Tuesday, August 8, 2017
A Legal Document That's Fun to Read
From the NY Times -
The Spirit of the Law
By Sarah Lyall
Here is a truly delightful amicus brief filed by the A.C.L.U. in support of the talk show host John Oliver, who is being sued by the aggrieved coal-mining executive Bob Murray. Even the table of contents (sample heading: “You Can’t Sue People for Being Mean to You, Bob”) fills a First Amendment-loving reporter’s heart with joy. “The complaint also interestingly claims that “ ‘nothing has ever stressed [Bob Murray] more than [John Oliver’s] vicious and untruthful attack,’” the brief notes. “Is he really saying that a late-night British comedian on a premium channel has caused him more stress than the time that one of his mines collapsed and killed a group of his employees?” SCRIBD »
The Spirit of the Law
By Sarah Lyall
Here is a truly delightful amicus brief filed by the A.C.L.U. in support of the talk show host John Oliver, who is being sued by the aggrieved coal-mining executive Bob Murray. Even the table of contents (sample heading: “You Can’t Sue People for Being Mean to You, Bob”) fills a First Amendment-loving reporter’s heart with joy. “The complaint also interestingly claims that “ ‘nothing has ever stressed [Bob Murray] more than [John Oliver’s] vicious and untruthful attack,’” the brief notes. “Is he really saying that a late-night British comedian on a premium channel has caused him more stress than the time that one of his mines collapsed and killed a group of his employees?” SCRIBD »
ACLU Brief on Behalf of John Oliver by LawNewz on Scribd
Focusing on the Booze
An excerpt from the Washington Post -
Most drunken-driving programs focus on driving. This one worked because it focused on booze.
By Keith Humphreys
“24/7 Sobriety” was invented more than a decade ago in South Dakota by an innovative county prosecutor (and future state attorney general) named Larry Long. Long concluded that the best use of the power of the criminal justice system was to attack the role of alcohol in offenders’ lives directly by mandating them to abstain. Many judges across the country order abstinence as part of parole or probation, but Long decided to actually enforce it. Offenders’ drinking was monitored every single day, typically by in-person breath tests in the morning and evening. In contrast to the typically slow and unpredictable ways of the criminal justice system, anyone caught drinking faced a 100 percent chance of arrest and an immediate consequence — typically 12 to 36 hours in jail.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/08/07/most-drunk-driving-programs-focus-on-driving-this-one-worked-because-it-focused-on-booze/?utm_term=.aec716532e5b&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
Most drunken-driving programs focus on driving. This one worked because it focused on booze.
By Keith Humphreys
“24/7 Sobriety” was invented more than a decade ago in South Dakota by an innovative county prosecutor (and future state attorney general) named Larry Long. Long concluded that the best use of the power of the criminal justice system was to attack the role of alcohol in offenders’ lives directly by mandating them to abstain. Many judges across the country order abstinence as part of parole or probation, but Long decided to actually enforce it. Offenders’ drinking was monitored every single day, typically by in-person breath tests in the morning and evening. In contrast to the typically slow and unpredictable ways of the criminal justice system, anyone caught drinking faced a 100 percent chance of arrest and an immediate consequence — typically 12 to 36 hours in jail.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/08/07/most-drunk-driving-programs-focus-on-driving-this-one-worked-because-it-focused-on-booze/?utm_term=.aec716532e5b&wpisrc=nl_rainbow&wpmm=1
Monday, August 7, 2017
Getting Their Due
An excerpt from the Washington Post -
At the heart of every restaurant
Our food critic works a shift to understand why top chefs are starting to give dishwashers their due.
Plenty of bandwidth has been lavished on the men and women who cook the food, pour the wine and otherwise pamper us in restaurants. Scant attention has been paid to some of the lowest-paid workers with the most responsibility, the ones chefs say are the linchpins of the restaurant kitchen. “You can’t have a successful service in a restaurant without a great dishwasher,” says Emeril Lagasse, the New Orleans-based chef and cookbook author with 14 restaurants across the country. “Bad ones will bring the ship down.”
After years of performing tasks no one else wants to do — cleaning nasty messes, taking out trash, polishing Japanese wine glasses priced at $66 a stem (at Quince in San Francisco) — the unsung heroes of the kitchen might be finally getting their due.
