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Through all of her pop-culture references and sci-fi filigree, Reiche maintains a charming prose style. There is a long epistolary sub-story about a brother and sister struggling to connect, which slowly reveals their relationship to the theme park. Late in the tale, Delphi descends into the bowels of the park, where she meets a gnomic figure. “It’s just been a long time since I’ve understood anything.” By that point, despite all of Reiche’s enormous gifts, the reader may feel the same. Ben H. Winters’s books have won the Edgar Award and the Philip K. Dick Award.
Persons: Reiche, , “ Will, Delphi, “ It’s, Ben H, Philip K, Dick Organizations: Delphi Locations: California
In 1955 the idea of the gray flannel suit as the symbol of the soul-deadened corporate drone entered the American lexicon thanks to Sloan Wilson’s novel, making it pretty much impossible to look at that particular item of clothing in a neutral way ever again. It became the stand-in for our skewed work-life balance, the triumph of business over imagination. On Monday in Paris, however, he took it to a new level: the couture. Effectively proposing that the gray suit deserved the same mythic status as the Chanel bouclé suit or the YSL Smoking or the Dior Bar. And that American fashion (not fashion by an American, but fashion with its roots overtly in American culture) deserves its place on the couture stage.
Persons: Sloan, Thom Browne, Chanel Organizations: Dior Locations: York, Paris
New professional women's league set to launch in 2024
  + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson/File PhotoJune 30 (Reuters) - A new professional women's ice hockey league will launch in January 2024, bringing together the world's best players in a unified league, it was announced on Friday. News of the league ends a long-running divide between the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) and the seven-team Premier Hockey Federation (PHF). Established in 2015 as the National Women's Hockey League, the NWHL rebranded to become the PHF in 2021 and its teams competed each year for the Isobel Cup. The deal has also grabbed the attention of the National Hockey League (NHL), which has long said it would not provide fiscal support so long as there were two competing leagues. "The National Hockey League congratulates the Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association and the Premier Hockey Federation on their agreement," the NHL said in a statement.
Persons: Billie Jean King, Biden, Narendra Modi, Julia Nikhinson, Mark Walter, Kemba, Walter, King, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Frank Pingue, Ken Ferris Organizations: India's, White, REUTERS, Professional, Hockey Players, Premier Hockey Federation, Major League Baseball's Los Angeles Dodgers, National Women's Hockey League, Canadian, Women's Hockey League, National Hockey League, Players, Association, NHL, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Toronto
There is also a chance that the street race is a one-off. Ms. Lightfoot, who brought the race to the city, lost her bid for re-election this year and left office in May. Her successor and fellow Democrat, Mayor Brandon Johnson, has been polite but circumspect about NASCAR, though he attended a pre-race event this week. “Will this idea lead to the expansion of how we think about what can be offered in a major city?” Mr. Johnson said in an interview shortly before his inauguration. “If, on the other hand, it goes badly, I think there will be pressure on the new mayor to cancel this deal.”
Persons: Lightfoot, Brandon Johnson, , Mr, Johnson, , Brian Hopkins, Organizations: NASCAR, Chicago City Council Locations: Chicago
When asked how the Fed plans for the worst case scenarios on the geopolitical front, he first responded in Fedspeak. At every Fed policy meeting, he said, “our staff works up six or seven or eight alternative simulations,” he said. The market impact: The policy scenarios considered by the Fed are quite sensitive. That’s likely why when Powell was asked about the scenarios the Fed had most recently considered, he stayed mum. They’re posting elaborate TikToks where they pretend that the McDonald’s Grimace shake has killed them, of course.
