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Persons: Samantha Crozier, Baume, you'll Organizations: Energy

☆ 9 passenger airliners that have landed on Antarctica's rugged runways made out of blue ice
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

These planes land on rugged, unpaved runways mostly made of blue ice and compacted snow. PrivatAir's Boeing 737 and Smartwings' Boeing 737 MAXA Smartwings 737 MAX on Antarctica in January 2022. It was the first time the jet type landed on one of the continent's blue ice runways. Another Loftleider 757 is set to ferry Antarctic Ice Marathon runners to Union Glacier this December. Loftleider Icelandic Airlines' and Titan Airways Boeing 767Titan Airways' Boeing 767 on Antarctica.

Persons: —, George Hubert Wilkins, Glenn Jacobson, PrivatAir, NPI, Tim Hewette, Troll, Fang, Patrick Woodhead Organizations: Atlantic Airways, Boeing, Service, Lockheed Vega, Airbus, Australian Antarctic, Australian, Skytraders, Australian Antarctic Program, McMurdo, AAP, Norwegian Polar Institute, Swiss, NPI, Boeing's, Airlines, Titan Airways, Antarctic Logistics, Expeditions, Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions, Antarctic Ice, Russian Antarctic, Titan Airways Boeing, Norse Atlantic Airways, Emirates, White Desert Locations: Antarctica, Skytraders, Christchurch , New Zealand, Hobart, Australia's, Tasmania, Cape Town , South Africa, Czech, Chile, Russian, NPI, Norway, Cape Town, Russia's

☆ Want to Understand Your Neighbors? Go to a Municipal Meeting.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Jessica Stolzberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I didn’t know where to stand, where I would find the sign-up sheet or quite where to look when I spoke into the small microphone. But it doesn’t take long to fall in line with the rhythms of a municipal meeting. What first took me here was a collective effort to convince the Town Council to prohibit the use of gas-powered leaf blowers. Once, when a contentious meeting went late, someone, perhaps anticipating the rancor, passed out homemade cookies. In ours, the curved dais is the grounding structure of a stage for different players with different roles in making this town work (and not work).

Persons: It’s, —, I’ve Organizations: Town, Planning, Historic Preservation Commission, Education, YouTube

☆ I was a bartender for almost a decade. Here are the techniques I used to land bigger tips — and the people I tried to avoid serving.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Jen Glantz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementBut during my nine years as a bartender, I regularly found myself earning more tips than anyone else on my team. Here are some of the techniques bartenders can use to earn bigger tips and ways to determine who will be a good tipper. Treat regulars like they're good friendsI always made it a point to remember regulars' names, stories, and drink orders. Surface-level compliments are devoid of meaning, and guests will feel like you're trying to schmooze your way to a higher tip. Be wary of large groupsTry to avoid serving people in large groups who seem to not know who's paying.

Persons: Starr Douglas, —, Ramos, I'd, they'll, you'll Organizations: Service, University of Georgia, Georgia Institute of Technology Locations: Athens , Georgia, Atlanta, New Orleans

☆ How Automation Has Changed Work for Casino Employees in Detroit
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Emma Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On a chilly Wednesday evening in October, the sounds filling Ambre Romero’s home were familiar: her grandchildren unloading the dishwasher, her husband, just off work, watching television. Ms. Romero was getting ready for her shift serving cocktails at the MGM Grand Detroit, the casino where she has worked since 1999. Ms. Romero, who has long reddish-brown hair and a wry smile, enjoys the predictability of her nights. The work is unceasingly social, which is just how Ms. Romero likes it; she’s a former dancer who turned to cocktail serving because it felt like performing. But Ms. Romero, like so many millions of Americans, has seen her job remade in recent years by the arrival of new technologies automating parts of her work.

Persons: Romero, Red Bull, she’s, ChatGPT, Goldman Sachs Organizations: MGM, Detroit, Red

☆ Restaurant Serves up Food, Comfort During Lewiston Manhunt
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Oct. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

By Gabriella BorterLEWISTON, Maine (Reuters) - At Best Thai II in coastal Maine, the phone has been ringing off the hook. But at Best Thai II - one of the only restaurants open this week - business has been bustling since owner Pongsakorn Hanjitsuwan opened his doors hours after the shootings. Hanjitsuwan opened his restaurant after weighing the risk with staff. In Auburn, the town adjacent to Lewiston, the checkout line at Roy's Foodland wrapped around the store all through Thursday. The family-owned store, opened 48 years ago, was the only option as all the big chains were shuttered.