This spring, chef Rene Redzepi of the world-renowned Noma in Copenhagen made headlines when he made his dishwasher, Ali Sonko, a partner in his business. The Gambian native helped Redzepi open the landmark restaurant in 2003. And in July, workers at the esteemed French Laundry in Yountville, Calif., one of master chef Thomas Keller’s 12 U.S. restaurants and bakeries, voted to give their most prestigious company honor, the Core Award, to a dishwasher: Jaimie Portillo, who says he has never missed a day of work in seven years.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/style/2017/08/07/chefs-say-a-dishwasher-can-make-or-break-a-restaurant-so-i-signed-up-for-a-shift/?utm_term=.5e7b9ec2fed0&wpisrc=al_alert-national&wpmk=1
At the heart of every restaurant
Our food critic works a shift to understand why top chefs are starting to give dishwashers their due.
By Tom Sietsema
Plenty of bandwidth has been lavished on the men and women who cook the food, pour the wine and otherwise pamper us in restaurants. Scant attention has been paid to some of the lowest-paid workers with the most responsibility, the ones chefs say are the linchpins of the restaurant kitchen. “You can’t have a successful service in a restaurant without a great dishwasher,” says Emeril Lagasse, the New Orleans-based chef and cookbook author with 14 restaurants across the country. “Bad ones will bring the ship down.”
After years of performing tasks no one else wants to do — cleaning nasty messes, taking out trash, polishing Japanese wine glasses priced at $66 a stem (at Quince in San Francisco) — the unsung heroes of the kitchen might be finally getting their due.
This spring, chef Rene Redzepi of the world-renowned Noma in Copenhagen made headlines when he made his dishwasher, Ali Sonko, a partner in his business. The Gambian native helped Redzepi open the landmark restaurant in 2003. And in July, workers at the esteemed French Laundry in Yountville, Calif., one of master chef Thomas Keller’s 12 U.S. restaurants and bakeries, voted to give their most prestigious company honor, the Core Award, to a dishwasher: Jaimie Portillo, who says he has never missed a day of work in seven years.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/style/2017/08/07/chefs-say-a-dishwasher-can-make-or-break-a-restaurant-so-i-signed-up-for-a-shift/?utm_term=.5e7b9ec2fed0&wpisrc=al_alert-national&wpmk=1
Tackling Homelessness in the Bay Area
From Upworthy -
This mother-son duo is taking homelessness to task in an amazing way.
We’re talking the kind of close that only single moms and their children understand.
And for Chris and his mom, this bond has only been strengthened by a shared mission to end homelessness.
His mom was always very driven — she climbed the corporate ladder, becoming a successful Venture Capitalist, then CEO of Napster and another high-tech startup. But it was while Chris was away at college that she decided to tackle a social issue: homelessness.
So in 2004, Eileen popped her head into a food closet in Palo Alto, California, hoping to do just that. And it didn't take her long to decide to take giving back to the next level, leading her to launch the Downtown Streets Team.
The nonprofit isn't your average give-'em-food-and-a-place-to-stay-for-the-night-then-send-'em-on-their-way kind of initiative.
In exchange for community volunteer work, Downtown Streets Team offers homeless people food and housing as well as job skills training.
http://www.upworthy.com/p-this-mother-son-duo-is-taking-homelessness-to-task-in-an-amazing-way-p-cc3-3a?c=click
This mother-son duo is taking homelessness to task in an amazing way.
We’re talking the kind of close that only single moms and their children understand.
And for Chris and his mom, this bond has only been strengthened by a shared mission to end homelessness.
His mom was always very driven — she climbed the corporate ladder, becoming a successful Venture Capitalist, then CEO of Napster and another high-tech startup. But it was while Chris was away at college that she decided to tackle a social issue: homelessness.
So in 2004, Eileen popped her head into a food closet in Palo Alto, California, hoping to do just that. And it didn't take her long to decide to take giving back to the next level, leading her to launch the Downtown Streets Team.
The nonprofit isn't your average give-'em-food-and-a-place-to-stay-for-the-night-then-send-'em-on-their-way kind of initiative.
