climate-rep-Israel-is-well-placed-to-provide-Africa-with-assistance-572627

What Should We Know About Wildfires in California 
https://www.ecowatch.com/what-should-we-know-about-wildfires-in-california-2620892113.html

ENTOMOLOGY
Scientists found termite mounds so big, you can see them via satellite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fHQ441CMQ4

CYBER SECURITY
Cyberattacks aren’t just for James Bond movies anymore
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/417551-cyber-attacks-arent-just-for-james-bond-movies-anymore

DEFENSE
The Secret History of Plasma Weapons
https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/research/a25091957/plasma-weapon-history/

Russia Wanted a 'Carrier-Killer' Missile. Here's Why It Failed. 
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russia-wanted-carrier-killer-missile-heres-why-it-failed-36952

IMMIGRATION
Pompeo holds the line: Caravans 'will not be permitted' to enter US
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pompeo-holds-the-line-caravans-will-not-be-permitted-to-enter-us

Clinton's Migration Comments Cause a Stir 
http://www.newser.com/story/267663/clintons-migration-comments-cause-a-stir.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=att&utm_campaign=rss_politics_syn

SAUDI ARABIA
Saudis Want a U.S. Nuclear Deal. Can They Be Trusted Not to Build a Bomb? (IMHO, ABSOLUTELY NOT !!!)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/22/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-nuclear.html?emc=edit_nn_20181123&nl=morning-briefing&nlid=5893540820181123&te=1

POLITICS
Ocasio-Cortez storms Washington, winning headlines but rankling some colleagues
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/417915-ocasio-cortez-storms-washington-rankling-some-colleagues?userid=288549


-- 
"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end – which you can never afford to
Lose – with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever
they might be."
           - VAdm James Stockdale, USN (1923-2005)

FROM THE WALL STREET JOURNAL (without permission)

https://mail.yahoo.com/neo/launch?.src=ym&reason=myc#1045912597

The Right Way for Parents to Question Their Teenagers

Research shows that when communication breaks down, the mental health of adolescents can suffer

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