Persons: Gabriella Borter, Pongsakorn Hanjitsuwan, We're, we've, Hanjitsuwan, Robert Card, Maria, Toni Martin, Martin, Michael Roy, Roy, Paul Thomasch, Rod Nickel Organizations: Grocery, Bath, Auburn Locations: Gabriella Borter LEWISTON , Maine, Maine, Bath, McDonald's, Auburn , Maine, Auburn, Lewiston

But at Best Thai II - one of the only restaurants open this week - business has been bustling since owner Pongsakorn Hanjitsuwan opened his doors hours after the shootings. Hanjitsuwan opened his restaurant after weighing the risk with staff. For regulars, the restaurant has been a comfort; a place not only to find food but to mix with others sharing the shock and grief that has descended on the region. In Auburn, the town adjacent to Lewiston, the checkout line at Roy's Foodland wrapped around the store all through Thursday. The family-owned store, opened 48 years ago, was the only option as all the big chains were shuttered.

Persons: Gabriella Borter, Pongsakorn Hanjitsuwan, We're, we've, Hanjitsuwan, Robert Card, Maria, Toni Martin, Martin, Michael Roy, Roy, Paul Thomasch, Rod Nickel Organizations: Lewiston, REUTERS, Rights, Grocery, Bath, Auburn, Thomson Locations: Bath , Maine, U.S, Rights LEWISTON , Maine, Maine, Bath, McDonald's, Auburn , Maine, Auburn, Lewiston

☆ With China playing catchup with the U.S., these 3 charts show the top countries for fintech in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

UK has second-biggest number of top fintech firmsThe U.S. was home to 65 of the top fintech companies, according to CNBC's list of world's top 200 fintech companies. In the U.S., some of the top global fintech companies on Statista's list include names like Stripe, PayPal and Intuit . Stateside, meanwhile, the largest fintech unicorns are Stripe ($95 billion), Chime ($25 billion), Ripple ($15 billion), Plaid ($13.5 billion), Devoted Health ($12.6 billion, and Brex ($12.3 billion). Other leading ecosystems for fintech unicorns include India, on 17 unicorns, and China, on eight. Standing in 8th place is Mexico, with five fintech unicorns, Singapore, also with five, and the Netherlands, which has four in total.

Persons: Ed Jones, Starling, Tencent, Statista, Andreessen Horowitz, Wise, Vlad Tenev, Group's, —, Nick Parmenter Organizations: AFP, Getty, CNBC, Statista, Ant Group, Plaid, Visa, Mastercard, European Union, Apple, Google, Sequoia Capital, PayPal, Intuit, Financial, Authority, Consumers Locations: U.S, Beijing, China, Silicon, Europe, Ukraine, Covid, India, France, Brazil, Germany, Mexico, Singapore, Netherlands, Statista

How to Win the Restaurant Reservation Game Scoring a table in New York can seem impossible, but may be easier than you think. Meanwhile, with just three weeks to go, we’re still on the waiting list, which has grown to nearly 60 names. 3 DAYS OUT The Realist Andrew Harroz, 39, a lawyer in Oklahoma City, and his fiancée get a notification that a 5 p.m. reservation table is open. Let patience pay off Even if a restaurant is fully booked, ask to put your name on a waiting list. It’s not a great night for romance: A couple whose reservation for two included the note “Considering proposing” leave the restaurant.