In exchange for community volunteer work, Downtown Streets Team offers homeless people food and housing as well as job skills training.
http://www.upworthy.com/p-this-mother-son-duo-is-taking-homelessness-to-task-in-an-amazing-way-p-cc3-3a?c=click
He Nails It
This dad perfectly nails fatherhood with his hilarious comics.
by Evan Porter
http://www.upworthy.com/this-dad-perfectly-nails-fatherhood-with-his-hilarious-comics?c=upw1
by Evan Porter
http://www.upworthy.com/this-dad-perfectly-nails-fatherhood-with-his-hilarious-comics?c=upw1
How to Answer Interview Questions
From Lifehack -
How to Answer Common Interview Questions in an Uncommon Way
By Brian Lee
No matter how much we may love our job, there are always aspects that we could do without. And among all of my duties as Chief of Product Management at Lifehack, interviewing is by far my least favorite. It’s an awkward, draining task that wears me down both mentally and physically. Most interviews take around an hour to get through, a grueling 60 minutes that neither I nor the interviewee enjoys. I hear the same answers to the same questions time and time again. Boring, basic answers that by no way separate the individual from their competition. But every once in a while I will hear an answer that catches me off guard, leaving me impressed and inspired.
To help you to knock out your next interview, I’ve compiled a list of the best possible answers to common interview questions, and what to avoid.
http://www.lifehack.org/620362/what-employers-are-really-looking-for-in-the-most-common-interview-questions?ref=mail&mtype=newsletter_tier_3&mid=20170807&uid=789627&hash=726d85717f746d7e7c714c73796d75783a6f7b79&utm_source=newsletter_tier_3&utm_medium=email&action=click
How to Answer Common Interview Questions in an Uncommon Way
By Brian Lee
No matter how much we may love our job, there are always aspects that we could do without. And among all of my duties as Chief of Product Management at Lifehack, interviewing is by far my least favorite. It’s an awkward, draining task that wears me down both mentally and physically. Most interviews take around an hour to get through, a grueling 60 minutes that neither I nor the interviewee enjoys. I hear the same answers to the same questions time and time again. Boring, basic answers that by no way separate the individual from their competition. But every once in a while I will hear an answer that catches me off guard, leaving me impressed and inspired.
To help you to knock out your next interview, I’ve compiled a list of the best possible answers to common interview questions, and what to avoid.
http://www.lifehack.org/620362/what-employers-are-really-looking-for-in-the-most-common-interview-questions?ref=mail&mtype=newsletter_tier_3&mid=20170807&uid=789627&hash=726d85717f746d7e7c714c73796d75783a6f7b79&utm_source=newsletter_tier_3&utm_medium=email&action=click
Canine Crime
From the Huffington Post - (Me: An excerpt doesn't do it justice.)
Shelter’s Posts About A Chewed-Up Dog Toy Read Like An Episode Of ‘CSI’
It is a VERY good crime story.
By Elyse Wanshel
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/animal-shelter-assault-mystery-dog-toy_us_5984b48be4b0cb15b1be437a
Shelter’s Posts About A Chewed-Up Dog Toy Read Like An Episode Of ‘CSI’
It is a VERY good crime story.
By Elyse Wanshel
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/animal-shelter-assault-mystery-dog-toy_us_5984b48be4b0cb15b1be437a
An Offbeat College Tour
From the Boston Globe -
You don’t have to be wicked smaht to take this Hahvahd tour
By Lauren Feiner
Fresh out of college and newly in the workforce, I recently found myself doing the last thing I expected to do in my young professional life: taking a college tour.
But this tour of Harvard University was distinctly different from those I’d taken as a nervous high school student. There were no jittery teenagers or overeager parents, no chatter about SAT scores. This was Harvard, — or Hahvahd in the local vernacular — not as dream college, but as tourist attraction.
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The Hahvahd Tour, first developed by Harvard student Daniel Andrew in 2006, calls itself an unofficial tour of the university. While the tour now has a friendly relationship with the university — it conveniently ends at university-sponsored gift shops — it once clashed with the school over its use of the Harvard brand. Harvard actually received a trademark for the word “Hahvahd,” which it now licenses to the tour group, Andrew told me.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/08/06/you-don-have-smaht-student-take-this-tour-hahvahd/eHKIkU6fruoNca7svj3xIK/story.html?et_rid=606374700&s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter
You don’t have to be wicked smaht to take this Hahvahd tour
By Lauren Feiner
Fresh out of college and newly in the workforce, I recently found myself doing the last thing I expected to do in my young professional life: taking a college tour.
