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 S56The Best Books We Read This Week   Our editors and critics choose the most captivating, notable, brilliant, surprising, absorbing, weird, thought-provoking, and talked-about reads. Check back every Wednesday for new fiction and nonfiction recommendations.In 2016, Rodrigo Duterte was elected President of the Philippines after campaigning on the promise of slaughtering three million drug addicts. In this unflinching account of the ensuing violence, a Filipina trauma journalist narrates six years of the country's drug war, during which she spent her evenings "in the mechanical absorption of organized killing." The book, conceived as a record of extrajudicial deaths, interweaves snippets of memoir that chart Evangelista's personal evolution alongside that of her country under Duterte. In this period, she became "a citizen of a nation I cannot recognize as my own."
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S24 Phrases That Build a Culture of Curiosity  Curiosity is a powerful practice to infuse into a company’s culture. But managers often limit their definition of curiosity to simply a way to get information. Curiosity, though, can be a more expansive practice — it is a force for connection. We need to move away from “shallow curiosity” and embrace “deep curiosity,” where you unearth stories, values, experiences, and feelings. When conversations go beneath the surface in this way, it can strengthen work relationships, foster a better understanding of yourself as a leader, and help you to navigate conflict or anxiety in the office.
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S3How to Write a Winning Business Plan  You’ve got a great idea for a new product or service—how can you persuade investors to support it? Flashy PowerPoint slides aren’t enough; you need a winning business plan. A compelling plan accurately reflects the viewpoints of your three key constituencies: the market, potential investors, and the producer (the entrepreneur or inventor of the new offering).
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S4 A Reshoring Renaissance Is Underway  Our special report on innovation systems will help leaders guide teams that rely on virtual collaboration, explores the potential of new developments, and provides insights on how to manage customer-led innovation.Our special report on innovation systems will help leaders guide teams that rely on virtual collaboration, explores the potential of new developments, and provides insights on how to manage customer-led innovation.Companies are building manufacturing facilities in the U.S. at a pace not seen in decades. A confluence of factors is driving this trend: Amid supply chain bottlenecks, rising labor and transportation costs, U.S. tariffs on China, and geopolitical tensions, companies recognize the value of reshoring production. U.S. industrial policies favoring domestic manufacturing are also informing these decisions, including new laws seeking to address national security threats, economic disruptions, and dwindling access to key technological components. The result is an early-stage U.S. reshoring renaissance.
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S5Despite financial pressures, holiday shoppers will still spend billions  Amid a cost-of-living crisis, many families are struggling with spiking prices due to inflation, rising housing costs and, in the US, the re-start of student-loan payments. With less discretionary income, many consumers have pulled back on spending. Now, the holiday shopping season is approaching amid the financial squeeze – yet instead of keeping spending tight, experts are predicting consumers will still lay out cash.In fact, not only will consumers spend, but some retail forecasters are even predicting a return to pre-pandemic holiday shopping norms. According to Deloitte's 2023 Holiday Retail Survey, US spending is expected to surpass pre-pandemic levels for the first time.
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S6Bebinca: a multi-layered cake from India  "An excess of egg yolks led to the creation of bebinca," said Gracian de Souza, a chef and restaurant consultant from India's western state of Goa. "And in today's parlance, we can call it a perfect example of zero-waste cooking."Bebinca is a multi-layered cake that has been dubbed the "queen of Goan desserts" and is considered such an inherent part of Goa's culinary identity that the state administration is pushing for a Geographical Indication (GI) tag for the caramelised confection.
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S7Massimo Bottura's new "Not Barbecue" restaurant  I'm three dishes deep into the tasting menu at Al Gatto Verde – Massimo Bottura's new "Not Barbecue" restaurant at Casa Maria Luigia, his intensely stylish guesthouse on the outskirts of Modena, Italy – when the cotechino sangue di drago arrives.Cotechino, a Northern Italian pork sausage flavoured with juniper, cloves and garlic, is the quintessential Italian New Year's Eve dish; stewed with lentils and served at midnight. I've eaten it every winter of my life, but only on New Year's, and never on an early autumn night in the ochre-hued Emilian hills, surrounded by edgy artwork.
