ANOTHER POLITICAL THOUGHT

https://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-PQ678_cjpm09_M_20160901052140.jpg ANOTHER POLITICAL THOUGHT Ay* here's another bitter pill You'd better have ten mill for unless you have at least that amount JP Morgan doesn't want your account. So, if these days that's considered to be the boundary between acceptable respectability and dirt is it any wonder that politicians face a quandary that makes them feel they must with dishonesty flirt. For, being honest and pure may gain you respect but even then it's often feigned I suspect In this--our-- great Democracy you'll risk being treated like trash. because it's really a push come to shove-ocracy and you'd better show them the cash. HzL 9/8/16 * My mother would have said "Oy" because I'm a late 1920's Bronx boy In the news Image for the news result Are You a Rich Lawyer? You May Not Be Rich Enough for J.P. Morgan Wall Street Journal‎ - 18 hours ago Attorneys, who often work closely with J.P. Morgan on ... but the changes could be interpreted as an effective snub of legal ... The bank is also telling some lawyers it won't keep private-bank status for some ... More news for JP MORGAN SNUBS SOME LAWYERS

Kai Nishikori beats Andy Murray in five sets.

Kei Nishikori beats Andy Murray in five sets If this were an old Hollywood movie the ending could be really groovy as Kei Nishikori goes on to glory and instead of No. 6 is perhaps now No. 2. But for Andy Murray the end is gory-- for he must use his racket for seppuku. Then the audience would rise and march out on a high whistling the theme song for Bridge on the River Kwai. HzL 9/7/16 What a game. What a performance. What a great match by Kei Nishikori. He was aggressive, smart and did not let the previous statistics jolt his game. There is something to be said about the fact that Murray was his own worst enemy and his temper often gets in the way of his performance but take nothing away from Nishikori...as his stamina and shot selection dominated the battle. A great match and a great example of relentless tennis. Thanks for tuning in, everyone. Until next time. Colonel Bogey March - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Bogey_March "Colonel Bogey March" Song; Written: 1914: ... The Bridge on the River Kwai ... it was only the first theme and a bit of the second theme of "Colonel Bogey," whistled ... History · Reception · The Bridge on the ...

