Saturday, August 5, 2017

@21:16, 8/4/17

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1
Science

Cleaning a Dirty Sponge Only Helps Its Worst Bacteria, Study Says

Researchers found that microwaving, boiling or throwing used sponges in the dishwasher encouraged the proliferation of its strongest microbes.

I don't worry much about sponges.
I toss them out from time to time.

2
Real Estate

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Slept Here

The childhood home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis has sold; Rosie O’Donnell picks up a new penthouse; and Meg Ryan sells her SoHo loft.

Any resemblance between that and this is accidental.

3
Real Estate

Homes That Sold for Around $750,000

Recent residential sales in New York City and the region.

I would rather build.

4
Real Estate

The New Star of ‘Waitress’ on Finally Having a Real Home

After a lifetime infatuation with real estate, Betsy Wolfe bought an apartment of her own. Now all she has to do is finish decorating it.

Stick with the budget.

5
Theater

How Sam Shepard Hit Downtown New York and Reinvented Himself

Cheap rents, wild music, easy drugs and open stages: Friends and colleagues from the 1960s recall the dramatist’s beginnings.

I went looking.   I did not find.

6
N.Y. / Region

New York Congregation Owns Oldest Synagogue in the U.S., 180 Miles Away, Court Rules

After a group of Jews fled during the American Revolution, a complicated series of agreements left ownership of a historic synagogue building in question.

The court has decided properly.

The contract was under civil law.

7
Sports

When Pro Golfers Confront Threats Off the Fairways

A break-in at a rental home, a prowler outside, a stalker in pursuit. Episodes like these have top players fearing they are more vulnerable to crime.

A transition point has been passed.

8
World

Macron Takes On France’s Labor Code, 100 Years in the Making

The new French president’s boldest initiative is a bid to overhaul French capitalism. Just one thing may stand in his way: 3,324 pages of regulations.

Macron may have the super majority it will take to change the law.
If he changes the law to his satisfaction, his satisfaction will not last.   There will be new elections.


Magazine

For the New Far Right, YouTube Has Become the New Talk Radio

The video platform now plays host to a thriving community of hard-right commentators and their fans — all with little rejoinder from the other side.

Bubble on, bubble.

The missionaries are rediscovering the "burned over" phenomenon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burned-over_district

10
Arts

Bamboo Japanese-Style, From Dynastic Masters of the Art

The Met’s first exhibition to focus on bamboo basketry and sculpture traces bamboo’s presence throughout Japanese visual culture.

Beautiful simplicity is demanding.

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