Friday, December 25, 2015

25-Dec-2015 07:11

Video: Snow in San Diego, for the Polar Bears :: At least it’s snowing somewhere. The San Diego Zoo delivered nearly 26 tons of snow for its residents Kalluk, Tatqiq and Chinook.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/science/earth/video-polar-bears-snow-san-diego.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

N.B.A. Lends Its Name and Its Stars to Campaign Against Gun Violence :: The league is teaming up with Everytown for Gun Safety, an organization that advocates gun control, and 30-second ads will air during a series of marquee games on Dec. 25.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/sports/basketball/nba-gun-violence-campaign-michael-bloomberg.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Tech Fix: For Parental Controls, iPhones Beat Androids :: The Apple phones were able to accomplish a range of restrictions, like blocking content and purchases, while Android phones offered incomplete solutions.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/technology/personaltech/for-parental-controls-iphones-beat-androids.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Vermont State Police Log: 10000 CDs reported stolen in Goshen - Addison County Independent :: http://www.addisonindependent.com/201512vermont-state-police-log-10000-cds-reported-stolen-goshen

The Best Poetry Books of 2015 :: The author of the Book Review’s On Poetry column selects the year’s best verse.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/books/review/the-best-poetry-books-of-2015.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Looking Back at 2015 in Book Publishing :: The popularity of audiobooks and adult coloring books stunned the industry this year. And a long-lost Dr. Seuss book emerged.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/books/looking-back-at-2015-in-book-publishing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Checking Back: ‘The King and I,’ With Hoon Lee as a More Tragic Monarch :: Mr. Lee, who stepped in as His Majesty in September, invests his character with a wit and poignancy and an electric attraction to Kelli O’Hara’s Anna.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/theater/the-king-and-i-with-hoon-lee-as-a-more-tragic-monarch.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Touring Europe in the Footsteps of van Gogh :: Traveling to many of the landmarks and cities important to van Gogh’s artistic life, including Montmartre in Paris, the Borinage in Belgium and Auvers-sur-Oise, where he died at 37.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/27/travel/van-gogh-france-belgium-netherlands.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Brain Cancers Reveal Novel Genetic Disruption in DNA :: A study of gliomas found that DNA structure was disrupted, allowing separate segments to merge and activate a growth gene. An existing chemotherapy drug can fix that.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/health/brain-cancers-reveal-novel-genetic-disruption-in-dna.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Small Businesses Get a Permanent Tax Break on Buying Equipment :: Companies can buy up to $500,000 worth of items like computers and machinery and write the expense off immediately instead of depreciating it over time.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/business/smallbusiness/small-businesses-get-a-permanent-tax-break-on-buying-equipment.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Phys Ed: Fit Body, Fit Brain and Other Fitness Trends :: The year in fitness.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/fit-body-fit-brain-and-other-fitness-trends/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Modern Families: The Typical American Lives Only 18 Miles From Mom :: The popular perception of Americans is that they are independent and rootless, but the reality is that people tend not to move very far from their parents.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/upshot/24up-family.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

When a Unicorn Start-Up Stumbles, Its Employees Get Hurt :: Employees at Good Technology, once valued at $1.1 billion, found their shares made practically worthless by a sale to BlackBerry for $425 million.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/27/technology/when-a-unicorn-start-up-stumbles-its-employees-get-hurt.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Op-Ed Contributor: Our Misplaced Nostalgia for Cassette Tapes :: Why are people suddenly flocking to an outdated, subpar technology? What’s next, the MiniDisc?
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/opinion/our-misplaced-nostalgia-for-cassette-tapes.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The Lives They Lived :: Remembering some of the artists, innovators and thinkers we lost in the past year.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/16/magazine/the-lives-they-lived.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

State of the Art: For the New Year, Let’s Resolve to Improve Our Tech Literacy :: From politicians’ calls to shut down parts of the Internet to Uber’s labor troubles, the news in 2015 often highlighted a failure to grasp the effects of change.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/technology/for-the-new-year-lets-resolve-to-improve-our-tech-literacy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Assignment America: Little Havana :: The neighborhood has shaped thousands of Cuban immigrants or their children into success stories, from Marco Rubio to the rapper Pitbull. But a reporter who grew up there fears its demise.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/24/us/assignment-america-little-havana.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Op-Ed Contributor: How Saddam Hussein Gave Us ISIS :: The Islamic State was born when the desperate dictator turned to religion to shore up his teetering regime.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/23/opinion/how-saddam-hussein-gave-us-isis.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Wrestling: Tuesday Shore Conference boxscores - Asbury Park Press :: http://www.app.com/story/sports/high-school/wrestling/2015/12/22/wrestling-tuesday-shore-conference-boxscores/77774374/

Fed aggressively ramps up new tool to pry rates higher :: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/MostRead/~3/19DUdTxXzhE/story01.htm

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