Persons: Semma, seatings, Resy, Gracie de Souza, “, ”, Jatin Mallakunta, they’ll, Ash Hashmi, Santo Pesantez, we’re, Andrew Harroz, He’s, Pesantez, Roni Mazumdar, Vijay Kumar, Pandya, who’ve, Mindy Kaling, it’s, Nathan G, Christine, Nathan, he’s, ” Christine, Gillian Garcia, Hugo Rodriguez, Rodriguez, they’re, let’s, Trinity, Garcia, Arjun Kallapur, ’, Rouven Chopra, Jana Frauns, ” Mr, Chopra Organizations: Washington , D.C, American Express, YouTube Locations: New York, Semma, Indian, New York City, Greenwich Village, Resy, New Orleans, Washington ,, Manhattan, Santo, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Los Angeles, United States, Frankfurt, Germany

☆ I'm an extrovert who realized working remotely was bad for my mental health. These 4 things help me combat loneliness.
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Melissa Petro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I go to a café every day instead of working from homeFor as long as I've worked from home, I've rarely worked from my actual house. That's where my writers group comes in. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe members of my writing group are like coworkers, only better because it's a chosen circle of professionals. I'm a part of a lot of virtual communitiesIn addition to my WhatsApp group, I'm active in a handful of other online groups. I've never met some of the people I've worked with — I haven't so much as heard some of their names spoken aloud — but I've watched their careers evolve, as I imagine they've witnessed mine.

Persons: Melissa Petro, —, I've, I'm, doesn't, Lyn Slater, they've Organizations: Service, Facebook

The news outlet is hyper-focused on Trump's legal jeopardy, with a team of experts ready to dissect every ruling, every filing, every comment. “MSNBC has pretty well-established themselves as the leading anti-Trump network, certainly of late,” said Jon Klein, a former CNN president and news analyst. So far this year, Fox has averaged 2.18 million viewers, MSNBC 1.51 million and CNN 639,000. It was par for the course on a day Trump's legal issues made headlines. MSNBC has assembled a team of legal experts that has appeared throughout its lineup and gained trust through familiarity.

Persons: Joe, Donald Trump, Ken Dilanian, ”, Jon Klein, “, you've, Trump, it's, Trump's, Nicolle Wallace, Missouri Sen, Claire McCaskill, Joy Reid, —, Jen Psaki's, Cyrus Vance Jr, Preet Bharara, Rachel Maddow, Jimmy Carter's, “ Donald Trump, Lawrence O'Donnell, that's, Klein, Ari Melber's, Melber, Peter Navarro, Joe Tacopina, Andrew Weissmann, Robert Mueller's, Mary McCord, ” Chuck Rosenberg, Obama, Neal Katyal, Donald Trump ”, Barbara McQuade, Joyce Vance, Weissmann, Andrew, Psaki, Ariana Pekary, “ It's, ” Klein, there's, ” Pekary Organizations: NBC, MSNBC, Trump, CNN, Social, NBC News, Fox News Channel, Nielsen, Fox, GOP, Fox News, Malaysia Airlines, Manhattan District, New, Department of Justice, District of Columbia, FBI, Drug, U.S, Supreme Locations: Russia, America, Ohio, Indiana , Michigan , Illinois, Iowa, spurts, New York, Missouri, New York U.S, Trump, U.S, Michigan, Alabama

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Phil Nevin will not return as the Los Angeles Angels' manager next season. Nevin was promoted to the Angels’ top job in June 2022 when Joe Maddon was fired in the middle of a 14-game losing streak. But the Angels didn’t win for him, finishing 46-60 after he took over in 2022 and going 73-89 this season for the franchise’s eighth straight losing record. Although the club didn't formally confirm it, general manager Perry Minasian is apparently staying for a fourth season with the Angels. The club is mired in streaks of eight straight losing seasons and nine straight non-playoff seasons, both the longest active skids in the majors.

Persons: — Phil Nevin, Nevin, Mike Scioscia, Arte Moreno, Joe Maddon, ” Nevin, Francisco’s Gabe Kapler, Buck Showalter, Ohtani, Mike Trout, Moreno, Halos, Trout, Anthony Rendon, Taylor Ward, didn't, Perry Minasian, Minasian, ___ Organizations: Los Angeles Angels, The Angels, Angels, New York Mets, AL West, Ohtani Locations: ANAHEIM, Calif, Angeles, Orange County, Anaheim

☆ A night inside a strip club near Ukraine’s front lines
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Anna Conkling | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

By mid-afternoon, nine women have gathered around the dance pole at Flash Dancers, the only women-owned exotic dance club in Kharkiv. Valerii Kseniya, Flash Dancers' co-owner, in an undated photograph from her career as a professional dancer (left), and in July 2023. Iva Sidash for InsiderWhen Dana first joined Flash Dancers, Valeriya said, she was shy, silent, and not open to speaking with the team. Iva Sidash for InsiderOver the past year, several soldiers who were regulars at Flash Dancers have been killed in the fighting. Iva Sidash for InsiderThe evening at Flash Dancers could serve as a microcosm of Ukraine's tentative but determined return to normality.

Persons: Valeriya Zavadskaya, Christina Aguilera's, bam, Iva Sidash, Valeriya, Cher, proprietorship, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Valeriya's, Valeriia Kseniya, Kseniya, Valerii Kseniya, —, Valeriya's lapdogs, Sara, Lady —, grimly, Dana, hasn't, they're, Gyrating, doesn't, they've, Yurii Tryfan, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner, Tryfan, Lyuda, Maksyum, Pavlo, trundle, We've, Anna Conkling, Elle Organizations: showtime, Boys, Komsomol, league, Communist Party, Hustler, National University of Kharkiv, Valeriya, Flash Dancers, Monetary Fund Locations: Kharkiv, Ukraine's, Russian, Ukraine, Eastern Europe, bam, Soviet, South Korea, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Italy, Asia, Russia, Ukraine's Crimean, Moulin Rouge, Drohobych, Polish, USSR, Bakhmut, Kupyansk, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Berlin

☆ Starbucks promises its new 'siren system' will cut the wait for your drink — but most stores are still waiting for the rollout
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Starbucks' wait times have increased with higher demand for complicated cold drinks. The company is rolling out its new "Siren System" to overhaul and streamline drink-making. Last year the company announced its new "Siren System," a set of procedures and equipment to overhaul and streamline the drink-making process. But the cold drinks on the menu also tend to be more complicated and take longer to make. Only 40% of stores are expected to have the Siren System in three years time, Bloomberg recently reported.

Persons: John Culver, baristas, Washington barista, you'll Organizations: Starbucks, Service, Siren, Bloomberg, —, Washington Locations: Wall, Silicon, Grande, California, Boston

☆ This tailor is in high demand for Oktoberfest — there's a 6-month wait for his authentic leather lederhosen, which can cost nearly $2,000
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Matthias Schrader | Kirsten Grieshaber | Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Klaus Bensmann is a tailor who has been handmaking leather lederhosen for the past 38 years. Bavarians have worn lederhosen — knee-long leather pants with suspenders and embroidery — for hundreds of years. Revelers preferring a more classic look book an appointment with leather tailor Klaus Bensmann for customized, handmade britches fashioned from deer or cow leather. AP Photo/Matthias SchraderBensmann offers different cuts of Bavarian lederhosen, traditional knee-longs, short ones that end mid-thigh, and longer, looser knickerbockers. But instead of working as a tanner, he decided to become a leather tailor, and in 1985 he opened his store and workshop, Leder Bensmann.

Persons: Klaus Bensmann, Bensmann's, Matthias Schrader Bensmann, Claus, Bensmann, Matthias Schrader, Leder, Lederhosen Organizations: Service, AP, Associated Press, Bavarian Locations: Munich, Wall, Silicon, Germany, Germany's, Bavaria, China, Bad, Bavarian, Austrian, Germany's Saxony, North Rhine – Westphalia, Canada, Hindelang

☆ Shohei Ohtani may DH for Angels in opener vs. Tigers
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

September 15 - During their most recent series against the Detroit Tigers in late July, the Los Angeles Angels announced they wouldn't trade Shohei Ohtani. The Angels were hoping they could make a playoff push and convince Ohtani to re-sign when he entered free agency this offseason. "(Wednesday) just wasn't the right day to go," manager Phil Nevin said before the Angels' 3-2 road loss to the Seattle Mariners. Griffin Canning (7-6, 4.34 ERA) will start the series opener for the Angels (68-79). The Tigers salvaged the finale of a three-game series against the visiting Cincinnati Reds with an 8-2 victory on Thursday afternoon.