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S8The Crown to Doctor Who: 12 of the best TV shows to watch this November  This adaptation of Anthony Doerr's 2014 bestselling novel about Marie-Laure, a young blind woman working for the French Resistance, and Werner, a German soldier drawn to her radio broadcasts, received tepid reactions when it premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. Indiewire called it "schmaltzy" as well as "speedy, tear-jerking and handsome enough". But that might not bother the book's many fans, who can now appreciate the appealing cast as well as the dramatic story. Newcomer Aria Mia Loberti, who has impaired vision herself, received high praise as Marie-Laure. The Hollywood Reporter called her "radiant". Mark Ruffalo plays her devoted father, and Hugh Laurie the uncle they stay with during the Nazi occupation. Written by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders) and directed by Shawn Levy (best known for the Night at the Museum films), the four-part series comes with World War Two intrigue, family emotion and a built-in audience. Executive producer Taylor Sheridan adds another Western saga to his empire with this anthology series, each season featuring a different real-life hero. The initial season has familiar genre tropes, all those cowboy hats and horses, but a bracingly different story. David Oyelowo (Selma) plays the US Deputy Marshal Bass Reeves, famous for having arrested more than 3,000 men. An enslaved man who was forced to fight for the Confederacy in the US Civil War, he escaped, and became one of the first black US Marshals. It's a story Oyelowo, also a producer of the show, has wanted to make since 2015, before Sheridan's company was involved. As he told Vanity Fair, Reeves lived "at a time that in many ways defines who and what America is", a history viewed here "through the personal eyes of one black man and his family". The supporting cast includes Donald Sutherland, Garrett Hedlund and Yellowstone regular Moses Brings Plenty.
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S9The BBC's Doctor Who 60th anniversary specials: Everything we know so far  The specials begin streaming from 25 November, and will be available on Disney+ globally for fans outside of the UK. Here's what we know so far:As part of the show's 60th anniversary, viewers globally will be able to stream three new hour-long special episodes of Doctor Who, and the BBC has confirmed the first episode will premiere on Disney+ on 25 November. The two other anniversary specials will be available on 2 December and 9 December, while a Christmas special will then air over the festive period.
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S10Is it a cold, flu or hay fever? How to tell symptoms apart - and boost your immune system  As the crisp autumn air sets in and leaves turn to shades of red and gold, many of us eagerly anticipate the seasonal delights that come with the autumn and winter months. But, for some, these seasons also bring an unwelcome guest: hay fever. Hay fever is often associated with spring and summer. But climate change means hay fever season now extends well into autumn and winter. This is due to climate change shifting weather patterns and temperatures, causing extended periods of pollen production from various plant species.
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S11A century ago, a Black-owned team ruled basketball - today, no Black majority owners remain  In late 2002, the NBA awarded an expansion team, the Charlotte Bobcats, to Black Entertainment Television co-founder Bob Johnson. Four years later, former NBA star Michael Jordan bought a minority stake in the franchise, and in 2010, he bought Johnson’s stake. However, Jordan sold his majority stake in the franchise in July 2023.This lack of diversity in basketball team ownership is especially disappointing considering the rich history of Black ownership in sports, which began when the top leagues in the U.S. were still segregated.
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S12American individualism lives on after death, as consumers choose new ways to put their remains to rest  Death may be inevitable and universal, but the ways people deal with it most certainly are not. Whether doing Tibetan Buddhist sky burials, attending a graveside service dressed in black or putting one’s parents’ ashes in the sacred Ganges, each culture has its own ways to deal with death and mourning.Yet death rites around the world do share some common goals. Traditionally, what happens to a dead body reflects communal beliefs and practices – rituals not only meant to honor the deceased but also to comfort their community.
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S13Rupert Murdoch's empire was built on a shrewd understanding of how media and power work  But when 92-year-old Rupert Murdoch announced in September that he was stepping away from his multicontinent media empire and turning it over to his son Lachlan, it was breaking news that generated countless stories speculating about the futures of two of his most storied holdings, Fox and News Corp.As a scholar who studies media organizations and their political and economic influence, I see this level of attention as an indicator both of the significance of the companies Murdoch built and the way he used them to alter the media and political landscape.
