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In the Wake of the Weinstein and John Besh Scandals, Anthony Bourdain Has Regrets

Bourdain is currently dating Asia Argento, the Italian actress and director who told the New Yorker that Weinstein raped her.

To discuss harassment in the restaurant industry, Weinstein, and his own career, I spoke by phone recently with Bourdain.

And I’m angry and I’ve seen it up close and I’ve been hearing firsthand from a lot of women.

I’m looking back on my own career and before, and for all these years women did not speak to me.

“I’ve had to ask myself, ‘To what extent in that book did I provide validation to meatheads?’ ”.

Just the same: Other than one woman chef restauranteur friend from Canada, nobody has really been speaking to me about this until recently.

I guess because of the Weinstein case I’m starting to hear personal stories from a lot of women. »

Saudi Arabia's crown prince just declared war on the clerics

Authored by washingtonexaminer.com

The crown prince continued, "We will not waste 30 years of our lives wasting time dealing with extremist ideas.

Yet, it isn't just what bin Salman said that matters, but also where and to who he said it.

Unless Saudi Arabia's leaders pursue bold reforms, declining oil prices and a young population will mean a cauldron of terrorism. »

Twitter will now label political ads, including who bought them and how much they are spending

Authored by cnbc.com

Twitter, along with Facebook and Google, are sending their lawyers to Congress to testify as lawmakers investigate Russian involvement in the 2016 election through online political ad buying.

Twitter's move to provide more information on political ads lines up with most of what Congress is asking for.

Political ads specifically will have additional information in the center, including all associated campaign ads currently running or that have run on the platform. »

Gerard Butler’s ‘Geostorm’ Could Lose as Much as $100 Million

Authored by thewrap.com

Against a budget of $120 million, which included $15 million for extensive reshoots, the global warming cautionary tale has only made a reported $66.8 million worldwide, including $14.7 million domestically.

It’s also another flop for Skydance, which co-financed “Baywatch” with Paramount earlier this year, making only $177 million worldwide against a $69 million production budget.

Other big flops include “Monster Trucks” ($64 million worldwide gross against a $125 million budget), “Ghost In The Shell” ($169 million gross/$110 million budget), and “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” ($225 million gross/$177 million budget). »

Functional connectivity within and between intrinsic brain networks correlates with trait mind wandering.

Authored by ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Despite the established role of the DMN in mind wandering processes, little research has investigated how large-scale brain networks at rest relate to mind wandering tendencies outside the laboratory.

Here we examine the extent to which the DMN, along with the dorsal attention network (DAN) and frontoparietal control network (FPCN) correlate with the tendency to mind wander in daily life.

Lastly, we found significant positive correlations between trait mind wandering and fluid intelligence (Ravens) and creativity (Remote Associates Task). »