T4HE TRUE SECRET TO LONGEVITY

https://static01.nyt.com/images/2013/07/01/world/0701ROME06/0701ROME06-master675.jpg One Italian village may hold the secret to a long life - CBS News www.cbsnews.com/news/longevity-centenarians-italy-acciaroli... CBS News 56 mins ago - One Italian village may hold the secret to a long life ... And why does it have one of the world's highest concentrations of centenarians, people over 100 years old? ... One big reason some Americans live longer than others THE TRUE SECRET TO LONGEVITY The true secret to longevity to many is not a matter of levity.. Yet If everyone moved to Acciaroli, exercised and became less roly poly they might all live to 103 unlike their current destiny. Of course, they'd have to eat lots of veggies and fish and probably eschew or forego many a now favorite dish. But more importantly, ,they should copy the locals in these foreign lands by walking the walk and learning to talk-- almost all the time mainly by using one's hands-- as if t conducting music by the great Giuseppi* while making sure that tempos are not schleppy for then all the resulting exercise could add decades to their lives. HzL 9/7/16 *Giuseppe Verdi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giuseppe_Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (Italian: [dʒuˈzɛppe ˈverdi]; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian opera composer. Verdi was born near ... When Italians Chat, Hands and Fingers Do the Talking By RACHEL DONADIOJUNE 30, 2013 Continue reading the main storyShare This Page Share Tweet Email More Save Video Italian Hand Gestures: A Short History Can Italians talk without using their hands? Gestures that insult, beg and swear offer a window into Roman culture. By Emiland Guillerme and Rachel Donadio on Publish DateJune 30, 2013. by Gianni Cipriano for The New York Times.Watch in Times Video » Embed ShareTweet ROME — In the great open-air theater that is Rome, the characters talk with their hands as much as their mouths. While talking animatedly on their cellphones or smoking cigarettes or even while downshifting their tiny cars through rush-hour traffic, they gesticulate with enviably elegant coordination. From the classic fingers pinched against the thumb that can mean “Whaddya want from me?” or “I wasn’t born yesterday” to a hand circled slowly, indicating “Whatever” or “That’ll be the day,” there is an eloquence to the Italian hand gesture. In a culture that prizes oratory, nothing deflates airy rhetoric more swiftly. Some gestures are simple: the side of the hand against the belly means hungry; the index finger twisted into the cheek means something tastes good; and tapping one’s wrist is a universal sign for “hurry up.” But others are far more complex. They add an inflection — of fatalism, resignation, world-weariness — that is as much a part of the Italian experience as breathing. Two open hands can ask a real question, “What’s happening?” But hands placed in prayer become a sort of supplication, a rhetorical question: “What do you expect me to do about it?” Ask when a Roman bus might arrive, and the universal answer is shrugged shoulders, an “ehh” that sounds like an engine turning over and two raised hands that say, “Only when Providence allows.” To Italians, gesturing comes naturally. “You mean Americans don’t gesture? They talk like this?” asked Pasquale Guarrancino, a Roman taxi driver, freezing up and placing his arms flat against his sides. He had been sitting in his cab talking with a friend outside, each moving his hands in elaborate choreography. Asked to describe his favorite gesture, he said it was not fit for print. In Italy, children and adolescents gesture. The elderly gesture. Some Italians joke that gesturing may even begin before birth. “In the ultrasound, I think the baby is saying, ‘Doctor, what do you want from me?’ ” said Laura Offeddu, a Roman and an elaborate gesticulator, as she pinched her fingers together and moved her hand up and down. Photo The politician Nicola Cosentino at a news conference in January. CreditGianni Cipriano for The New York Times On a recent afternoon, two middle-aged men in elegant dark suits were deep in conversation outside the Giolitti ice cream parlor in downtown Rome, gesturing even as they held gelato in cones. One, who gave his name only as Alessandro, noted that younger people used a gesture that his generation did not: quotation marks to signify irony. Sometimes gesturing can get out of hand. Last year, Italy’s highest court ruled that a man who inadvertently struck an 80-year-old woman while gesticulating in a piazza in the southern region Puglia was liable for civil damages. “The public street isn’t a living room,” the judges ruled, saying, “The habit of accompanying a conversation with gestures, while certainly licit, becomes illicit” in some contexts. In 2008, Umberto Bossi, the colorful founder of the conservative Northern League, raised his middle finger during the singing of Italy’s national anthem. But prosecutors in Venice determined that the gesture, while obscene and the cause of widespread outrage, was not a crime. Gestures have long been a part of Italy’s political spectacle. Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is a noted gesticulator. When he greeted President Obama and his wife, Michelle, at a meeting of the Group of 20 leaders in September 2009, he extended both hands, palms facing toward himself, and then pinched his fingers as he looked Mrs. Obama up and down — a gesture that might be interpreted as “va-va-voom.” In contrast, Giulio Andreotti — Christian Democrat, seven-time prime minister and by far the most powerful politician of the Italian postwar era — was famous for keeping both hands clasped in front of him. The subtle, patient gesture functioned as a kind of deterrent, indicating the tremendous power he could deploy if he chose to. Isabella Poggi, a professor of psychology at Roma Tre University and an expert on gestures, has identified around 250 gestures that Italians use in everyday conversation. “There are gestures expressing a threat or a wish or desperation or shame or pride,” she said. The only thing differentiating them