Seniority

Courts & Law What does the junior Supreme Court justice do? Kagan tells Gorsuch it starts in the kitchen By Robert Barnes April 9 at 6:29 PM ____________________________________________________ SENIORITY 'The Supreme Court is a place that runs on seniority' according to the the Justices --and they should know , but take it from me--though I'm hardly an authority-- in the outside world -- this is rarely so. Young women, of course, know this all too well and panic at the sight of a wrinkle or hair turning gray often spending fortunes on whatever others may sell to postpone their senescence for another day While politicians, too, at least as clever , will do almost anything to hang on to power but even they can not rule forever and eventually too must have their final hour. Ah, that the rest of us could just grow old without our being either bought or sold ! HzL, 3/10/17 ________________________________________ No one could have known it at the time, but at the end of last summer, Justice Elena Kagan gave Neil M. Gorsuch a face-to-face tutorial on what it means to be the Supreme Court’s newest justice. It starts in the kitchen. “I’ve been on the cafeteria committee for six years. (Justice) Steve Breyer was on the cafeteria committee for 13 years,” Kagan said at a Colorado event where she was being interviewed by Gorsuch and Timothy M. Tymkovich, chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit. [Trump picks Colorado appeals court judge for Supreme Court] Gorsuch and Tymkovich both were on President Trump’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees at the time, and it just so happened that they asked what it was like to be the most junior justice. Kagan is a storyteller, and knows this is a topic that audiences usually eat up, so she played it for all it was worth. The junior justice has three unique responsibilities, she said. But in recounting them, she always starts with the fact that the newest justice is assigned to cafeteria duty and keeps it until the next justice is confirmed. [Gorsuch’s impact might be felt immediately] “I think this is a way to kind of humble people,” she said during the “fireside chat” at the elegant Broadmoor resort in Colorado Springs. “You think you’re kind of hot stuff. You’re an important person. You’ve just been confirmed to the United States Supreme Court. “And now you are going to monthly cafeteria committee meetings where literally the agenda is what happened to the good recipe for the chocolate chip cookies.” The justices eat lunch together on the days when they hear oral arguments, Kagan explained. “Somebody will say, ‘Who’s our representative to the cafeteria committee again?’ Like they don’t know, right? And then they’ll say, ‘This soup is very salty.’ And I’m like supposed to go fix it myself?” You might guess it was not the first time Kagan has told the story. But, as she says, she’s worried about the cookies and the soup since 2010--her biggest contribution has been to install a frozen yogurt machine--so who would begrudge her?

An Apercu

David Rockefeller has died at 101 Search Results David Rockefeller/Died Image result for david rockefeller dead March 20, 2017 Richard Rockefeller June 13, 2014, New York City, NY John D. Rockefeller May 23, 1937, Ormond Beach, FL John D. Rockefeller Jr. May 11, 1960, Tucson, AZ Feedback Top stories David Rockefeller, Philanthropist and Head of Chase Manhattan, Dies at 101 The New York Times · 1 hour ago David Rockefeller, Banker, Philanthropist, Dies at 101 Bloomberg.com · 7 hours ago Guardian of Rockefeller fortune, philanthropy dies at 101 ABC News - Go. An Apercu* Mr Rockefeller had 3 billions more than I, at least and still he went on to die like any other mortal beast. Reaching past one hundred once sounded very old to me but that's no longer the case, since it is only eleven and one half years from now you see-- and as you probably can even tell from my face, so if they are going to produce immortality they'd better get on the stick--- for though so far I've escaped serious illness or beheading-- I can almost feel my telomeres** shredding-- so please Science do something---quick, quick, quick. HzL 3/20/17 * apercu: a·per·çu ˌapərˈso͞o/ noun a comment or brief reference that makes an illuminating or entertaining point. Translations, word origin, and more definitions Feedback Aperçu | Definition of Aperçu by Merriam-Webster https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aperçu In French, aperçu is the past participle of the verb apercevoir ("to perceive" or "to comprehend"), which in turn comes from Latin percipere ("to perceive"). **tel·o·mere ˈtēləˌmi(ə)r,ˈtelə-/ noun GENETICS plural noun: telomeres a compound structure at the end of a chromosome. Translations, word origin, and more definitions Feedback What is a Telomere? Telomeres Definition & Importance of Function https://www.tasciences.com/what-is-a-telomere/ Telomeres are an essential part of human cells that affect how our cells age. 1,2. Telomeres are the caps at the end of each strand of DNA that protect our chromosomes, like the plastic tips at the end of shoelaces. Telomere - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telomere A telomere is a region of repetitive nucleotide sequences at each end of a chromosome, which protects the end of the chromosome from deterioration or from fusion with neighboring chromosomes. ‎Tert · ‎Telomere-binding protein · ‎Category:Telomeres · ‎Disambiguation