Persons: Jerome Powell, Powell didn’t, , they’re, Joe Brusuelas, Stacey Tevlin, Ben Bernanke, Philippa Dunne, , Danielle DiMartino Booth, That’s, Powell, “ I’m, Joe Biden, Biden, “ Bidenomics, Elisabeth Buchwald, Bryan Mena, Read, McDonald’s, Scottie Andrew, Grimace’s, Ronald McDonald, Andrews, it’s, Matthew Prince, “ It’s Organizations: New, New York CNN — Federal, European Central Bank, Federal, RSM, , Fed, Bloomberg, TLR, QI Research, Federal Reserve, Chapman University, CNN Locations: New York, Portugal, Fedspeak, China, Chicago, America, California,
“It’s a love letter to that time — a collection of some of the pictures I am most fond of,” Le Gouès said in a phone interview from Paris, where he is based. Thierry Le Gouès/Courtesy powerHouse BooksMost of the photos appeared in magazine spreads or fashion campaigns, which were Le Gouès’ main outlets at the time. Thierry Le Gouès/Courtesy powerHouse BooksIndeed, Le Gouès’ images are strikingly dramatic. “The ‘90s was a decade of experimentation, and that’s what I did when it came to my photos,” Le Gouès said. The other was Kate Moss, whose gold-painted portrait eventually ended up gracing the front of “90’s.” Le Gouès shot the image for British Esquire.
Persons: Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Calvin Klein’s, Moss, Mark Wahlberg, , Cindy Crawford, Iman, Carla Bruni, Thierry Le Gouès, , ” Le Gouès, Le Gouès, he’d, Le, “ I’ve, ” Naomi Campbell, John Galliano, Azzedine Alaïa, Alexander McQueen, Carla Bruni’s, Bruni, Eva Herzigová, Elle Macpherson, Campbell, Tatjana Patitz —, Naomi, Kate, ” Kate Moss, She’s Organizations: CNN, , Vogue, Esquire, Locations: Paris
Maternity clothes can be a frustrating expense, but budgeting for them is possible if you plan ahead. It's usually better to wait until you're sure you'll need an item rather than getting everything early. You can buy used maternity clothes and sell or donate items you no longer need later. What kind of Mother's Day sale excludes maternity clothes? Inflation is high, and maternity clothes are typically neither FSA-eligible nor tax deductible.
Persons: , you'll, Belle, PinkBlush Organizations: Service, Navy Locations: Target
The novel is existential or, more appropriately, elemental: Earth, air, fire and water — these are Bosco’s instruments along with the passions, fears and fantasies each of them evokes. The result is a strange kind of gothic romance about the human attempt to reach a real peace with wildness and wilderness without pacifying them, subduing them, paving them over. It is a more modest undertaking than “Malicroix,” yet full of small beauties, like a multifaceted gem. A grove of poplars is described like this: “Bunched tightly together against the daylight, their leaves formed a dark hedge. Some grew up almost from the level of the water in the shallower pools.
Persons: Bosco, I’ve, James Galvin's, , frustratingly, Huck Finn, , he’s Locations: American
Within five years of moving to Europe, businessman Douglas Loewe "fell in love" with Barcelona, he said. The main living area of Loewe's apartment in Barcelona, called Aribau 133 Sobre Atic. In total, Loewe said he spent about 250,000 euros on the renovation. Douglas LoeweLocated "around the corner" of the apartment is tapas restaurant Paco Meralgo, which is "a Barcelona institution," Loewe said. Douglas Loewe
Persons: Douglas Loewe, Loewe, , Matthew Coe, Coe, , Leon Rosen, Paco Meralgo, " Coe Organizations: Macquarie, VistaFutura Associates, Pace, Familia, Foreigners Locations: Europe, Barcelona, Manhattan, Rosen's, Tibidabo, Spain, U.S, Denver, Chicago, Miami, Barcelona's, Asia, Pacific
Even before the invasion, NATO officials noted a rise in non-conventional warfare aimed at Ukraine and other Western targets. “Russia claims that NATO promised never to expand to the east after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (left) and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meet in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 20, 2023. Without engaging Russia, NATO has enabled Ukraine to try some of the things NATO would like to do but politically cannot do. But the alliance’s unity has been one of the least expected and most welcome aspects of the West’s response to the war in Ukraine.