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S14S15Friendship research is getting an update - and that's key for dealing with the loneliness epidemic  The benefits of friendship go far beyond having someone to confide in or spend time with – it can also protect you from physical and mental health problems. For example, people with good friends recover more quickly from illnesses and surgeries. They report higher well-being and feel like they live up to their full potential. Additionally, people with good friends report being less lonely across many life stages, including adolescence, becoming a parent and old age. In fact, friendships are so powerful that the social pain of rejection activates the same neural pathways that physical pain does.
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S16Endometriosis afflicts millions of women, but few people feel comfortable talking about it  Endometriosis causes physical, sexual and emotional pain. About 190 million people around the globe have endometriosis, including one in 10 American women, but there has historically been a deafening silence about the disease and the pervasive impact it can have on a person’s life. While endometriosis is a chronic gynecological illness that can affect anyone with a uterus – women, transgender men and nonbinary individuals – it often goes undiagnosed because its symptoms can be attributed to other physical or psychological concerns. Patients presenting with this pain are often told it is “all in your head.”
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S17S18S19Palestine protest arrests: why even police are confused about hate crime law  Though it’s happening thousands of miles away, the Israel-Gaza conflict has aggravated tensions in the UK. In London, authorities have recorded a 1,353% increase in antisemitic offences and a 140% increase in anti-Muslim offences during October compared to last year. In this emotionally charged environment, police have faced immense pressure to address hate crime, including by making arrests at protests.Over the last few weekends, more than 100,000 people have attended pro-Palestinian demonstrations. There has been a heavy police presence, and at least nine people have been arrested. At a recent protest, police arrested three people for “racially aggravated offences”.
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S20Gaza bombing adds to the generations of Palestinians displaced from their homes  An estimated 1.4 million Palestinians have been displaced from their homes since the Israeli military began bombing the Gaza Strip on Oct. 8, 2023, in retaliation for a surprise attack by Hamas militants. Many of these Palestinians have sought refuge in United Nations emergency shelters in a situation the World Health Organization has described as “catastrophic.” With shelters running out of adequate access to water, food, electricity and other critical supplies, humanitarian agencies are deeply concerned and fear a total breakdown in order.
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S21What the Israel Defence Forces can expect when they enter the 'Gaza Metro' tunnel system  Teaching Fellow, School of Strategy, Marketing and Innovation, University of Portsmouth Amid fears of yet another long war in the region, Israel has now begun its ground campaign in Gaza. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has already claimed several successes in its three-week campaign, including the elimination of several terrorist leaders including Ibrahim Biari, who it described as a “ringleader” of the October 7 attacks, and liberating at least one hostage held by Hamas.
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S22S23S24Giraffes could go extinct - the 5 biggest threats they face  Giraffes are the world’s tallest mammals and an African icon, but they are also vulnerable to extinction. Giraffe populations have declined by 40% in the last 30 years, and there are now fewer than 70,000 mature individuals left in the wild. What are the causes of this alarming decline, and what can be done to protect these gentle giants?
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S25S26S27South Africa's medium-term budget reflects difficult and contested decisions  University of Johannesburg provides support as an endorsing partner of The Conversation AFRICA.The medium-term budget policy statement presented by South Africa’s finance minister, Enoch Godongwana, to parliament on 1 November 2023 is intended to provide a preview of government’s public finance plans over the next three years. It does not actually commit government to anything, either in law or in practice. Nevertheless, it is a crucial document because it presents what the National Treasury intends to be the broad, financial foundation for the functioning of national, provincial and local governments in the near future.
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S28Attacks on Jews always rise globally when conflict in Israel and Palestine intensifies  The terrorist attack in Israel on October 7 and the subsequent war in Gaza have led to increased attacks on Jews around the world. This is not a new trend. When conflict happens in Israel and Palestine the result is often rising numbers of attacks and threats.In 2016, a study by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights stated that “events in the Middle East can trigger antisemitic sentiment in the EU”. This was clear in western Europe, and less so in Hungary and Poland.
