Tuesday, August 29, 2017

@11:45, 8/28/17

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1
Travel

Five Secret Hotel Rooms You Now Know About (Don’t Pass It On)

At properties in Las Vegas, New York, Nashville and elsewhere are suites that are way under wraps. Some are hidden, and all of them have a story.

Secrets cease to be when advertised.

2
Technology

Why Leasing a Smartphone May Be Better Than Buying One

Don’t want to spend $700 on the latest smartphone? Leasing one can keep you up-to-date on the newest phone models, with other benefits besides.

I am fighting the fashion business.
The latest fashion accessory has little appeal.

Phones and computers are tools.

3
Magazine

How to Run With a Jogging Stroller

How you run behind a stroller may determine how much physical benefit you actually experience.

We have been told again and again that the benefit of moderate exercise is cardiac fitness and apetite control.
The calories expended are not significant.

4
Science

How Horses Got Their Hooves

A new study suggests horses lost all but a single toe per foot as they evolved larger bodies and longer legs millions of years ago.

Hooves came before size.
Riding horses are relatively recent.
They were bred in central Asia where saddles and stirrups were invented.

5
Crosswords & Games

Notable Declaration

Dan Margolis rides in on a ... well, you’ll see.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0QATz8aEAc

Ok.

6
Food

What to Cook This Week

Long-cooked wax beans, mustard-glazed pork, spicy shrimp salad: It’s going to be a good few days.

I cook.

7
Books

How I Rebuilt My Childhood Library, Book by Book

A novelist and new mother recreates her book collection for the next generation.

It is a human readers rite of passage.
It only works on four year olds.
At about six they read to themselves.

8
Opinion

We’re Journalists, Mr. Trump, Not the Enemy

The president inexplicably finds it easier to condemn reporters than neo-Nazis and white supremacists.

Donald Trump is an American racist.

9
Fashion & Style

Rachel Zabar, Scion of Saul, Eschews Lox for Vintage Couture

Outfitting A-listers and dealing to archivists, the latest entrant into a small but fiercely competitive industry got her start at the caviar counter.

"The rag trade" has been Jewish for a century in New York.

10
Well

Safer Cars Help Keep Older Drivers on the Road

Many features of new cars like lane guidance and backup cameras accommodate the needs of older drivers.

I am less intrepid than I have been.


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