Persons: Vladimir Putin, Emmanuel Macron, , hasn’t, ” David van Weel, ” van Weel, Anatolii Stepanov, van Weel, Keir Giles, ” Giles, Peter Caddick, Adams, Jens Stoltenberg, Volodymyr Zelensky, DIANA, Emmanuel Dunand, Giles, , ” Caddick, Macron Organizations: CNN, NATO, Kremlin, Emerging, Mechanized Brigade, Getty, NATO’s Brussels, Chatham, Presidential Press Service, Reuters, NATO Innovation Fund, Limited Partners, GPS, France's, White House Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Soviet Union, Bakhmut, Donetsk, AFP, London, China, Kyiv, Sweden, Paris, Macron, Europe
The men of the 35th Marine Brigade transfer newly arrived American-made 120-millimeter mortar rounds to their temporary hideout. The bangs of outgoing artillery and mortar rounds cut through the tranquillity of abandoned fields. But like the long waits of the soldiers, the Ukrainian counteroffensive is a slow grind. As soon as the 120-mm American-made mortar rounds were delivered, they were cleaned and prepared for firing. Ukrainian soldiers say many corpses were collected earlier and many more could still be in the fields.
Persons: , Yuri, Sarah El Sirgany, Vladimir Putin, Volodymyr Zelensky, Zelensky, Mark Phillips, Neskuchne, It’s, Matyoriy Organizations: Ukraine CNN, 35th Marine Brigade, CNN, 35ths Marine Brigade Locations: Neskuchne, Ukraine, American, Ukrainian, Donetsk, Russia, Russian
His grip on the levers of national power secure, his hold on India’s domestic imagination cemented, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has increasingly turned to advancing himself on a new horizon: the global stage. With a packed diplomatic calendar that includes India’s hosting of the Group of 20 summit later this year, Mr. Modi is building an image going into his re-election campaign as a leader who can win respect and investment for his vast nation. The state visit accorded to Mr. Modi in Washington, which ends on Friday, is perhaps the biggest prize yet in that quest. “It’s not just about a fairer bargain abroad,” said Ashok Malik, a former government adviser who is the India chair at the Asia Group, a consulting firm. It has persisted in its vilification of the country’s 200 million Muslims, even as Mr. Modi used an exceedingly rare news conference in Washington to claim that there was no discrimination against anyone in India.
Persons: Narendra Modi, Modi, “ It’s, , Ashok Malik, Organizations: Asia Group Locations: Washington, India
Today, Barbara Corcoran is the picture of success: a star on ABC's "Shark Tank" and a successful real estate entrepreneur. As a 23-year-old struggling to get by, however, Corcoran's life looked vastly different. She implored past Barbara to follow her mother's advice and "embrace her imagination," writing, "That imagination will make us rich! So keep getting back up even when your back's against the wall." She added, "If you listen to Dad more, all you'll have to focus on while building a business is having a damn good time.
Persons: Barbara Corcoran, Corcoran, you've, it's, Barbara
Schumer outlines plan for how Senate will regulate AI
  + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
The Senate will then turn to committee chairs and other vocal lawmakers on AI legislation to develop bills reflecting the panel discussions, Schumer added, arguing that the resulting US solution could leapfrog existing regulatory proposals from around the world. In his remarks Wednesday, Schumer appeared to acknowledge criticism of his pace. I hear you loud and clear.”But he described AI as a novel issue for which Congress lacks a guide. Formally unveiling the framework on Wednesday, Schumer said any legislation on AI should be geared toward facilitating innovation before addressing risks to national security or democratic governance. Schumer predicted that the process is likely to take longer than weeks but shorter than years.
Persons: Chuck Schumer, Schumer, ” Schumer, , , “ It’s, Schumer’s Organizations: CNN, Congress, Parliament Locations: Washington,
[1/2] The Titan submersible, operated by OceanGate Expeditions to explore the wreckage of the sunken SS Titanic off the coast of Newfoundland, dives in an undated photograph. OceanGate Expeditions/Handout via REUTERSJune 21 (Reuters) - Around the world, the story of the missing Titanic submersible and its rescue operation's race against time has been riveting onlookers. Erin Geary, a 27-year-old research assistant in Atlanta, Georgia, described feeling sad, anxious and mystified as she watched the rescue operation for the Titan submersible unfold. Geary grew up as a fan of the 1997 movie the "Titanic" starring Leonardo DiCaprio, which cemented the ill-fated ship's tale in modern popular imagination. "Some people think the Titanic is kind of cursed, so why would you purposely put yourself in that situation?"
