One possibility is that the body is still fighting remnants of the coronavirus. Researchers found that the virus spreads widely during an initial infection, and that viral genetic material can remain embedded in tissues — in the intestines, lymph nodes and elsewhere — for many months.
File Under: WTF
From nytimes.com
Hadley Palmer’s lawyer sought to have her case sealed.
Hadley Palmer pleaded guilty to secretly recording videos of minors in intimate situations. All three victims were under 18, and at least one was 15 or younger, according to cops.
A Connecticut Superior Court judge granted Palmer’s request for secrecy, a move supported by lawyers seeking to protect her victims. The AP opposed this, with a reporter telling the judge it had created the impression of a second, privileged tier of justice.
A Greenwich psychologist has also been arrested on the charge he had failed to report, as required by Connecticut’s child welfare laws.
Why Stonehenge, Why?
From nytimes.com
New exhibition at the British Museum: “The World of Stonehenge,” runs through July 17. The show strives to lessen the mystery around the monument.
“Stonehenge was an important place that people went to, to be together as a community,” said Neil Wilkin, the exhibition’s lead curator. He described the site as a mix between a town hall and a cathedral, where people mingled for both religious and social reasons.
Dried Fruit, Oats and Coffee: Answers to Your Sugar Questions – The New York Times
Say it isn’t so!
…bananas and grapes are particularly high in fructose given the amount of fiber they contain, so they give us a faster sugar spike. Dr. Robert Lustig of the University of California, San Francisco, calls grapes “little bags of sugar.” Enjoy bananas and grapes sparingly and opt for a variety of fruits.
2019 Superlatives
Beauty News on YT does yearly best/worst of videos, which are great fun. Here’s my picks. Wishing yas a happy, fun-filled, gawgeous new decade!
trend: eye-safe glitter shadows
worst trend: non-eye-safe glitters IN “eye-shadow” palettes
palette: Nars Studio 54 Inferno (Best concept: tarte Spicy Betch)
worst palette: e.l.f. baked California
most unique: Tom Ford Extreme Lip Spark
Best Collab: Karl x L’oreal
Worst Collab: JS x Morphe
Best Drugstore: Rebel Rose x Wet ‘n’ Wild
high-end: marc jacobs See-quin shadows
indie: Dawn multichrome shadows
brand: tarte. they’re killin it.
worst: tati – due to no returns policy. stand behind your product
best product: tarte magnetic mosaic palette. gorge.
worst product: jaclyn. oy.
Five Years Ago, 43 Students Vanished. The Mystery, and the Pain, Remain – The New York Times
Ulta Haul – Physicians Formula, Makeup Revolution, Tarte & L’Oreal – YouTube
always curious about Brenda Couture’s hauls…
Could the path to a more nutritious pizza be illuminated by laser beams? – YouTube
Just What Kind Of A Character Are You?
Learn about the 24 character strengths that all people possess.
Heart Still In Mouth
Librarians Trump Politicians
Berner Alert
The senator’s supporters say the U.S. investigation into a Vermont land deal involving Jane Sanders is political, but they worry about its impact. <click the pic…>
Eat An Egg!
Readers Digest intel – Eat your eggs for a stronger brain:
“Your brain needs fuel to function,’ says registered dietitian, Elisa Bremner, campus nutritionist at Westchester’s Pleasantville Cottage School.
Complex carbs are best choice for quick fuel needed by your noggin. But the brain too requires specific nutrients in building and long-term maintenance.
Bringing us to the “incredible-edible-egg” (bawk-bAWk!) Egg yolks are the most concentrated source of choline in the American diet. Bremner say: “Choline, is essential to the brain’s sending the right messages to the rest of the body, which is, in turn, essential to a feeling of well-being.”
Real women eat quiche 😉
Catholic Schools Closing
@powellnyt writes in the Times re Catholic school closings:
There are few more pleasurable ways to pass an hour than to talk with veteran teachers who burn with a passion for their chosen work — lighting bonfires in the minds of children.
I sat last week in a hilly playground off University Avenue in the Bronx with Eloise Pescador Martinez, 58, and Richard DeZonie, 61. They have taught for three decades each at Holy Spirit School, down the street. “Long ago I came to the realization,” Mr. DeZonie said, “that I love that look in a child’s eye when you’ve reached him.”
Ms. Martinez nodded, emphatic. “I love it!” she said. “We’re family, generation after generation of family.”
Their family is being torn asunder. In a few weeks, the Archdiocese of New York will shutter their school, 1 of 25 to close this year. Their children will be dispersed. A few veteran teachers will find toeholds in a shrinking Roman Catholic system. Many will be cut adrift, middle-aged wayfarers in a bad market. For their decades of modestly paid work, … teachers can choose a $5,000 severance check or six months of health coverage. Not both.
So which will it be? Ms. Martinez’s daughter has asthma — she’ll opt for insurance. Mr. DeZonie’s wife teaches at Holy Spirit as well; he’ll take the insurance and she’ll take the money. “Man, it’s not much after three decades, no it really isn’t,” he said.
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Church attendance and school enrollment has tumbled for decades.
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Some of the financial problems are owing to the church’s own lies and omissions around the sexual abuse scandals involving priests.
Cardinal Dolan and his school superintendent [Timothy J. McNiff] … twice cut the system close to the bone in recent years, eliminating nearly 60 schools.
… You wonder what becomes of those who have turned to the beacon that has been Holy Spirit, an elementary school that sits atop the bony spine of the Morris Heights neighborhood. Generational waves of immigrants, Italians and Irish, Puerto Ricans and Dominicans, Mexicans and Ghanaians, have come through its doors.
The tuition at Holy Spirit is a pittance compared with a Dalton or a Brearley. And the archdiocese deserves credit for subsidizing these costs.
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A parochial school veteran with 20 years of service and a master’s degree makes $60,000.
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Ms. Martinez, who first spoke to me one evening after choir practice, talked easily of their mission. But this is a city grown more expensive by the week, and the gap between the wealthy few and the middle-class many who scrape by gets wider.
Ms. Martinez is divorced and has twice dipped into her small retirement savings for her daughter’s tuition. She sprints paycheck to paycheck. “I always said I didn’t get into this for the money,” she said. “I guess I was right.”
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“I’ve told my landlord I’m facing a layoff,” Ms. Martinez said. “I want to know: Where’s that Catholic mission we have lived with all of our lives?”
We walked back down University Boulevard toward the Romanesque tower of the school. We passed children, who smiled, waved and shouted out her name. “I try to separate my faith from the institution,” she said slowly. “My faith now? It’s those children.”
Flu!
It’s a particularly bad flu season this year, so don’t forget to get your flu shot.
If you fit into one of these categories, it’s especially important that you get vaccinated:
· Pregnant women;
· Children younger than 5 years, especially those under 2;
· People 50 and older, especially those 65 and older;
· People with certain chronic health conditions, including obesity, diabetes, lung disease (including asthma), heart disease, sickle cell anemia, weakened immune system (such as from HIV or cancer treatment), and any nerve or muscle disorder that can cause breathing problems;
· People who live in nursing homes and other long-term-care facilities;
· People who care for infants less than 6 months old; and
· Health care workers.
Lord knows I can be the Procrastinator de tutti Procrastinators, but this is one thing I didn’t put off. The flu can be dangerous, and even when it isn’t life-threatening, it can really knock you on your ass and put you out of commission for a couple of weeks.
Lane Lipton 