Monday, March 26, 2018

@10:30 3/26/18

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1
Style

The Politics of Waxing

It’s a tense time for avatars of celebrity in the age of male failure.

Wax is not alive.
I am happy the fans tend to play gently.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WL7HiGD0JcQ

2
Crosswords & Games

What the Heck Is That?: TORII

A look at one of the most revealed entries in The New York Times crossword puzzles from the past week.

I am adding it to my vocabulary:
Torii, a red Shinto gate dividing the living from the Kami

3
Well

Is It Time to Give Up on Fish Oil?

Fish clearly has health benefits, but fish oil supplements may not carry the same ones.

It is probably better to give up fish oil supliments.
Eat more fish. Farmed fish are almost as good as wild caught.

Oysters, clams and muscles filter feed.  From healthy waters they will be every bit as good as fin fish.

4
Business Day

The Trade Issue That Most Divides U.S. and China on Trade Isn’t Tariffs

The real fight is over China’s financial support for its high-tech sector, which could help the country develop cutting-edge industries. Beijing says it will stand firm.

The Trump administration will have to subsidise
the chip makers and assemblers.

Agilent Technologies, the rump of HP and Texas Instruments for choice.  There are a few others. Think IBM and Harris and Perkinelmer.


5
U.S.

California Today: They Marched for Gun Control. Will Anything Change?

Monday: Gun control proponents march throughout the state, fresh uproar over a fatal shooting by the Sacramento police, and concern over a new housing bill.

Nothing will change until November.

6
The Upshot

What We Know (and Don’t Know) About How to Lose Weight

One conclusion from a much-discussed study: The best diet is the one you can stick to.

Fructose is what you want to avoid.

7
Real Estate

Shopping for Ceiling Lights

When you want to illuminate a room, sometimes a simple ceiling fixture is the best solution.

Not bad advice.  Add Task Lamps.

8
Well

Patient Voices: Psoriasis

The scaly, itchy skin of can be embarrassing and even painful. What is it like to live with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis? Five men, women and children speak about living with this disorder.

Ring worm, a  fungus.
Mine responds to treatment.

9
N.Y. / Region

New York Today: The Danger of Springtime Sunshine

Monday: Preventing cold-weather sunburn, a rendezvous with The Times’s podcast club, and our newly named ferry fleet.

Silly names for a nice way to traverse New York Harbor.

It will be months before I can travel to Alfred.
I have found a place in Brooklyn with a roommate that I can afford.

10
Opinion

Trump and Bolton’s Plan to Isolate Allies and Encourage Enemies

The new national security adviser’s appointment has cemented the expectation that the Iran deal’s life expectancy is short. What follows will be bad.

All probably true.


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