Persons: Ohtani, Phil Nevin, Griffin Canning, Nevin, Canning, Tarik Skubal, Skubal, Matt Vierling, Parker Meadows, Meadows, I'm, he's, isn't, A.J, Hinch Organizations: Detroit Tigers, Los Angeles Angels, American League, Tigers, Angels, Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Guardians, Detroit, Chicago White Sox, White Sox, The Tigers, Cincinnati Reds, Triple, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles, Toledo, Detroit

☆ London's India Club to serve its last curry after more than 70 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Sachin Ravikumar | Thomson Reuters | Sachin Ravikumar Is A Correspondent For Reuters In London Covering General News Across The Uk. Over Nine Years At Reuters | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LONDON, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The India Club, a historic London curry house with links to India's freedom struggle, will close its doors for the last time on Sunday after failing to stop a hotel redevelopment plan. For decades, the India Club has drawn regulars craving a masala dosa or bhuna lamb with a pint of Cobra or Kingfisher beer, but also many Londoners of Indian descent. Retired civil servant Ian Angell, who has been an India Club regular for nearly a decade, said its closure was very sad news. "It's such a great shame," he added, sitting below portraits of Indian independence heroes Gandhi and Nehru. Reporting by Sachin Ravikumar; Editing by Alexander SmithOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Shashi Tharoor, Chandran, Phiroza Marker, Ian Angell, Gandhi, Sachin Ravikumar, Alexander Smith Organizations: India, India League, Reuters, India Club, Nehru, Thomson Locations: London, India

☆ ‘Infinite Life’ Review: Is There a Cure for Pain and Desire?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Jesse Green | More About Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

But if you think you see where that’s going, you will be both right and wrong; Baker’s structures are so strong and yet open that, within them, anything or its opposite may happen at any moment. “Infinite Life” (a co-production with Britain’s National Theater) gets that and more from James Macdonald, who has notably staged plays by Baker in London and by the British playwright Caryl Churchill here in New York. Indeed, “Infinite Life” most closely reminded me of Churchill’s great “Escaped Alone,” in which four women sit in a garden chatting into the apocalypse. They are all expressions of Baker’s refusal to reduce the world to a unitary lesson; “Infinite Life” offers moral philosophy but no moral. Which, by the way, is what “Daniel Deronda,” past page 152, is about — and “Infinite Life” is always.

Persons: James Macdonald, Baker, Caryl Churchill, “, Macdonald, Tennessee Williams, Albee, Nielsen, Ásta Bennie Hostetter, Birdsong, Bray, Isabella Byrd’s, ” Sofi, Daniel Deronda, Linda Gross Organizations: Britain’s, New York, Linda, Linda Gross Theater Locations: London, British, New York, Tennessee, Manhattan

☆ What it's like in Europe's popular crypto haven Portugal as the U.S. cracks down
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +19 min

They understood the importance of self custody of bitcoin, bitcoin on bitcoin blockchain, not on other chains." Sunrise over Lisbon, Portugal Alexander Spatari | Moment | Getty ImagesThe San Francisco of EuropeA walk through Portugal's capital feels eerily similar to a stroll in San Francisco. "This makes Portugal a really attractive place for crypto users to live," explained Shehan Chandrasekera, a CPA and head of tax strategy at crypto tax software company CoinTracker.io. The only exception to the country's generous crypto scheme relates to companies registered in Portugal that deal in crypto. Cyclists photographed in Lisbon, Portugal, in October 2018.

Persons: Alexander Spatari, PORTUGAL —, maximalists, Lorenzo Primiterra, He's, Peter Pan, Primiterra, Terra Luna, bitcoin, solana, Greenfield, Portugal Alexander Spatari, Jemson Chan, Chan, CNBC Guy Young, Seb True, CNBC Seb, True, That's, it's, bitcoiners, I've, Stephen Knowles, cryptocurrencies, Shehan Chandrasekera, Katie Ananina, Ethena's Young, —, Deley, Deley doesn't, that's, Didi Taihuttu, They've, Taihuttu Organizations: Campo Pequeno, maxis, CNBC Software, CNBC, titans, Securities and Exchange Commission, British, Abril, European, CPA, Cyclists, European Union, D7, Companies, Algarve Locations: LISBON, PORTUGAL, Lisbon, Italy, Portugal, Almada, Lisboa Region, outranking New York, Berlin, Singapore, European, Sunrise, San Francisco of Europe, San Francisco, bitcoin, Europe, Crypto, U.S, Egypt, Asia, Switzerland, it's, Puerto Rico, Australia, Canada, Ghent, Belgium, cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrencies, Lisbon's, Lagos, Angeles, Algarve

