Friday, November 30, 2018

@13:55, 11/29/18

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1
Neediest Cases

When a Single ‘Supermom’ Is Crippled by Back Pain

Careen Williams is raising a son with autism and pica. His meltdowns aggravated an old injury, causing her to miss work and fall behind on bills.

She should not need to beg.

2
Business

How to Stop Radical C.E.O.s From Going Rogue

There are four obvious lines of defense that can be used to stop chief executives from engulfing themselves and their companies in scandal.

This is the board of directors task.

3
Food

What to Cook This Weekend

Make Danny Bowien’s pastrami, if you’re feeling particularly ambitious (and if you’re not, we have a hack).

These things go well to a receptive audience.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/68861692-admin/1973020-our-best-hanukkah-recipes

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015717-danny-bowiens-pastrami

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1015533-classic-potato-latkes

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016210-orange-scented-jelly-doughnuts-sufganiyot

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U.S.

After Whitey Bulger Killing, Warden of ‘Misery Mountain’ Faces Ouster

As the investigation expands, there are indications that the lead suspect was allowed to have unusual influence with inmates and prison staff.

Do the investigation properly.
That Bulger made fools of law enforcement was not among the crimes that sent him to prison.

5
Arts

African Officials Respond to France’s Restitution Report

Government officials from Senegal and the Ivory Coast ask for African treasures to be returned.

The return of artifacts is a choice made by the holding nation.

They must ask.

France is reluctant to part with these works.

6
Books

In ‘I Might Regret This,’ Abbi Jacobson Hits the Road. Insomnia, Heartbreak, Hilarity and Self-Discovery Ensue.

Ahead of the fifth and final season of “Broad City,” its co-creator and co-star leaves New York to see the country, finding herself (and some good laughs) along the way.

Sooner is better.     As soon as you can is best.

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Food

Leave Your Fondue Pot Behind (but Keep the Fondue)

You don’t need to break out anything special for this rich, creamy fondue: Instead, a roasted squash is its serving vessel.

https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019787-roasted-squash-with-cheese-fondue

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Books

Ghosts, Robots and Monsters: A Roundup of New Sci-Fi and Fantasy

As the weather grows wetter and colder, it’s an excellent time to hole up with fantastical new fiction.

I will have to try these tales to know their aesthetic.
I am not happy with the review.
It has been some years since I read extensively.


Books

The Latest Romance Novels: Firefighters, Buff Male Nannies, Astronauts and More

Our romance columnist, Jaime Green, picks her fall favorites.

I usually don't bother to look at romance novels.

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Books

A Long Visit to Weimar-Era Berlin Through an Epic Graphic Novel

Jason Lutes’s “Berlin,” over two decades in the making, explores a society on the verge of collapse. One of two books reviewed in Ed Park’s Graphic Content column.

Fascinating stuff when well made.

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Books

Rap’s Radical First Act

“The Last Poets,” by Christine Otten, is a novelized account of the radical Harlem spoken-word group whose style and themes paved the way for contemporary rappers.

I have not been able to listen to rap.

12
Your Money

When the Social Mission Comes Before Making a Buck

The “giveback” strategy, in which a social cause is an integral part of a corporate mission and brand marketing, has become a necessity for some entrepreneurs.

Charity is a one on one relationship.
One cannot be charitable for another.

13
World

What Is ‘La Lista,’ Which Controls Migrants’ Fates in Tijuana?

The first all-important step for caravan migrants who come to northern Mexico to seek asylum in the United States is to get on The List.

Asylum seekers should not be required to wait.

14
World

The Man Who Brought Weimar Into Germans’ Living Rooms

With seven hit novels, now the basis of a blockbuster TV show, Volker Kutscher has helped ignite a debate in Germany about whether history is repeating itself.

The history has existed in American and British librarys.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022100/

I remember the toy store window.

I will look for Volker Kutscher.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_Berlin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmjuMOookl4&list=PLZrITda1XK7FwTB-vBRIAHIwHI2Z8dYy-

15
Sports

How Did He Catch That? A New N.F.L. Stat Can Confirm Your Amazement

Through tracking devices attached all over the field, and to the players, the league measures the difficulty of a passing play with a statistic called completion probability.

More noise.

http://nytimes.stats.com/wcbk/schedules.asp?team=0129

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Arts

The Orchestra Brawls in a ‘Beer and Pizza’ Oedipus Opera

Mark-Anthony Turnage’s raucous “Greek,” which moves Sophocles forward to an unsettled contemporary London, comes to the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

You can take me.

17
Your Money

Those Halls Won’t Deck Themselves: Pros Help With Holiday Lights

Many companies not only hang and remove the lights, but also store the decorations. The cost, though, can run from hundreds of dollars to thousands.

It is a business.  I would not be enthusiastic about it.

I will miss the light show this year.

18

Style

South Korean Women Smash Makeup, and Patriarchy

The movement is called “Escape the Corset.” Plus: Jameela Jamil’s social media campaign against those weight loss teas and remembering Harvey Milk.

Being happy with yourself  will make me happy.

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Arts

Makaya McCraven Sees the Future of Jazz Through Layers of History

The Chicago-based drummer keeps expanding his communal improvisational process. He released the album “Universal Beings” in October to wide acclaim.