from sign language is that they are used individually and lack a full syntax, Ms. Poggi added. Photo Nichi Vendola, a politician, punctuated an answer with a hand gesture.CreditGianni Cipriano for The New York Times Far more than quaint folklore, gestures have a rich history. One theory holds that Italians developed them as an alternative form of communication during the centuries when they lived under foreign occupation — by Austria, France and Spain in the 14th through 19th centuries — as a way of communicating without their overlords understanding. Another theory, advanced by Adam Kendon, the editor in chief of the journal Gesture, is that in overpopulated cities like Naples, gesturing became a way of competing, of marking one’s territory in a crowded arena. “To get attention, people gestured and used their whole bodies,” Ms. Poggi said, explaining the theory. Andrea De Jorio, a 19th-century priest and archaeologist, discovered comparisons between the gestures used by the figures painted on ancient Greek vases found in the Naples area and the gestures used by his Neapolitan contemporaries. Over the centuries, languages have evolved, but gestures remain. “Gestures change less than words,” Ms. Poggi said. Philosophers have long been preoccupied by gesture. In “The New Science,” the 18th-century Italian philosopher Giambattista Vico, who once taught rhetoric at the University of Naples, argued that gesture might have been the earliest form of language. By some accounts, the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein overhauled — or at least refined — his theory that language was used to establish truth, to inform, after the Italian economist Piero Sraffa responded to his theory with a single gesture: fingers brushing the chin, indicating “I don’t give a damn,” the classic antiauthority brushoff. Such a gesture does not convey information; it negates it. “It’s a rebellion against power,” Ms. Poggi said, “a way of reacquiring one’s own dignity.” One Italian village may hold the secret to a long life American and Italian scientists claim this week to have found a region in Italy where a remarkable proportion of the population is living into extreme old age. There is no doubting the natural beauty of Acciaroli on Italy’s southern coast, but this place is raising a number of questions: Why are the people here living well above Italy’s national average? And why does it have one of the world’s highest concentrations of centenarians, people over 100 years old? CBS News correspondent Seth Doane met some of the so-called “super-agers” in Acciaroli, who are living longer and healthier than ever before, like 88-year old Alfredo Vassallo who tends the town garden daily, or the rather spry 94-year-old Amina Fedullo. One big reason some Americans live longer than others Does Working Longer Increase Your Lifespan? Watch the full story on “CBS This Morning” at 7:40 a.m. ET. Who lives longest? CIA's top 20 nations for life expectancy 23 PHOTOS Who lives longest? CIA's top 20 nations for life expectancy © 2016 CBS Interactive Inc. All Rights Reserved. MailOnline US - news, sport, celebrity, science and health stories Home U.K. News Sports U.S. Showbiz Australia Femail Health Science Money Video Travel Columnists Latest HeadlinesSciencePicturesLogin FeedbackDailyMail Wednesday, Sep 7th 2016 8AM 83°F 11AM 84°F 5-Day Forecast +99 NEW ARTICLESTop Share Could this Italian province hold the secrets to long life? Firm buys DNA data of Ogliastra locals to find out why many live past 100 In Ogliastra, one in every 2,000 people celebrates their 100th birthday This is roughly five times the rate in most developed countries Tiziana Life Science has bought genetic data of residents It hopes to further understand how life expectancy is related to genetics By SHIVALI BEST FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 08:34 EST, 19 July 2016 | UPDATED: 11:39 EST, 19 July 2016 e-mail 66 shares 15 View comments While the average life expectancy worldwide is currently 71 years old, in one area of Sardinia, a huge number of residents are living past their 100th birthday. The reasons behind their longer lives are currently unknown, but scientists might soon be getting some answers. A British biotechnology company has bought the genetic data of almost 13,000 residents in the Ogliastra area of Sardinia, Italy, in the hopes of unravelling the mystery. In Ogliastra, roughly one in every 2,000 people lives to celebrate their 100th birthday. This is about five times the rate in most developed countries, such as the UK and USA +4 In Ogliastra, roughly one in every 2,000 people lives to celebrate their 100th birthday. This is about five times the rate in most developed countries, such as the UK and USA 10 COUNTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST LIFE EXPECTANCY 1. Monaco, 89.52 2. Japan, 84.74 3. Singapore, 84.68 4. Macau, 84.51 5. San Marino, 83.24 6. Iceland, 82.97 7. Hong Kong, 82.86 8. Andorra, 82.72 9. Switzerland, 82.50 10. Guernsey, 82.47 Tiziana Life Science, which is mainly focused on cancer and immune diseases, has bought biological samples of residents to create a 'biobank' of data. In Ogliastra, roughly one in every 2,000 people lives to celebrate their 100th birthday. This is about five times the rate in most developed countries, such as the UK and USA. To understand why this is the case, the company has bought more than 230,000 biological samples - such as frozen blood - from 12,600 residents. The samples have also been matched with medical reports, and official records such as death certificates dating back more than 400 years. Mr Gabriele Cerrone, Tiziana's chairman and founder told the Financial Times that he hoped the data will provide information on how a long life expectancy is linked to both genetics and the environment. Mr Cerrone said: 'Sardinia is renowned as one of only three regions in the world with an exceptionally high proportion of centenarians. 'The opportunity is to generate valuable insights into gene regulatory networks, genotype-phenotype linkage and gene-environment interactions that will feed into and inform our drug discovery and diagnostic programmes.'