Persons: Erin Geary, Geary, Leonardo DiCaprio, Hamish Harding, Shahzada Dawood, Suleman, Paul, Henri Nargeolet, Jenna Roat, Gabriella Borter, Tim McLaughlin, Sandra Maler Organizations: OceanGate Expeditions, REUTERS, Google, Stockton Rush, OceanGate, Coast Guard, Thomson Locations: Newfoundland, Atlanta , Georgia, Chile, Pakistani, French, Greece, Boston
But the bots using ChatGPT began to rapidly improve, and SirPugger realized the automated players would soon become almost indistinguishable from human players. In some cases, these AI-powered bots seemed to commiserate with real players, even complaining about the overabundance of bots. At the same time, bot scripts could eventually enhance rather than detract from the social aspects of online games. Online shooters like "PUBG" and "Fortnite" already populate their multiplayer lobbies with AI bots, but the social emphasis of MMOs means that they are uniquely well positioned to reap the prospective benefits of chatbot integration. Worlds would appear to become more populous, and though "real" players might still be cheated out of leaderboard slots, they wouldn't necessarily know it.
Persons: Jagex, SirPugger, Joe, Bots, countermoves, OpenAI, botters, Ted Chiang, Mark Zuckerberg's, Kylan Gibbs, Gibbs, Evan Malmgren Organizations: Studios, Inworld, AI Locations: British, botters, MMOs
On the fringe of a quiet golf course in the foothills outside San Diego, music from the Highwaymen galloped from the sound system. Family and baseball, inextricably intertwined, had gathered to say one final goodbye to Roger Craig. Horses and golf, two other staples in this North Carolina country boy’s life, gracefully filled the green pastures and dusty trails of the imagination as the songs rang out. I was a highwaymanAlong the coach roads, I did rideCraig was 93 when he died this month. He was married to his beloved Carolyn for 71 of those years.
Persons: Roger Craig ., Craig, Carolyn, gleamed Organizations: Major League Baseball Locations: San Diego, North Carolina
Killer whales near Spain and Portugal have been confronting, and even sinking, boats. The killer whales typically approach the ship from behind and then try to strike the rudder until the boat is immobilized. People online have joked the killer whales are "orcanizing" an "orca rebellion," with many social media users rooting for the whales. But the result could be an increase in fear of killer whales in the popular imagination, similar to what the movie "Jaws" did for sharks. In reality, killer whales — which got their names from hunting other whales — do not pose a significant risk of harm to humans.
Persons: , Andrew Trites, Trites, Deborah Giles, Evan Brodsky, Luna Organizations: Service, Marine Mammal Research, University of British, NBC, Area, Nootka Locations: Spain, Portugal, University of British Columbia, Monterey Bay, Monterey, West, British Columbia, Canada,
Read the full memo Zhang sent to Alibaba employees:My fellow Aliren,Since becoming CEO of Alibaba Group in May 2015, it has become my custom to send several letters to everyone every year. In turn, the Alibaba board of directors has appointed Joseph C. Tsai to succeed me as Chairman and Eddie Yongming Wu to succeed me as Chief Executive Officer. Time flies, and this year marks my 16th year at Alibaba Group. My appointment as CEO and Chairman of Alibaba Group was beyond my imagination. Daniel ZhangAlibaba Group Chairman and CEOAlibaba Cloud Intelligence Group Chairman and CEO2023.6.20
Persons: Zhang, Alibaba, Joseph C, Tsai, Eddie Yongming Wu, Joe, Eddie, hopefuly, Daniel Zhang Alibaba, 2023.6.20 Organizations: CNBC, Alibaba Group, Cloud Intelligence, Cainiao Smart Logistics, Cloud Intelligence Group, Alibaba Locations: Alibaba
The result was DashCon, an attempt to bring together Tumblr users from different interests and fandoms for a single event. For all its (somewhat hilarious) failures, DashCon immediately became a core parable of our social media lore. Like so many other Tumblr users, O’Neil was just a nerdy teenager with cool interests looking for other people like her. A view of the iconic DashCon ball pit at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel in Schaumburg, Illinois. She said people still send her cosplays of the infamous ball pit, almost 10 years later.