I can try to listen

20
Books

For the Art Lovers on Your List, Career Retrospectives of Two British Painters

Massive and lavish boxed sets give Bridget Riley and Lucian Freud their due.

Yes, the products are art.
I am not fond of Lucian Freud. 
Bridget Riley is interesting but will never be found on my walls.



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1
Opinion

The Woman Who Still Finds Louis C.K. Lovable

The French comedian Blanche Gardin is taking on all of feminism’s orthodoxies.

She has her reasons.

I have difficulties with humor and with France.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Lewis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_C.K.

2
Style

Marooned on ‘Love Island’

When a medical crisis asks a young woman to confront the messier aspects of love, she plunges into a reality TV version of romance.

You have my attention.

3
Fashion

Engraving That Endures

Contemporary jewelry makers are behind a mini-revival of this ancient method of decorating metals.

Engraving so quickly drifts into ornament.
The aesthetics of the work should be a unity.

Ruskin was better at crafting words.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin

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Fashion

Auction Houses Grow a Different Kind of Jewelry Sale

As competition for goods and customers increases, exhibitions by contemporary art jewelry designers are proliferating.

Art jewelry is a business that cannot grow large.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany_%26_Co.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Lewis_Tiffany
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Comfort_Tiffany

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Arts

What’s on TV Friday: ‘A Very Nutty Christmas’ and ‘The Shining’

Get into the holiday spirit with “A Very Nutty Christmas.” And Jack Nicholson loses his mind in “The Shining.”

I have never liked The Nutcracker.
I do try to fix things.
Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

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Fashion

Sparkle Comes Pretty Cheap

Everyone has at least one piece of nice jewelry: an engagement ring, an heirloom or an impulse buy. Keeping it clean can be as simple as soap and water.

Cleaning is important.

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Fashion

Emojis: Dressed Up and Ready to Party

The smiley faces and cartoony images that have taken over our text messages are turning up in precious metals and gemstones.

Rubber stamps.
Fun but they carry information.


Fashion

The Beauty of Brazil’s Rain Forest, in Jewelry

Silvia Furmanovich created a new collection inspired by her trips into the Amazon.

It is a shallow well.

9
Fashion

Will Blockchain Be a Boon to the Jewelry Industry?

Advocates say shared and secure data could help guarantee provenance, identify fakes and authenticate ownership.

Maybe.  

It could serve as copyright for the ignorant.

Hallmarks
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallmark

9
Business

Grindr President Defends Same-Sex Marriage Comments

Scott Chen, the president of the gay dating app, said his personal view of marriage as “between a man and a woman” did not contradict his support for same-sex marriage.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/holy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred#Distinguished_from_%22Holy%22

Marriage is a civil contract.
It is enforced by the available tools
The contract can be voided in civil courts in our culture.

Sooner is better.    As soon as you can is best.

Love is not a contract.
It carries no other penalties than absence.

10
World

Australian Students Stage School Strikes Over Climate Change Inaction

Frustrated by their government’s failure to act on climate change, thousands of Australian students quit school for a day to protest instead.

An available tool.

11
Fashion

The Luckenbooth: Scotland’s Love Brooch

In the 16th century, heart-shaped brooches were often betrothal gifts — and later some believed they kept witches away from babies.

A Brooch is as necessary to wearing a Plaid as woven wool.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full_plaid
Add iconography.
Sheep are important.

12
Fashion

The Canadian Jeweler Who Caught Meghan Markle’s Eye

The duchess has worn Birks designs, along with millions of Canadians over its 140-year history.

Yes.

13
Fashion

How Jewelry Makes Us Who We Are

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new exhibition, “Jewelry: The Body Transformed,” examines how adornment changes people.

Sooner is better.   As soon as you can is best.

14
Fashion

She Calls Her Stock ‘Jewelry, Made by Artists’

The owner of Galerie Marzee has spent decades developing what some say is the world’s largest gallery for handcrafted contemporary art jewelry.

Businesses need a market.

15 
Opinion

A European Goes to Trump’s Washington

And what he finds is disturbing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-body_problem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-body_problem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multibody_system

The political world has many degrees of freedom.
Physical bodies have six.
Particle masses have three.

16
Fashion

The Secret History of Women, Told in Earrings

Annette Klein has more than 2,000 pairs of earrings, most from the 18th and 19th centuries. Each one, she says, represents a story.

Much is known if one cares to know.

18
World

Cuban Doctors Accuse International Agency of Profiting From Their Work

A division of the World Health Organization made about $75 million off the work of Cuban doctors who earned substandard wages in Brazil, a lawsuit alleges.

Dr. Ramona Matos Rodríguez, a Cuban doctor who defected from Cuba’s medical mission in Brazil, is a plaintiff in a lawsuit that challenges the immunity of international groups.

Equality is not automatic or inherent.
Cuba appears to claim title to its people.

19 
World

South Korea Frees 58 Conscientious Objectors in Wake of Landmark Ruling

South Korea has imprisoned thousands of men for refusing mandatory military service. But the practice is coming to an end after a Supreme Court ruling this month.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscientious_objection_in_the_United_States#History

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Crosswords & Games

Before Doing Something Foolish

The comedian, writer and animal activist Elayne Boosler tries her hand at solving a Friday puzzle by Robyn Weintraub.

https://www.youtube.com/watch/v=VO0ojL5NPrM

I do.   I could use another.

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