Friday, March 13, 2015

13-Mar-2015 05:59

Pope Francis’ Guide to Lent: What You Should Give Up This Year (1335836 views) :: http://time.com/3714056/pope-francis-lent-2015-fasting/

Editorial: Republican Idiocy on Iran :: Instead of being leaders and statesmen, Republicans in Congress seem to think their role is outside the American government.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/opinion/republican-idiocy-on-iran.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

State of the Art: Slack, the Office Messaging App That May Finally Sink Email :: The start-up Slack is changing the way workers communicate, with a group chat app that eschews privacy and automatically archives almost everything.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/technology/slack-the-office-messaging-app-that-may-finally-sink-email.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Search continues in military copter crash off Florida that left 11 presumed dead :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/J-0Xk96P-EM/story01.htm

What’s Wrong With the ‘Blurred Lines’ Copyright Ruling :: In basing its verdict on sheet music, a critic argues, a jury in Los Angeles ignored how songs are actually created today.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/arts/music/whats-wrong-with-the-blurred-lines-copyright-ruling.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

‘The Tales of Hoffmann,’ Newly Restored, Opens at Film Forum :: Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s 1951 film shows off Moira Shearer’s dancing much better than “The Red Shoes” did.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/arts/dance/the-tales-of-hoffmann-newly-restored-opens-at-film-forum.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Iran Letter: 165,000+ Sign Petition to Prosecute GOP Senators :: Petition to the White House quickly gains support online.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/iran-letter-165000-sign-petition-prosecute-gop-senators/story?id=29564985

Talk of a Sale Fills a Hippie Haven With Bad Vibes :: Some in California’s Slab City, a squatter colony of ex-hippies, rebels and self-identified misfits, fear they will face dreaded codes and health and sanitation rules.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/us/talk-of-land-sale-divides-southern-californias-slab-city-dwellers.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Apps Especially Useful for Retirees :: A list of apps that are helpful for retirees who like to plan in advance.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/business/retirementspecial/apps-especially-useful-for-retirees.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Euro slides to 12-year lows, U.S. stocks close lower :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/mTwSivX-MTE/story01.htm

Retirement Reality Is Catching Up With Me :: Nearly 58, a writer has largely ignored his cursory efforts to plan for retirement. But his ignorance keeps gnawing at him, and it’s time to take a hard look at where he stands.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/business/retirement-reality-is-catching-up-with-me.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Veteran Wraps Baby in American Flag, Photo Sparks Controversy :: Photographer faces online backlash for flag in a picture.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/photographer-fights-backlash-baby-wrapped-american-flag-picture/story?id=29557727

Delight or Dread as Euro Falls :: Businesspeople and tourists on both sides of the Atlantic are watching with considerable emotion as Europe’s main currency drops closer to parity with the dollar.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/business/international/delight-or-dread-as-euro-falls.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Seamus Heaney Work Wins Contest Honoring Ireland’s Poets and Its Past :: RTE, Ireland’s national broadcaster, held a contest searching for the country’s favorite poem of the past century, and a Seamus Heaney work won.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/books/seamus-heaney-work-wins-contest-honoring-irelands-poets-and-its-past.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Privacy Pitfalls as Education Apps Spread Haphazardly :: Apps and other software can put powerful teaching tools at teachers’ fingertips, but concerns abound over data security, effectiveness and marketing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/technology/learning-apps-outstrip-school-oversight-and-student-privacy-is-among-the-risks.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Machine Learning: Device Syncing: Call From Computers and Text From Tablets :: Technology from Apple, Google, BlackBerry and Motorola is increasingly allowing users to send texts and make phone calls from almost any device.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/12/technology/personaltech/device-syncing-call-from-computers-and-text-from-tablets.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The Voyages Issue: Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Passage Through America :: In this second installment from Karl Ove Knausgaard, the Norwegian travels through the Midwest in search of a distant relative, a supposed Viking relic and the peculiar essence of Americanness.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/15/magazine/karl-ove-knausgaards-passage-through-america.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Op-Ed Contributor: In Your Garden, Choose Plants That Help the Environment :: Admire plants for what they do. Not for what they look like.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/opinion/in-your-garden-choose-plants-that-help-the-environment.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Opinionator | The End: Memento Mori :: I have A.L.S. I can’t protect my wife from grieving because grief is the price we pay for love.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/memento-mori/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Op-Ed Columnist: Is It Sheldon Adelson’s World? :: The influence of Sheldon Adelson, the casino magnate and financial backer of right-wing causes, is being felt in both the United States and Israel.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/11/opinion/thomas-l-friedman-is-it-sheldons-world.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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