This is your Pilot

New York Post: Crazed pilot rants about politics and divorce over ... qwiket.com/.../crazed-pilot-rants-about-politics-and-divorce-over-plane-int... 4 hours ago - Topic from New York Post: A hysterical pilot dressed in civilian clothing ... starting ranting about politics and her divorce, according to a report. https://youtu.be/mnu6QSEt-m4 Pilot removed from flight after Donald Trump rant over intercom before take off youtu.be A pilot had to be removed from her flight after ranting about her divorce and Donald Trump over the plane's intercom. The United Airlines pilot left some pas... This is your Pilot "Attention All Women and Men: This is your Pilot, and not CNN" Thus, with tears and talk began a scary rant-- making passengers want to walk but then finding that they can't they let her rave on to find some surcease hoping she'd go leaving them still in one piece which happened and so they avoided anything gory. And that's more or less the end of this story, except it seems that turbulence reports this year may not merely be confined to the atmosphere. HzL 2/12/17

Good MEDICINE may be bad ECONOMICS

Good MEDICINE may be bad ECONOMICS (From today's Wall Street Journal and MARKETWATCH in the articles cited below) "Hepatitis C drugs usually cure patients in a single course of treatment. That is great news for the patients; but is a different business proposition than for drugs for chronic diseases." Gilead has accumulated more than $45 billion in cumulative revenue since 2013 but patients are becoming fewer. ADVICE TO DOCTORS AND DRUG COMPANIES When you have expenses, I say discreetly, as well as too many bills to pay beware of curing your patients completely-- it's better if they'll return another day. So give lots of encouraging advice as well as comfy messages and perks but you'd better think at least twice before doing something that REALLY works. Of course, psychiatrists have known this for years, so they'll alleviate --but rarely dispel -- fears. However, if you can't avoid using a "breakthrough" drug that works too well, you should at least be quite sure to make it expensive as Hell. HzL 2/9/17 Gilead's Boom Fades and Bust Will Linger - WSJ https://www.wsj.com/.../gileads-boom-fades-and-bust-will-linger-14865712... 1 day ago - Gilead Sciences' great success with hepatitis drug says a lot about drug pricing and risk for the future. [$$] Gilead's Boom Fades and Bust Will Linger - Yahoo Finance https://finance.yahoo.com/.../ss_%5B$$%5D-gilead%26%2339%3Bs-bo... 1 day ago - Gilead's Boom Fades and Bust Will Linger. The Wall Street ... Gilead Sciences just kitchen-sinked 2017 guidance, worse than anyone expected. 14 BULLETIN Nvidia shares fall after hours despite record holiday quarterClose Bulletin Share on TwitterShare on Facebook NEW YORK MARKETS AFTER HOURS Market Snapshot Winners and Losers Home Industries Pharmaceuticals The Ratings GameGET EMAIL ALERTS Gilead cured hepatitis C. That’s become its biggest problem By Emma Court Published: Feb 8, 2017 11:33 a.m. ET 14 Gilead’s hepatitis C cure was a breakthrough. But it’s also the source of the company’s troubleshttp://ei.marketwatch.com//Multimedia/2016/06/07/Photos/ZH/MW-EO808_gilead_20160607163917_ZH.jpg?uuid=e78b077c-2cef-11e6-9a50-0015c588dfa6 Bloomberg News/Landov Gilead’s 2017 sales guidance was far below even reduced Wall Street expectations. Gilead Sciences Inc. achieved a scientific breakthrough when it developed a cure for hepatitis C, the viral infection that can have severe and deadly complications. The company’s biggest problem these days appears to be that it works. Gilead GILD, -1.86% shares sunk 9.7% in heavy volume Wednesday morning after the company issued 2017 sales guidance far below even reduced Wall Street expectations. –– ADVERTISEMENT –– “We believe investors expected guidance to be light... just not necessarily this light,” said J.P. Morgan analyst Cory Kasimov

