Friday, March 13, 2015

13-Mar-2015 09:02

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

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

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

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

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

Ryan Budget Plan Draws GOP Flak :: House Republican leaders are drawing opposition from party members to the idea of revamping Medicare for more Americans than previously suggested.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324539404578342741269490544.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

TSA to Allow Small Knives on Planes :: The Transportation Security Administration said it would soon allow fliers to carry certain smaller knives onto airplanes, one of the biggest moves to scale back airport-security measures since the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324539404578342580651057500.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Venezuela Leader Chávez Dies at 58 :: Hugo Chávez, a former tank commander turned populist politician who used Venezuela's oil riches to pursue his vision of socialism and challenge the U.S., died Tuesday from complications related to cancer.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203458604577265460960140008.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Cardinals Raise Questions Over Report :: When cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel to elect a new pope, the chapel will become a fortress of the Holy See's most carefully guarded secrets. But there is one secret many of the cardinals themselves are trying to divine.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324178904578342552773070858.html?mod=rss_most_viewed_day_europe

Five Stocks Handled the Heavy Lifting :: Five blue-chip stocks have accounted for about one-third of the rally in the Dow since the financial crisis.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324539404578342771985751896.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

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