☆ Rugby World Cup 2023: How to watch, teams and star players
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The Stade de France will host this year's Rugby World Cup final. A full list of international broadcasters is available here on the Rugby World Cup website. A total of 20 teams have qualified for this year’s Rugby World Cup and they will compete in four pools of five teams each. “It’s probably the most open Rugby World Cup we’ve seen for a long time,” former England international Ugo Monye told CNN Sport. Antoine Dupont will be a key player for France at this year's Rugby World Cup.

Persons: Etienne, David Rogers, Stan, Clive Mason, Webb Ellis, “ It’s, Ugo Monye, you’ve, Romain Ntamack, Paul Willemse, Cyril Baille, Jonathan Danty, ”, haven’t, – let’s, Stuart Hogg, I’ve, ’, Antoine Dupont, Ntamack, Fabien Galthié, Damian Penaud, Alldritt, Richard Heathcote, – Sam Whitelock, Aaron Smith, Beauden Barrett, Brodie Retallick –, Sam Kane, Dane Coles, Handré Pollard, Jager, Eben Etzebeth, Cheslin Kolbe, Makazole, Johnny Sexton, James Ryan, Tadhg Beirne, Josh van, Owen Farrell, Finn Russell, Hogg, “, ” Russell isn’t, Levani Organizations: CNN, Rugby World, New Zealand, Stade de France, Rugby, Paris, Games, Getty, Blacks, Stade de Marseille, NBC, Stan Sport, ITV, S4C, South, CNN Fiji, England, –, USA, Africa, Africa Ireland Scotland Tonga, C Wales Australia Fiji, Japan, Japan Argentina Samoa Chile Who, – New, CNN Sport, New, Wales, Australia, Ireland, “, Scotland, Tonga’s, France, Blacks ’, Fiji, The Pacific Islanders Locations: France, New, Paris, South Africa, Ireland, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nantes, Nice, Saint, Toulouse, United States, Australia, Sky, New Zealand, England, Argentina, Wales, Scotland, Italy, Georgia, Japan, Tonga, Samoa, Uruguay, Namibia, Romania, Portugal, Chile, Zealand France Italy Uruguay Namibia, Africa Ireland, Africa Ireland Scotland Tonga Romania, C Wales Australia Fiji Georgia Portugal, Japan Argentina Samoa Chile, – New Zealand, Fiji, darting, Zealand

Some of them, like “Dune: Part Two," have been postponed until next year due to the ongoing actors and writers strikes. Gillespie’s film features a freewheeling ensemble including Pete Davidson, Anthony Ramos, Seth Rogen, Shailene Woodley, America Ferrera and Nick Offerman. “Fair Play” (in theaters Sept. 29, on Netflix Oct. 13)Hedge funds also play a role in writer-director Chloe Domont’s drama about sexual politics and gender dynamics in the high-charged, male-dominated world of finance. Eight years after the last “Hunger Games” movie (“Mockingjay – Part 2”) a prequel is returning to the science fiction dystopia of Panem. Francis Lawrence’s film, set 64 years before the events of the first “Hunger Games” film, introduces a host of new characters in the lead-up to the 10th Hunger Games.

Persons: ”, Expendables, Gael García Bernal, Roger Ross Williams, Saúl Armendáriz, Williams, Bunny, Craig Gillespie’s, ” Paul Dano, Keith Gill, Pete Davidson, Anthony Ramos, Seth Rogen, Shailene, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Chloe Domont’s, Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, Aristotle, Dante, “ El Conde ”, Flora, Son ”, Henry Sugar ”, “ Carlos ”, “ Dicks, Justine Triet’s, Palme, Sandra Hüller, Martin Scorsese’s, David Grann's, Lily Gladstone, Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Robbie Robertson, Baz Luhrmann’s, Elvis Presley, Sofia Coppola, Priscilla Presley, “ Elvis, ” Jacob Elordi, “ Joan Baez, “ Taylor Swift, Nyad, “ Rustin ”, Colman Domingo, Bayard Rustin, George C, Martin Luther King Jr, Panem, Francis Lawrence’s, Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Viola Davis, ” Ridley Scott, Joaquin Phoenix, Napoleon Bonaparte, Vanessa Kirby, Joséphine Bonaparte, Sly ”, “ Orlando, Maestro ”, “ Leo ” Organizations: GameStop, America, Netflix, Sundance Film, Paramount, Apple, Cannes Film, Hüller, Hunger Locations: Shailene Woodley, Venice, Osage, Washington