But this tour of Harvard University was distinctly different from those I’d taken as a nervous high school student. There were no jittery teenagers or overeager parents, no chatter about SAT scores. This was Harvard, — or Hahvahd in the local vernacular — not as dream college, but as tourist attraction.
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The Hahvahd Tour, first developed by Harvard student Daniel Andrew in 2006, calls itself an unofficial tour of the university. While the tour now has a friendly relationship with the university — it conveniently ends at university-sponsored gift shops — it once clashed with the school over its use of the Harvard brand. Harvard actually received a trademark for the word “Hahvahd,” which it now licenses to the tour group, Andrew told me.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/08/06/you-don-have-smaht-student-take-this-tour-hahvahd/eHKIkU6fruoNca7svj3xIK/story.html?et_rid=606374700&s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter
Sunday, August 6, 2017
How to Respond to An Insult
From StumbleUpon -
20 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Demonstrated the Perfect Way to Respond to an Insult
In 1997, Steve Jobs was answering developers' questions when one audience member took a shot at him. What happens next is remarkable.
By Justin Bariso
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/9yq7Oa/:x4h5Nmbg:l2+Yy$+f/www.inc.com/justin-bariso/20-years-ago-steve-jobs-demonstrated-the-perfect-w.html
20 Years Ago, Steve Jobs Demonstrated the Perfect Way to Respond to an Insult
In 1997, Steve Jobs was answering developers' questions when one audience member took a shot at him. What happens next is remarkable.
By Justin Bariso
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/9yq7Oa/:x4h5Nmbg:l2+Yy$+f/www.inc.com/justin-bariso/20-years-ago-steve-jobs-demonstrated-the-perfect-w.html
Know Your Rights
From the Thrillist -
AIRLINE FINE PRINT THAT'LL SAVE YOU MONEY WHEN YOU FLY
By MATT MELTZER
Overbooking -- and forced bumping -- is totally legal. But you can get cash for it.
Airlines regularly overbook flights, and as we all learned from the unpleasantness back in April, even if you don’t want a free upgrade on a later flight, airlines have the right to deny you entry to your flight. (What they cannot legally do is take you off that flight once you’re seated, unless you act up. United Airlines erred so terribly in removing David Dao from his flight, it was clear the airline’s employees didn’t know their own fine print.)
The good news is the US Department of Transportation requires airlines to compensate you, based on how much later you get to your destination. If you’re placed on a flight that gets you to your destination within an hour of your original reservation, you don’t get squat. If the flight arrives between one and two hours of your original schedule, you’re entitled to 200% of your one-way fare, up to $675. For flights arriving more than two hours later, you are entitled to 400% of your one-way fare, up to $1,350.
https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/how-to-save-money-on-flights-fine-print
AIRLINE FINE PRINT THAT'LL SAVE YOU MONEY WHEN YOU FLY
By MATT MELTZER
Overbooking -- and forced bumping -- is totally legal. But you can get cash for it.
Airlines regularly overbook flights, and as we all learned from the unpleasantness back in April, even if you don’t want a free upgrade on a later flight, airlines have the right to deny you entry to your flight. (What they cannot legally do is take you off that flight once you’re seated, unless you act up. United Airlines erred so terribly in removing David Dao from his flight, it was clear the airline’s employees didn’t know their own fine print.)
The good news is the US Department of Transportation requires airlines to compensate you, based on how much later you get to your destination. If you’re placed on a flight that gets you to your destination within an hour of your original reservation, you don’t get squat. If the flight arrives between one and two hours of your original schedule, you’re entitled to 200% of your one-way fare, up to $675. For flights arriving more than two hours later, you are entitled to 400% of your one-way fare, up to $1,350.
https://www.thrillist.com/travel/nation/how-to-save-money-on-flights-fine-print
The Cycle of Lies
From the Boston Globe -
TRUMP’S CYCLE OF LIES
By the Editorial Board
http://apps.bostonglobe.com/opinion/graphics/2017/08/trump-lies/
TRUMP’S CYCLE OF LIES
By the Editorial Board
http://apps.bostonglobe.com/opinion/graphics/2017/08/trump-lies/
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