Tuesday, March 13, 2018

@13:00, 3/13/18

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Movies

Review: ‘Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day,’ Another Fassbinder Masterpiece

Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s opus, first shown as a series in 1972 and 1973, is funnier, more humane and more optimistic than anything else in his canon.

Stream it when we can.

Life is complicated.

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The Upshot

Why Is U.S. Health Care So Expensive? Some of the Reasons You’ve Heard Turn Out to Be Myths

In a new, detailed international comparison, the United States looks a lot more like its peers than researchers expected.

The government should stop trying to shift costs to individuals.
It keeps getting us in trouble.

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Well

Out of the Doghouse, Into the Bed

Researchers found that with a dog in the bedroom, both the humans and the dogs slept reasonably well.

Do it your way.

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N.Y. / Region

From Coney Island Sideshows to an Operatic Debut at the Met

The Metropolitan Opera’s new production of Mozart’s “Così Fan Tutte,” set in 1950s Coney Island, uses sideshow and burlesque performers.

Completely appropriate.


U.S.

ICE Spokesman Resigns, Saying He Could No Longer Spread Falsehoods for Trump Administration

James Schwab said false statements made by the immigration enforcement agency and Attorney General Jeff Sessions led to his decision.

A good reason to leave.

"In a statement, Ms. Schaaf, whom President Trump criticized last week for alerting residents to the raid, praised Mr. Schwab “for speaking the truth while under intense pressure to lie.”
“Our democracy depends on public servants who act with integrity and hold transparency in the highest regard,” she added."

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N.Y. / Region

Joseph Percoco, Ex-Cuomo Aide, Found Guilty in Corruption Trial

Mr. Percoco, the governor’s former executive deputy secretary, was accused of accepting more than $300,000 in bribes from executives of two companies.

I am saddened but not shocked at this event.

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Smarter Living

The One Thing That Protects a Laptop After It’s Been Stolen

Here’s one thing you can do today so if your laptop is lost or stolen, your private, personal data doesn’t fall into the wrong hands too.

The other name is ransom ware.

I do not believe in security beyond air gaps and other locked doors.

An encrypted file can become inaccessible to the maker.
I have locked myself out often enough.

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Magazine

Why Was This Teenager Bleeding So Excessively?

Her heart stopped, and blood began pouring out of her nose and mouth. What was going on?

An amazing number of things can go wrong with a human being. 

Most people are close to OK.

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Business Day

Larry Kudlow Is the New Favorite to Replace Gary Cohn

Mr. Kudlow, a CNBC commentator, is the leading candidate to head the National Economic Council.

Donald Trump is insisting on an economic disaster.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/10/opinion/trumps-negative-protection-racket-wonkish.html

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Lens

Neither Black Nor White in the Mississippi Delta

Two photographers document a community of Chinese-Americans in the birthplace of the blues.

There was never anything in the delta but farming and a port.

Racism is the story of the unreconstructed south.

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