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Fears about people’s DNA ending up in the wrong hands might have been heightened in the aftermath of the Golden State Killer case. Criminal investigations honed in on a suspect involved in a decades-old rapes and murders by running DNA found at the scene through a free online database where anyone who got their DNA tested through a company like 23andMe could upload it. A suspect was found because a distant relative had shared their genetic information -- showing how DNA data, unlike other kinds of data, is unique because it’s linked to and potentially exposes information about family members.

Ken Oaks founded one of the most successful trucking companies in the country, Total Quality Logistics. His firm brokers deals between truckers who want to be on the road and companies who need to move products across the country. Oaks started the business in 1997, watched its revenues hit $50 million in 2003, then saw company sales compound 40% annually over the next 11 years. Sales reached $2.1 billion in 2014. Before starting Total Quality Logistics, Oaks worked for a fresh produce distributor called Castellini Company, where he dealt with freight brokers every day. Frustrated by unreliable brokers, he decided to start his own firm with employees available for customers all the time, regardless of the day or the hour.

“The question is no longer whether we need a federal law to protect consumers’ privacy,” Sen. John Thune, the Republican chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, said in a September hearing. “The question is what shape will that law take?”

“Art must be an integral part of the struggle. It can’t simply mirror what’s taking place. It must adapt itself to human needs. It must ally itself with the forces of liberation. The fact is, artists have always been propagandists. I have no use for artists who try to divorce themselves from the struggle.”

Finally, an extended excerpt from The Barbarian Nights, or the First Dawns of the World, by Hervé Koubi. His company is comprised of thirteen bare-chested, virile and superbly trained Algerian street dancers, mixing tumultuous acrobatics, hip-hop, martial arts and more in a non-stop rush of excitement. The music is by Maxime Bodson and Mozart—the Big Two—but it could be by anyone who either triggers or plays against the wild propulsion of somersaults, cartwheels, flips, sensational leaps and crash dives.

Narcissus Garden was first presented in 1966, when Kusama staged an unofficial installation and performance at the 33rd Venice Biennale. The silver spheres, originally made from plastic, were installed on the lawn in front of the Italian Pavilion, reflecting the landscape of the exhibition grounds. Kusama herself stood among them, barefoot and dressed in a gold kimono, alongside yard signs inscribed with the words “Narcissus Garden, Kusama” and “Your Narcissism for Sale.” Throughout the opening day of the exhibition, Kusama remained in the installation, tossing the spheres in the air and offering to sell them to visitors for 1,200 lire (approximately $2) each. The action, which was viewed both as self-promotion and a critique on the commercialization of contemporary art, would later be seen as a pivotal moment in Kusama’s career as she transitioned from installation toward the radical, politically charged public performances that would be the focus of her work in the late 1960s in New York City.