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☆ Patti Astor, Doyenne of New York’s Avant-Garde Scene, Dies at 74
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Penelope Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Did she know any artists? “Yeah,” she said, “I know a few.”The place was just eight by 25 feet, and the idea was to make a gallery by artists, for artists. The first show there was an exhibition of pencil drawings by Steven Kramer, Ms. Astor’s husband at the time; all 20 of the pieces sold, at $50 each, which seemed like a promising beginning. Mr. Scharf, who had already turned all of the appliances at Ms. Astor’s home into his signature outer-space critters, was offered the next show. He was also given the opportunity to name the place for its duration.

Persons: Patti Astor, Lee Quinones, Lady Pink, Freddy, Keith Haring, Kenny Scharf, Jean, Michel Basquiat, Richard Roth, Astor, Bill Stelling, “, Steven Kramer, Astor’s, Scharf Organizations: Fun, Mudd Locations: Manhattan, Hermosa Beach, Calif, TriBeCa

☆ My supermarket removed all the self-service checkouts. It's annoyed some customers — but the staff prefer it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Booths, a UK supermarket chain, recently removed almost all its self-service checkouts. No more self-checkoutsAligning with those values is part of the reason that Booths has just removed all self-service checkouts. AdvertisementObviously, you have to have more staff on than if you had a lot of self-service machines, but you always had to have someone manning the self-service tills anyway. A lot of our customers are older and find self-service machines really confusing. I don't find the work busier than when we had self-service machines, but there is a drawback.

Persons: Marti Stelling, —, it's, There's, we're, It's, Marti, Manning, checkouts Organizations: Service Locations: Rippon , North Yorkshire

☆ Opinion | Why We Need to Talk More Openly About Birth Control Side Effects
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Jessica Grose | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Part of the reason that some non-hormonal birth control methods seem to have gained such traction on social media is that there is a tendency among some medical professionals to downplay the side effects of hormonal birth control methods that many women experience. Most women who use birth control are completely or somewhat satisfied with their methods of choice, but a minority of them experience reactions unpleasant enough to seriously impede their daily lives. Over the years, I have heard anecdotally about — and experienced — various side effects to different types of contraception: heavy breakthrough bleeding and abdominal pain with IUDs, mood disturbances with different types of pills, and sexual side effects with everything. Discussion of these issues, often confined to intimate chats among women, was aired out in a great extended bit from the comedian Beth Stelling’s new Netflix special, in which she recounts the various kinds of birth control she’s “experimented recreationally” with over the years. But some physicians say without data that point to the prevalence of some side effects, they find it difficult to respond.

Persons: Beth Stelling’s, she’s “, ”, “, Sara Cravatts, Cravatts, —, Kat Tenbarge, Kate White, they’re Organizations: Netflix, “, Stat, NBC News, Boston Medical Center

☆ With a Chuckle and a Cool-Girl Smirk, Beth Stelling Moves Up a Comic Class
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Jason Zinoman | More About Jason Zinoman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The stand-up Beth Stelling reminds me so much of my best friend from high school. Stelling belongs to a different tradition: Her comedy emerges from an onstage character as rich and resonant as a great movie protagonist. Even if you don’t know someone like Stelling, her fully realized performance makes you feel as if you do. She once again uses him as a comic target, telling scathingly deadpan stories about his eccentricities, centering one bit on his raccoon collection. But watching her roast him you can’t help but think that some of his performance chops rubbed off on her.

Persons: Beth Stelling, Stelling, “, Beavis, ”, Max, didn’t Organizations: Netflix Locations: Orlando , Florida

☆ "Niciodată penalty, o mare glumă, furt!". Reacții dure după penalty-ul obținut de Anglia în meciul cu Danemarca
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-08 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Profimedia"Niciodată penalty, o mare glumă, furt!". Reacții dure după penalty-ul obținut de Anglia în meciul cu DanemarcaÎn semifinalele EURO 2020, Anglia a obținut ușor un penalty, în prelungirile meciului cu Danemarca, la scorul de 1-1. "Vreau ca Anglia să câștige, dar acest penalty e o mare glumă chiar și prin ochii unui mare patriot", a scris și Jeff Stelling, prezentator la emisiunea Soccer Saturday. "Niciodată penalty", a fost reacția fermă a jurnalistului italian Tancredi Palmeri, de la CNN, iar Lukas Gikiewicz, fostul atacant de la FCSB, a scris pe Twitter: "Ăsta e penalty? "Nu e penalty.

Persons: Danny Makkelie, Raheem, Harry Kane, Schmeichel, Jeff, Tancredi, Lukas Gikiewicz, Arsene Wenger Organizations: Wembley, CNN, Arsenal, SPORTS, EURO Locations: Anglia, Danemarca, Italia, Londra

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