2014年8月19日 星期二

2014-08-20 U.S. Spotlight

  New York Times   
A World of Creatures That Hide in the Open  New York Times
Sönke Johnsen scuba dives in the middle of the ocean, far from land, miles above the seafloor. There are no shipwrecks to explore, no reefs to admire, just a disorienting oasis of blue. What he looks for is hard to see. Indeed, he and his companions often ...


   

  National Geographic   
Coal-Dependent Arkansas Faces Stiff Emissions Target and a Running Clock  National Geographic
A coal train passes the White Bluff power plant near Redfield, Arkansas. The plant may be forced to close in the wake of proposed carbon regulations. Photograph by Danny Johnston, AP. