{"id":5135,"date":"2018-08-24T17:02:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T01:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5135"},"modified":"2018-08-24T17:02:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-25T01:02:49","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-166","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/08\/24\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-166","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 166"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions. If you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. God\u2019s May\u00ador in Guatemala<\/a> (Dale Han\u00adson Bourke, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cIn the so-called North\u00adern Tri\u00adan\u00adgle of Cen\u00adtral Amer\u00adi\u00adca, the coun\u00adtries of Hon\u00adduras, El Sal\u00advador, and Guatemala form a vio\u00adlent tri\u00adad. The mur\u00adder rate is high\u00ader in this region than in most active war zones. Gangs, car\u00adtels, and vig\u00adi\u00adlantes impose their will, tak\u00ading over or co-opt\u00ading legit\u00adi\u00admate police forces and rou\u00adtine\u00adly ter\u00adror\u00adiz\u00ading aver\u00adage cit\u00adi\u00adzens\u2026. In the mid\u00addle of this vio\u00adlence sits the town of San Crist\u00f3bal Acasaguastl\u00e1n, a pic\u00adturesque oasis of calm with a pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion of about 6,000 peo\u00adple. What sets this place apart are the efforts of Jeaneth Ordo\u00f1ez, the Chris\u00adt\u00adian may\u00ador who has unit\u00aded the towns\u00adpeo\u00adple in their quest to keep the munic\u00adi\u00adpal\u00adi\u00adty free of the vio\u00adlence and upheaval that sur\u00adrounds them.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. No alco\u00adhol safe to drink, glob\u00adal study con\u00adfirms<\/a> (Lau\u00adrel Ives, BBC): \u201cA large new glob\u00adal study pub\u00adlished in the Lancet has con\u00adfirmed pre\u00advi\u00adous research which has shown that there is no safe lev\u00adel of alco\u00adhol con\u00adsump\u00adtion. The researchers admit mod\u00ader\u00adate drink\u00ading may pro\u00adtect against heart dis\u00adease but found that the risk of can\u00adcer and oth\u00ader dis\u00adeases out\u00adweighs these pro\u00adtec\u00adtions.\u201d The under\u00adly\u00ading research: Alco\u00adhol use and bur\u00adden for 195 coun\u00adtries and ter\u00adri\u00adto\u00adries, 1990\u20132016: a sys\u00adtem\u00adat\u00adic analy\u00adsis for the Glob\u00adal Bur\u00adden of Dis\u00adease Study 2016<\/a> (The Lancet. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S0140-6736(18)31310\u20132<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  3. Chris\u00adtians to Sci\u00adence: Leave Ani\u00admals the Way God Designed Them\u2014Except Mos\u00adqui\u00adtoes<\/a> (Rebec\u00adca Ran\u00addall, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cMess\u00ading with nature or God\u2019s plan was a top con\u00adcern for those opposed to engi\u00adneer\u00ading ani\u00admal meat to be more nutri\u00adtious (22%), bring\u00ading back an extinct species (23%), or mak\u00ading aquar\u00adi\u00adum fish glow (18%). The rea\u00adson cit\u00aded most often to oppose cre\u00adat\u00ading glow\u00ading fish was sim\u00adply that it is unnec\u00ades\u00adsary and friv\u00ado\u00adlous (48%).\u201d Appar\u00adent\u00adly I am an out\u00adlier. Make the fish glow, make meat more nutri\u00adtious, and deal with mos\u00adqui\u00adto-borne dis\u00adease. I real\u00adly like the way the Kenyan researcher quot\u00aded in the arti\u00adcle encour\u00adages us to tar\u00adget the par\u00ada\u00adsite and not the car\u00adri\u00ader. We are made in the image of God so that we can exer\u00adcise domin\u00adion over Cre\u00adation!<\/li>\n
  4. The Peter Prin\u00adci\u00adple is a joke tak\u00aden seri\u00adous\u00adly. Is it true?<\/a> (Tim Har\u00adford, Finan\u00adcial Times): \u201cThe authors of the paper dis\u00adcov\u00adered that the best sales\u00adpeo\u00adple were more like\u00adly to be pro\u00admot\u00aded, and that they were then ter\u00adri\u00adble man\u00adagers. The bet\u00adter they had been in sales, the worse their teams per\u00adformed once they arrived in a man\u00adage\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal role. What\u2019s more, peo\u00adple were not pro\u00admot\u00aded for behav\u00adiour that might seem cor\u00adre\u00adlat\u00aded with man\u00adage\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal abil\u00adi\u00adty \u2014 in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar, those who col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adrat\u00aded with oth\u00aders were not reward\u00aded for doing so. What mat\u00adtered were sales, pure and sim\u00adple.\u201d It may be the case that you should dress for the job you want, but if you want to get pro\u00admot\u00aded you had bet\u00adter rock the job you have.<\/li>\n
  5. Gay Men Are Dif\u00adfer\u00adent, Says Gay Male Read\u00ader<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201cWell-mean\u00ading straight lib\u00ader\u00adals just do not get it, and lots of gay men will not crit\u00adi\u00adcize any\u00adthing gay men col\u00adlec\u00adtive\u00adly do because they think it will result in both lots of anger from oth\u00ader gay men as well as the empow\u00ader\u00adment of ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal ene\u00admies who want to, say, ban gay mar\u00adriage. Men and women are fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent and a male-female sex\u00adu\u00adal cul\u00adture is not going to be the same as a male-male sex\u00adu\u00adal cul\u00adture.\u201d I sus\u00adpect this will con\u00adsid\u00adered con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial by one set of read\u00aders and com\u00admon sense by anoth\u00ader, and that the groups will not break down along pre\u00addictable lines.<\/li>\n
  6. How the inter\u00adnet has changed dat\u00ading<\/a> (The Econ\u00ado\u00admist): \u201c\u2026a 2013 study researchers from Har\u00advard Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty and the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Chica\u00adgo showed that mar\u00adriages that start\u00aded online were less like\u00adly to end in break-up and were asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded with high\u00ader lev\u00adels of sat\u00adis\u00adfac\u00adtion than mar\u00adriages of the same vin\u00adtage between sim\u00adi\u00adlar cou\u00adples who had met offline: the dif\u00adfer\u00adence was not huge, but it was sta\u00adtis\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant.\u201d<\/li>\n
  7. What Trump Knew and Vot\u00aders Did\u00adn\u2019t<\/a> (Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00addorf, The Atlantic): \u201c\u2026Trump vot\u00aders went to the polls unaware that a sum exceed\u00ading most of their annu\u00adal salaries was expend\u00aded to keep that [Trump paid off a porn star] from them. Even if the pay\u00adment had been total\u00adly legal, it would\u2019ve con\u00adsti\u00adtut\u00aded a delib\u00ader\u00adate, immoral, clas\u00adsi\u00adcal\u00adly politi\u00adcian-like effort to mis\u00adlead vot\u00aders about the choice before them. But the pay\u00adment was not legal. It vio\u00adlat\u00aded cam\u00adpaign-finance laws\u2014and it was not a mere\u00adly acci\u00adden\u00adtal and tech\u00adni\u00adcal vio\u00adla\u00adtion of an over\u00adly com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded or con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial pro\u00advi\u00adsion.\u201d This arti\u00adcle is a pret\u00adty good and suc\u00adcinct sum\u00adma\u00adry of the cur\u00adrent debate about Trump.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n