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S29I've researched time for 15 years - here's how my perception of it has changed  Time is one of those things that most of us take for granted. We spend our lives portioning it into work-time, family-time and me-time. Rarely do we sit and think about how and why we choreograph our lives through this strange medium. A lot of people only appreciate time when they have an experience that makes them realise how limited it is.My own interest in time grew from one of those “time is running out” experiences. Eighteen years ago, while at university, I was driving down a country lane when another vehicle strayed onto my side of the road and collided with my car. I can still vividly remember the way in which time slowed down, grinding to a near halt, in the moments before my car impacted with the oncoming vehicle. Time literally seemed to stand still. The elasticity of time and its ability to wax and wane in different situations shone out like never before. From that moment I was hooked.
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S30Forests are vital to protect the climate, yet the world is falling far behind its targets  Mary Gagen is currently on secondment to WWF UK and is the lead author of the WWF 2023 Forest Pathways Report. The world is falling behind on commitments to protect and restore forests, according to the recent Forest Declaration Assessment. There is no serious pathway to fixing climate change while forest losses continue at current rates, because global climate targets, sustainable development goals and forest commitments depend on each other.
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S31The best techniques for being a cricket fast bowler, according to science  Twenty years ago, Shoaib Akhtar became the first person recorded to bowl at 100mph (161km per hour) during the 2003 One-Day International Men’s World Cup match for Pakistan against England. There was an expectation afterwards that this feat would become a regular occurrence.As humans have continued to run faster, throw further and jump higher, it was believed that this milestone would be a stepping stone consigned to history similar to Roger Bannister breaking the four-minute mile. It was thought it might also act as a catalyst for serious worldwide improvement in fast bowling.
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S32Our new map reveals the effects of 20th century land-use and climate change on Britain's wild species  Under the stewardship of geographer Sir Dudley Stamp, thousands of volunteers (including many schoolchildren) came together in the 1930s on a mission that sounds relatively simple on paper: to record how British land was being used. Equipped with an Ordnance Survey map, a clipboard and a pencil, these volunteers recorded information that collectively formed the earliest spatial record of where and how the British people were using their environment at the beginning of the third agricultural revolution. Spanning the mid-20th century, that revolution changed the British landscape almost beyond recognition.
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S33Benjamin Netanyahu's leadership is questioned even as Israelis rally round the flag  Over the past year, Israel has witnessed an extraordinary wave of non-violent protests, involving hundreds of thousands of activists from across society. The extensive demonstrations were triggered by a judicial overhaul announced by the Israeli government in early 2023. The government passed into law in July 2023 the first planned change of the overhaul – a so-called “reasonableness” bill. This removed the power of the country’s supreme court (and lower courts) to cancel government decisions deemed “extremely unreasonable”.
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S34Climate change is affecting bears, and humans need to learn more to avoid conflicts  Studies showed the importance of stopping two specific bear behaviours: food conditioning and habituation to people. Those pioneering findings translated readily into advice and policies, saving many bear and human lives. However, all that work assumed ecosystems remained stable: a notion now upended by climate change. Food shortages acutely increase conflicts between bears and people, but we have not applied this awareness to the “new normal” of climate-driven ecological disruption.
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S35S36Grandiose visions and arrested development: a new biography considers the contradictory life of Elon Musk  Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has his fingers in many pies, none of them your standard Four and Twenty – space exploration, electric cars, AI and social media, among others. He became a global leader in space exploration when NASA had virtually vacated the field, and his electric vehicle company Tesla, headquartered in the gas-guzzling United States, has by far the biggest market capitalisation of any car manufacturer in the world, yet he has few formal qualifications in either field.
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S37S38What makes an ideal main street? This is what shoppers told us  A lot of dedication and effort goes into making main streets attractive. Local governments, planners, place makers, economic development managers, trade associations and retailers work hard to design, improve and revitalise main streets. The goal is to make them attractive places to increase shopper numbers, provide pleasant places for communities, and boost local economies.Pharmacies are the top choice. Intriguingly, four types of stores/services that are disappearing from main streets around Australia – the post office, bank, department store and newsagent – are in the top ten (out of 45 choices in our survey).
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S39S40S41Canada's refugee pilot programs risk making refugees prove their worth  Canada’s Economic Mobility Pathways Pilot (EMPP), intended to settle skilled refugees to fill urgent Canadian labour shortages, risks commodifying refugees and humanitarianism. A shift towards using an asylum claimant’s economic potential to judge their claim risks blurring the lines between humanitarian- and economically-driven migration to Canada. Canada has garnered international praise for the way it has welcomed refugees. The country has a long history of granting protection to individuals fleeing persecution, war and violence. Since 1980, Canada has welcomed over one million refugees, and takes pride in their contributions to the Canadian economy and its multicultural milieu.