23 and Thee

http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/5834cf91ba6eb61b008b5e35-480/spit-23andme-test.jpg 23 and Thee Expectorate, expectorate and then perhaps you'll find a mate or far more likely, ancestral genes from long past scenes when people cohabitated more or less as rabbits did-- whether with friend or foe-- leaving behind a faulty esophagus or Morton's toe, as well as many other defects that may be there-- Including whether or not you'll keep your hair? But though Science has learned much about DNA all of that is what happened yesterday and since then the world has changed, becoming so much more deranged. Who 's now to say what and who's genes will last after a future deadly radioactive blast? HzL 2/1/17 AncestryDNA vs. 23andMe best DNA test - Business Insider www.businessinsider.com/best-dna-test-23andme-vs-ancestry-2016-11 Nov 23, 2016 - I've taken AncestryDNA and 23andMe genetics tests — here's what I tell people when they ask me which one is best. Lydia Ramsey. Nov. 23 ... Left-Handedness, Baldness, Morton's Toe, Neanderthal DNA, and ... autismandhumanatavism.tumblr.com/.../left-handedness-baldness-morton... Left-Handedness, Baldness, Morton's Toe, Neanderthal DNA, and Human ... receptor gene that causes male pattern baldness comes from Neanderthals. It looks ... Researchers identify four genetic variants that are linked to ... https://www.fredhutch.org/.../researchers-identify-four-genetic-variants-li... Oct 13, 2013 - SEATTLE – Oct. 13, 2013 – An international consortium co-led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia has identified four genetic variants associated with an increased risk of esophageal cancer and its precursor, a condition called Barrett's ... Left-Handedness, Baldness, Morton's Toe, Neanderthal DNA, and ... autismandhumanatavism.tumblr.com/.../left-handedness-baldness-morton... Left-Handedness, Baldness, Morton's Toe, Neanderthal DNA, and Human ... receptor gene that causes male pattern baldness comes from Neanderthals. It looks ...

If Every Day Were New Year's

http://images.indianexpress.com/2017/01/italy-new-year-celebr_kuma.jpg?w=820?w=606 If every Day were New Year's Since this year both Yesterday and Today are New Year's Days, I thought: If every day were New Year's we might dine on steak and champagne and. forgetting life's tears send troubles down the drain. But it might be better to do more cerebration before making such a calendar alteration: That prospect could seem much colder when you're twelve months -and 365 years- older. HzL, Monday, 1/2/17

O Carnegie Deli Adieu

O Carnegie Deli, Adieu O Carnegie Deli, Adieu, we'll see no more of you. In year when so many noted others have left New Yorkers will soon become pastrami bereft. They'll no longer be able to fill their belly with huge piles of it from the Carnegie Deli piled incredibly high within fragrant seeded rye. So accompany me and shed a big tear for the heart attack food of yesteryear. HzL 12/30/16 Carnegie Deli, closing Saturday, serves its last sandwiches in NYC ... www.amny.com/.../carnegie-deli-closing-saturday-serves-its-last-sandwic... 2 days ago - New Yorkers and tourists are lining up to say goodbye to the Carnegie Deli. Marian Harper is the owner of the iconic deli. She inherited the restaurant from her father. David Verdini/Courtesy of Carnegie Deli "They know to come here hungry," says Harper. "They love the big portions. My father called it gargantuan sandwiches, he used that name." The deli's oversized portions and over-the-top attitude made it an essential New York experience. "The Carnegie is really the New York Jewish deli," says Ted Merwin, professor of history at Dickinson College, and the author of Pastrami on Rye: An Overstuffed History of the Jewish Deli. "It's a symbol for what I call the ethos of excess." Merwin says restaurants like the Carnegie Deli and its longtime rival, the Stage Deli, played an important role in American Jewish culture. http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2016/12/23/13_09_27-verdini_carnegie-deli-182-2--55_custom-013a37fd2cf43f277df8031cf2f91025281179b5-s1200-c85.jpg