Political Bridges?

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=roebling+brooklyn+bridge+original+blueprints&id=C63449E9B559C689BEBAA6D935778A21CDA4CB03&FORM=IQFRBA Political Bridges? Once upon a time political crooks tried to sell you a bridge especially one built in Brooklyn and designed by Roebling but that's nothing compared to events these days which are often a lot more troubling: Bridges can be jammed and elections scammed with surreptitious hacking that escapes all tracking to confuse who really has backing resulting in confidence lacking while Mr. Putin smiles and says Nasdrovia and adds, Donald Trump, I love ya ? HzL 9/7/16 What does nasdrovia mean - Answers.com www.answers.com › … › Categories › Entertainment & Arts What does nasdrovia mean? SAVE CANCEL. already exists. Would you like to merge this question into it? MERGE CANCEL. already exists as an ... Hillary Clinton: 'Grave' concern Russia interfering in US elections www.telegraph.co.uk › News The Daily Telegraph 1 day ago - 6 September 2016 • 1:38am. White House hopeful Hillary Clinton expressed "grave" concern on Monday about reports that Russia has been ... Missing: charlie ‎rose Charlie Rose : KQED : August 12, 2016 12:00pm-1:01pm PDT : Free ... https://archive.org/.../KQED_20160812_190000_Charli... Internet Archive Aug 12, 2016 - rose: russian hacking of american political parties and the question of .... believe you should be able to interfere with elections, so we need to ... Cordes, Karl on DNC Day 2: Charlie Rose - Bloomberg Politics www.bloomberg.com/.../cordes-karl-on-dnc-day-2-charl... Bloomberg L.P. Jul 27, 2016 - On "Charlie Rose," coverage of the Democratic National Convention from Philadelphia. ... Clinton Sees 'Grave Questions' of Russian Interference ... Trump had previously hedged on his participation in the presidential ... The George Washington Bridge, the world’s busiest, seen from Fort Lee, N.J., this month (© Bryan Thomas for The New York Times) Bridgegate trial starts Thursday, bringing attention to Chris Christie The New York Times on MSN.com · 21 hours ago Christie hasn't been charged in the lane-closing scandal, but prosecutors have accused the former presidential candidate of knowing about the scheme. In Bridgegate trial, politics as usual under Christie will be judged | OpinionGWB trial: A complex case for Bridgegate players GWB trial: A complex case for Bridgegate players North Jersey · 12 hours ago That’s because the trial to determine who ordered access lanes closed at the George Washington Bridge, which … News about Russia Influencing US Electio… bing.com/news U.S. investigating potential covert Russian plan to disrupt November elections U.S. investigating potential covertRussian plan to disrupt … Washington Post · 23 hours ago A Russian influence operation in the United States“is something we’re looking very closely ... Officials also are examining potential disruptions to the … Report: U.S. officials investigating Russia's attempts to influence 2016 election Report: U.S. officials investigating Russia's attempts to influence 2016election CBS News · 1 day ago Intelligence and law enforcement officials are investigating how and to what extent Russia is attempting to influence the … US Probes Allegations Russia Trying to ‘Disrupt’ Election US Probes Allegations Russia Trying to ‘Disrupt’ Election AntiWar · 6 hours ago that Russia might be trying to “influence” the US election. The allegations date back as far as the Democratic … How Putin Weaponized Wikileaks to Influence the Election … www.defenseone.com/technology/2016/07/...influence-election.../130163 Evidence suggests that a Russian intelligence group was the source of the most recent Wikileaks intel dump, which was aimed to influence the U.S. election. Russia denies it's trying to influence 2016 election ... www.politico.com/story/2016/07/russia-denies-influencing-election... Aug 30, 2016 · The Russian government denied allegations Wednesday that it is attempting to influence the U.S. presidential election. The release of Democratic … John A. Roebling - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_A._Roebling ... later named the John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge, ... Washington Roebling and his daughter-in-law Emily Warren Roebling continued his work on the Brooklyn Bridge. Education · Career · Death · Legacy · Personal life John Augustus Roebling, Builder of the Brooklyn Bridge architecture.about.com › Famous Bridges Jun 07, 2016 · John Augustus Roebling, ... Plans the Brooklyn Bridge (Roebling died during its ... was reconstructed using Roebling's original plans ...

Scientists Discover Sixth Taste

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/food-and-drink/2016/01/19/chips_2882387b-large_trans++pJliwavx4coWFCaEkEsb3kvxIt-lGGWCWqwLa_RXJU8.jpg Scientists Discover Sixth Taste After more than ten thousand years of cooking Scientists, who try harder than most at looking have found a 'new' taste, or so they say, even though it's always been there anyway. Some Asians may say it's "rice-like" and others that it's "lice-rike" but no matter how it rolls off the tongue and whether one is old or young there appears to be an urgency great to eat daily complex carbohydrate like French fries, rice, pasta or well-made bread though it may be a wiser bet-- not to follow Marie Antoinette-- and recommend cake instead since it caused her to lose both Crown and head. HzL 9/5/16 “Asians would say it was rice-like, while Caucasians described it as bread-like or pasta-like,” she added. from Scientists discover ‘sixth taste’ - and it could explain ... Daily Telegraph 1 hour ago Scientists discover ‘sixth taste’ ... and it could explain our love of pasta,potatoes and ... carbohydrates founds in foods such as pasta, potatoes and bread…

A BURNING MAN REBELLION

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MODERN POLITICAL ENTERTAINMENT

POLITICAL ENTERTAINMENT IN THE MODERN HOME Political entertainment in the modern home may not be considered a suitable topic for a poem but rather serves to provoke a debate about the future of such domestic real estate. When a TV set reaches more than 72 inches and has to raised and lowered by winches its images then become mightily impressive but any lack of substance only gets depressive. if the first thing one sees on opening one's door is Donald Trump's hugely bouffant pompadour and the deepening bags under Hillary's eyes sometimes surprise-- in fact, you and your companion might mistake them for the Grand Canyon- it may be time to set back the clocks and return to the old radio box, if only once again we could hear something more patrician like FDR's voice , instead of what's heard in today's edition. HzL 9/1/16