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S42Canada needs to move beyond poorly enforced bribery laws and tackle corruption's root causes  Canada’s enforcement of laws against foreign bribery is weak, according to a recent report from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). A working group from the OECD has found that, in the nearly 25 years since Canada passed the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act and signed onto the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, only two people have been convicted of foreign bribery and four companies have been sanctioned.
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S43S44S45What is eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing? And can EMDR help children recover from trauma?  Childhood traumatic experiences are common. Almost one in three (32%) Australians reported being physically abused as a child, 31% experienced emotional abuse, 28.5% were victims of sexual abuse and 9% were neglected. Some 40% of Australians were exposed to domestic violence against a parent. Untreated childhood trauma is associated with an increased risk of mental health disorders. These children are more likely to become teens and adults who binge drink, attempt suicide and self-harm.
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S46Regulating political misinformation isn't easy, but it's necessary to protect democracy  The recent open letter to the prime minister and parliamentarians broke the week-long silence from Indigenous leaders after the country rejected the proposed First Nations Voice to Parliament. The letter emphasised the damage caused by the “lies in political advertising and communication” prevalent in the recent campaign. The immediate consequences of these campaign messages have been profoundly damaging. There have been reports of rising racism, with Indigenous-led mental health helpline 13 YARN receiving an 108% increase of Indigenous people reporting racism, abuse and trauma – mostly in August and September, during the run-up to the October 14 referendum.
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S47S48AI: the real threat may be the way that governments choose to use it  The significant risks that AI poses to global security are becoming clearer. That’s partly why UK prime minister Rishi Sunak is hosting other world leaders at the AI Safety summit on November 1-2 at the famous second world war code-breaking site Bletchley Park. Yet while the technology of AI is developing at an alarming pace, the real threat may come from governments themselves.The track record of AI development over the last 20 years provides a range of evidence of government misuse of the technology around the world. This includes excessive surveillance practices, the harnessing of AI for the spread of disinformation.
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S49S50S51What does an orchestra conductor really do?  Master en Musicología por la Universidad de La Rioja y Profesora de Comportamiento Organizacional en IE University, IE University In recent years there have been many films about orchestra conductors. At the beginning of this year we had Tar, based on the conductor Marin Alsop. Also premiering soon are Divertimento, a film about the creation of an orchestra of the same name by conductor Zahia Ziouani, and Maestro, a biopic of the charismatic Leonard Bernstein.
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S52S53The future of medicine: 50-year forecast offers hope for HIV and cancer patients and predicts climate change to increasingly set agenda  While we remain in “eternal beta” – a state in which products or drugs are tested through active use by a wide audience – sales of portable smart electronic devices will continue to grow thanks to advances in sensors, artificial intelligence (AI) and the proliferation of 5G technology. Data generated by personal devices will also increasingly be transferred to professional devices. This will enable doctors to treat their patients more holistically and better inform their prescriptions.Rising strains on public health care are likely to bolster the role of private entities. Innovations in this sector will likely hinge on smart sensors, the blockchain, and digital health records. Over the same period, climate change will exacerbate health issues such as malnutrition and water scarcity, especially in vulnerable regions, necessitating a broader health care response.
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S54Ukraine and Russia claim to be prepared for extremes of winter warfare -  As the bitter cold of winter settles in and temperatures drop to between -4,8 and 2°C, both Ukrainian and Russian troops are preparing for a new phase of the war. Freezing temperatures can hamper the performance of weapons and equipment. Ammunition can lose responsiveness and accuracy, meaning more is required. Wear and tear of equipment increases and battery life decreases, leading to increased maintenance, which is also more difficult in wintertime.
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S55S57Tim Scott's Racial Absolution  On the Presidential-campaign trail, Tim Scott often concludes his speeches with a declaration against dependence: Able-bodied people should work. Those who owe loans should pay them. The country needs more victors than victims. This summer, at an event in Des Moines, an audience of largely white evangelical voters applauded him heartily as he made his way offstage. At a table in the back of the auditorium was Glenn Beck, the former Fox News host turned conservative media magnate, whose outlet had been running a live stream. Scott slipped on a pair of chunky headphones and sat down with Beck for an interview."I love you, you know that," Beck told him. He felt differently, however, about Scott's home state.
