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N.Y. / Region
Art Collector and Bon Vivant Dies in Trump Tower Home He Couldn’t Sell
Todd Brassner lived alone amid a collection of 100 vintage electric guitars and artwork by Andy Warhol, Robert Indiana, Jack Kerouac and others.Small loss.
Insurance should cover it.
The music survives.
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Business Day
Credit Card Signatures Are About to Become Extinct
The major credit card networks are ending a requirement that people sign for most card transactions — the latest blow to the signature.Paper is going away.
A digital image of a signature can be copied infinitely.
Its existence proves nothing.
Unique shakes and variations are helpful.
Machines will miss them.
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Business Day
Video: Is This the End of the Signature?
People have used the handwritten signature to prove their identity, but it has also become an expression of personality in addition to being a sign of growing into adulthood. But now, the signature may be going out of style.Style has little to do with it.
The more ornate the signature, the more trivial the person.
The personal chop is an oriental tradition.
A wax seal?
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N.Y. / Region
Two Men Charged in Bronx Teacher’s Overdose Death
The pair were charged with heroin and fentanyl distribution, and conspiring to sell the drugs to Matthew Azimi, who died in a faculty bathroom.I am confused.
Addictive drugs sell themselves.
Drugs are sometimes forced on people as a means of control.
The demand comes from the addict.
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Sports
With Alain Vigneault Out, Rangers Have Yet Another Position to Fill
The Rangers began a roster overhaul halfway through a disappointing 2017-18 season, and after firing Vigneault, they now will search for a coach to lead the young team.The Rangers have set themselves up for another losing season as the team learns to play together.
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Technology
A Tough Task for Facebook: European-Type Privacy for All
Facebook just promised to offer its users around the world the same privacy controls required under a new European data protection law. What does that mean? And can the company deliver?Good privacy will destroy the Facebook business model.
Appearances will be maintained but there wll be no privacy.
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U.S.
Video: Did These Women See #MeToo Coming?
In the 1990s, young women at Antioch College created the country’s first affirmative consent policy for sex. They were publicly mocked — even “S.N.L.” weighed in. Here’s what they think now.No.
They saw the need for positive verbal consent in their and their parteners experiments.
They did not see the broad cultural need.
The policy of positive consent developed by the students of
Antioch College catalyzed the recognition of the general need for positive consent.
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Times Insider
‘I Kept Thinking of Antioch’: Long Before #MeToo, a Times Video Journalist Remembered a Form She Signed in 2004
Before I could spend the night in my younger sister’s dorm room, I had to report to security...A good journalist follows up on stories.
Samantha Stark was aware of the experiment in positive consent.
Looking at how it worked out was a natural response.
It worked and has had enormous positive effect.
I was not listening.
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Crosswords & Games
Given Their Initials
Erik Agard’s Monday crossword puzzle shines brightly.It is still opaque to me.
I have been ignoring film.
I have been out of the loop recently.
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