Persons: they’ll, DashCon, Lochlan O’Neil, O’Neil, , ” O’Neil, , , Harry Potter, cosplayers, O'Neil, Lochlan O'Neil, Sherlock ”, hadn’t, Lochlan O'Neil “, , It’s Organizations: CNN, Facebook, Twitter, Marvel, YouTube, Renaissance, Center, Taco Bell Locations: Indiana, Renaissance Schaumburg, Schaumburg , Illinois, Taco, Schaumberg , Illinois
Samantha Irby Says It’s OK to Hate Your Body
  + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +7 min
Talk Samantha Irby Says It’s OK to Hate Your BodyAs far as descriptions of writers go, “humorist” has an old-fashioned, almost quaint ring to it, the literary equivalent of haberdasher or lamplighter. Maybe I was born too early to get on the “I don’t give a [expletive] if you see my legs” thing. I don’t know if this is controversial, but I don’t miss my parents. But I don’t know. I think I’m off the hook a little because my main target is myself, but the joke sensitivity is wild to me.
Persons: Samantha Irby, , , operatically, vivacity, Irby, ” Irby, I’ve, they’re, she’s, Cynthia Nixon, Kevin Yatarola, don’t, Nicole Ari Parker, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Karen Pittman, ” Craig Blankenhorn, Max, Brown, Paul Mooney, Richard Pryor, I’m, David, David Marchese, Emma Chamberlain, Walter Mosley Organizations: , YouTube, Cal Newport Locations: , New York, America
An ex-Florida lawmaker told WaPo that many in Tallahassee are "terrified" of DeSantis and his team. "There's no inner circle because they just chop off heads and move on," the former lawmaker said. This year, boosted by a GOP supermajority, DeSantis ramped up his conservative policymaking agenda. DeSantis has earned the endorsements of 100 of the 113 Republican state lawmakers in Florida, with 12 remaining neutral and only one backing former President Donald Trump. A former Republican state lawmaker told The Post that people are "terrified" of DeSantis and his political operation.
Persons: WaPo, DeSantis, DeSantis ramped, , Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, deriding, they're Organizations: Service, Sunshine State, The Washington Post, Florida Republicans, Republican, Post, GOP, Growth Locations: Florida, Tallahassee
Similar views have also been championed by many progressive evangelicals, mainline Protestants and leaders in the Black church. Yet no major political party embodies this consistent ethic of life. To embrace and articulate a consistent ethic of life, even while inhabiting the existing political parties, helps create the space necessary to expand the moral imagination of both parties. There’s nothing set in stone about how we divvy up and sort political issues and alliances. They derive not from different ideas about the size of government or wonkish policy debates but are rooted in incommensurable moral arguments.
Organizations: Roman Catholic Locations: Chicago
Opinion What a Motherless Son Knows About FatherhoodWhen I was 8, maybe 9 years old, there was a day when students in my class could bring their parents to school. I’ve no memory of this proclamation of my paternal dreams, but I know I’ve long perceived fatherhood as a noble pursuit. My father-figure admiration likely originated from watching my dad, flummoxed by grief, in the years after the plane crash in which my mother died at age 37. My older brother, Brandon, age 6, and my identical twin, Spencer, were on the same plane sitting right beside her. The film fastidiously re-enacts the events of the plane crash and its immediate aftermath.
Persons: I’d, Frances Lockwood Bailey, Francie, Brandon, Spencer, Charlton Heston, Al Haynes, fastidiously, Kevin Costner, I’ve, it's Organizations: United Airlines Flight, Sioux Gateway, Nikon, “ FIRE, Sioux Gateway Airport Locations: Sioux City , Iowa, Iowa, Denver, Chicago
NYU Langone is suing Northwell Health, alleging it created "confusingly similar advertisements." "This case is about deceptive business practices," lawyers for NYU Langone wrote in the lawsuit. NYU Langone filed a lawsuit Thursday alleging that neighboring New York hospital system and known competitor, Northwell Health, copied its signature purple-colored advertisements to create "confusingly similar advertisements" in the New York area. "This case is about deceptive business practices," lawyers for NYU Langone wrote in the lawsuit. In a response to the suit, Northwell Health called NYU's claims "preposterous."
Persons: NYU Langone, Northwell, Steve Ritea, Ritea, Ramon Soto Organizations: NYU, Northwell, Morning, New York's Southern, Court, NYU Langone, US News Locations: New York, New York's, United States
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