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S58Remembering Robert Brustein, a Giant of the American Theatre  When Robert Brustein died, at ninety-six, he concluded not one but four stunning careers. A critic at The New Republic, off and on, for more than forty years, he was a university professor who founded two major theatres—the Yale Repertory Theatre, in New Haven, and the American Repertory Theatre, at Harvard. He authored more than a dozen books and produced hundreds of plays. Along the way, he supported and championed an entire American theatrical pantheon, including the playwrights David Mamet and Suzan-Lori Parks, directors such as Robert Wilson and JoAnne Akalaitis, and actors like Cherry Jones, F. Murray Abraham, and Meryl Streep. He himself was also a playwright: my favorite work of his is a klezmer-infused adaptation of Isaac Bashevis Singer’s “Shlemiel the First,” produced at the A.R.T. in 1994.Brustein held theatre to a high standard—one that was intellectual, visually audacious, international, explicitly noncommercial, and devoted to the now almost vanished model of a resident theatre company playing in a rotating repertory. One of his hallmark offerings at Harvard, for graduate students, was a class called Rep Ideal, in which he held forth on how a permanent company of actors could forge a bond between the institution and a community. Nothing else, he said, could create such a flexible acting instrument, nor offer a visiting director (say, from Eastern Europe) such a thrilling challenge. His well-forged A.R.T. company (mostly made up of gifted clowns) was, he felt, the reason his theatre could take on wild opportunities—a section of Robert Wilson’s epic multimedia experiment “The Civil Wars,” for instance—that might boggle an ad-hoc ensemble.
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S59Ginni Thomas Says Mike Johnson's Wife Seems a Little Crazy  WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)âExpressing concern about the wife of the new Speaker of the House, Ginni Thomas said that Kelly Johnson "seems a little crazy" to her."I don't know Kelly personally, so this is just based on what I've read," Thomas said. "But I have to sayâshe comes off like kind of a crackpot."
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S60Tim Scott, and the Republican Party's Vexed Relationship with Race  The South Carolina senator Tim Scott likes to point to himself as an example of racial progress in America. But in a recent story for The New Yorker, Robert Samuels looked into Scott's personal storyâin many ways a messier tale than the one he tellsâand into the ways that the "ââconcave mirror shaped by his own experience" distorts Scott's view of politics. Samuels joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss Scott's Presidential run, and what he reveals about the Republican Party's relationship to race and racism.After high-school football stars were accused of rape, online vigilantes demanded that justice be served.
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S61If Web Sites Were Music  Follow @newyorkercartoons on Instagram and sign up for the Daily Humor newsletter for more funny stuff.By signing up, you agree to our User Agreement and Privacy Policy & Cookie Statement. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
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S6230 Years Ago, an Iconic Fighting Game Sparked a Major Political Controversy  In November 1993, when Mortal Kombat II released in arcades, its cultural presence wasn’t just limited to games and a gigantic marketing campaign. Mortal Kombat II was public enemy number one in a congressional hearing about video game fighting.The game was a massive hit. But the graphics and “Oh, rad!” approach to gore that players loved put Liu Kang and the rest of Earthrealm’s warriors in the sights of someone far more cruel than Shang Tsung and Shao Kahn: The United States Senate. Yet, instead of hamstringing the franchise’s burgeoning success, it only proved the franchise’s staying power.
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S63S64'WarioWare: Move It!' Review: Nintendo Pushes the Switch to its Absurd Limits  The Nintendo Wii was popular for many reasons: its unconventional controller design, its capability to get people moving, the plethora of games — the list goes on. But for my money, I think its greatest potential came in making people look exceptionally silly when playing minigames. That is where 2006’s WarioWare: Smooth Moves succeeded, bringing the get-up-and-move mentality of the Wii to the loveable franchise comprised entirely of wacky mini-games.WarioWare: Move It! on the Nintendo Switch picks up the torch left by Smooth Moves and brings back the full potential of the franchise. While not the first WarioWare game on Switch (that would be 2021’s WarioWare: Get It Together), Move It! feels like the best entry the series has seen since the standout Wii days. For bite-sized fun for one and party games that lead to endless laughter, WarioWare: Move It! is a standout experience.
