Saturday, September 13, 2014

13-Sep-2014 08:48

Using Your Phone to See Paris in a Whole New Light :: Transit apps and virtual tour guides can get you around the city and through its popular landmarks, like the Louvre.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/11/technology/personaltech/using-your-phone-to-see-paris-in-a-whole-new-light.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Munger Says Burger King Tax Critics 'Stark Raving Mad' - Bloomberg :: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-10/munger-says-burger-king-tax-critics-stark-raving-mad-.html

Munger Likens Auditor to Doctor Prodding Groin to Treat Nose - Bloomberg :: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-09-10/munger-likens-auditor-to-doctor-prodding-groin-to-treat-nose.html

Op-Ed Columnist: It Takes a Mentor :: Gallup says successful students had one or more teachers who were mentors, and they had an internship related to what they were learning in school.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/10/opinion/thomas-friedman-it-takes-a-mentor.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

Beijing, U.S. Unveil New Korean Sanctions :: The U.S. and China introduced a new round of sanctions against North Korea at the United Nations that the U.S. said would significantly impede the development of Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs, in response to its test last month of an atomic bomb.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324539404578342311961968652.html?mod=rss_most_viewed_day_europe

Venezuela Consults Cuban Playbook :: Hours before announcing Chávez's death, the government resorted to a ploy to try to unite his supporters: Talk of an alleged conspiracy by the U.S. to destabilize the country.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323494504578342440377083144.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

The Power of Negative Thinking :: Both ancient philosophy and modern psychology suggest that darker thoughts can make us happier, writes Oliver Burkeman.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324705104578147333270637790.html?mod=rss_most_viewed_day_europe

Best of the Web Today: Not a Dictator :: President Obama's declaration of ineffectuality.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324678604578342453770687898.html?mod=rss_Today's_Most_Popular

Technology Shapes Kenyan Elections :: The Internet and social media in Kenya, which played a central role in this year's elections by allowing Kenyans to question candidates, took on a new function Tuesdayâ€"spreading messages of peace to avert new bloodshed.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324178904578342160621330212.html?mod=rss_most_viewed_day_europe

Stocks: Signs of spring? :: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/VVvqtjhe90g/index.html

Manhattan home prices soar to median $972,000 :: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/0BQQ1VMD6Wo/index.html

Tesla car doors can be hacked :: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/money_mostpopular/~3/e6nEmtwvvvA/index.html

Heads Up: In Buenos Aires, a ‘Secret’ World of Dining :: At “closed door” restaurants in the Argentine capital, the address is just part of the intrigue.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/travel/in-buenos-aires-a-secret-world-of-dining.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Next Stop: Wine, Olive Oil and the Good Life in Uruguay :: The Carmelo area, not far from Argentina, has recently gained attention as much for its wine as for being an awfully nice place to visit.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/14/travel/wine-olive-oil-and-the-good-life-in-uruguay.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Art Review: A Feast of ‘Killer Shoes’ at the Brooklyn Museum :: “Killer Heels,” a sweeping exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum, drives home the notion that shoes are one of visual culture’s most freighted artifacts.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/12/arts/design/a-feast-of-killer-shoes-at-the-brooklyn-museum.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

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