☆ Overlooked No More: Chick Strand, Pioneering Experimental Filmmaker
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-31 | by ( Sean Malin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“She rejects the classification of ‘feminist artist,’” the film scholar Gene Youngblood told The Santa Fe New Mexican in 1999, when some of Strand’s films were being shown at the College of Santa Fe. Chick Strand was born Mildred Totman on Dec. 3, 1931, in Berkeley, Calif., to Russel and Eleanor Totman. She first developed an interest in film while studying anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. In the 1960s, inspired by the growing free speech movement, Strand began hosting makeshift screenings in her backyard with her first husband, Paul Anderson Strand, an artist, and the experimental film impresario Bruce Baillie. As word spread, they quickly became carnivalesque productions, with Strand, Baillie and other regulars dressing in costumes and performing live while the films were shown to an increasingly large group of strangers.

Persons: ’, Gene Youngblood, Barbara Hammer, Shirley Clarke, Chick Strand, Mildred Totman, Russel, Eleanor Totman, Chick, Strand, Paul Anderson Strand, Bruce Baillie, Baillie Organizations: Santa Fe New, College of Santa, University of California Locations: Santa Fe New Mexican, College of Santa Fe, Berkeley, Calif, Strand

☆ In a Storied River, Fish Are Dying in Droves as Climate Change Scorches Canada
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Norimitsu Onishi | More About Norimitsu Onishi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The salmon were once so plentiful in the river that old-timers talk about having been able to cross on the backs of fish so thick they were like steppingstones. Such was the renown of the Cowichan River, flowing east on Canada’s Vancouver Island, that its fly-fishing conditions were posted in fishing clubs in London. Local scientists suspect the bigger culprit is climate change, which has contributed to the decline of salmon populations in British Columbia by increasing droughts and heat waves. In a summer of global catastrophes for Canada, climate change has been felt across this vast country — from Cowichan Valley on the Pacific Coast to Halifax on the Atlantic, from the long border with the United States to the remotest towns above the Arctic Circle. But if the world has been consumed with the fires raging across Canada’s forests, turned into tinderboxes from the effects of climate change, the plight of the river has hit close to home in Cowichan Valley.

Persons: John Wayne, Bing Crosby Locations: Cowichan, London, Cowichan Bay ., Canada, British Columbia, Cowichan Valley, Halifax, United States, tinderboxes

☆ A New Generation of Oriole Magic
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Tyler Kepner | More About Tyler Kepner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The past and the future blended seamlessly on Saturday at Camden Yards, alternate visions of glory trimmed in orange and black. Between innings, the scoreboard showed clips from the Orioles’ last championship clincher, 40 years ago this fall. A splash zone in the outfield stands — the Bird Bath — to hose down fans after big hits. Oriole Magic, revisited. And they’re doing that.”After a weekend sweep of the moribund Mets, the Orioles stood at 70-42, atop the A.L.

Persons: Eddie Murray, Rich Dauer, Mike Flanagan, Dennis Martinez, ”, Scott McGregor Organizations: Camden Yards, Orioles, American League, Philadelphia, Mets, Oakland Locations: Pittsburgh

☆ August Wilson, a Theater Titan Who Spun Gold in Diners
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-07 | by ( Dwight Garner | More About Dwight Garner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mamet’s title came back to me while I was reading Patti Hartigan’s biography of another essential American playwright, August Wilson. Wilson, who died in 2005, spent so much time lingering in diners that “Writing in Restaurants” is a plausible alternative subtitle for Hartigan’s “August Wilson: A Life.”Wilson was a large, bearded man, often in tweeds and a pageboy cap. He’d sit in the back with a cup of coffee and an overflowing ashtray. As his fame grew, he’d find a place in each city where his plays were staged. It was his daily slice of experimental theater.

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