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S65Smartwatches Are the Key to Making Mixed Reality Click  With dozens of sensors and a dedicated place on your body, wearables are ready to be the controller for your mixed-reality headset.If there was one thing Apple could be counted on in introducing the Vision Pro “spatial computer,” it was sanding off most, if not all, of the rough edges of the mixed-reality headsets that had come before it. The yet-to-be-released headset offers the clearest possible passthrough, interface elements with the least amount of artifacting, and smooth and intuitive interactions based on our first hands-on with the device.
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S66Crash That Formed the Moon Left Bits Of An Alien Planet Inside Earth  Astronomers have long suspected that the Moon formed roughly 4.5 billion years ago when a hefty planet-in-the-making called Theia collided with a young Earth. Now, researchers have found evidence that massive blobs deep within Earth are actually relics from long-lost Theia. If true, other planets may also be filled with parts of their ancient foes.Scientists call Theia’s strike the Giant Impact. This was probably the last major event during Earth’s accretion phase when it was growing larger and regularly getting bombarded by space material. The Giant Impact is time zero on the clock for Earth and the Moon. This is why Qian Yuan, a geodynamicist at the California Institute of Technology who is interested in what makes some planets friendly to life, led a team of researchers to look into this ancient phase.
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S67Elon Musk Says the Cybertruck's Bulletproof Windows Have One Major Catch  Do you want bulletproof windows or the wind in your hair? Looks like Tesla is going to make you choose.Elon Musk, dropped some more snippets of info about the upcoming Cybertruck on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Even though the highly anticipated electric truck is going to start shipping later at the end of this month, we’re still getting some last-minute details.
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S68New Genetic Study Reveals Sea Stars Are Just A Bunch of Heads Smushed Together  Along the ocean floor lives an unusual multi-armed creature. No, not the octopus, the starfish: an animal from the echinoderm family known for its spines and bumps and, most importantly for some members, its celestial silhouette.Many animals — humans included — have a bilateral body plan, meaning if you’re split down the middle, you get roughly two symmetrical halves. Being the extra marine prima donnas they are, echinoderms have a pentaradial body plan, which means their bodies are arranged in a pattern that repeats five times around a central axis. But here’s the thing: echinoderms are part of a bigger family called deuterostomes (which means “second mouth”), many of whom enjoy a bilateral symmetry. This has had scientists wondering how echinoderms like starfish evolved from their humble bilateral origins to end up with their five-armed bodies.
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S69When Will 'Spider-Man 2' Add New Game Plus? Here's Everything We Know So Far  Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 launched in late October 2023, and critics immediately hailed the sequel as one of the best superhero games ever. Now that it’s been out in the wild for a few weeks, quite a few enterprising players have already reached the end of their battle with Venom. Of course, that means the hype for Insomniac Games’ Wolverine and the inevitable Spider-Man 3 will only ramp up, but players also hope to spend more time with Miles and Peter until then with New Game Plus.While the original Spider-Man didn’t get New Game Plus until a post-release update, Spider-Man: Miles Morales launched with a New Game Plus mode, so some players might assume its sequel would have one, too. Alas, Spider-Man 2 does not include New Game Plus yet. As Insomniac Games community director James Stevenson revealed a few days before launch, the feature wasn’t ready for release day.
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S70'Baldur's Gate 3' and 'Alan Wake 2' Reveal the Best Video Game Trend of 2023  This year has seen many musically minded games. Hi-Fi Rush mixed rhythm, action, and an exceptional soundtrack, while Goodbye Volcano High’s central songs are a highlight of the game’s storytelling. But though both of these games are music-centric, they don’t count as musicals in the traditional sense of songs forwarding the narrative as vessels for character emotions. Two of the most celebrated games of this year, however, do fit the musical mold.Both Baldur’s Gate 3 and Alan Wake 2 surprise players with sumptuous musical scenes that feel right at home on Broadway or in a Disney movie. While unexpected and jarring, these scenes work so well in both games because they highlight how the medium can succeed as a melting pot of other art forms.
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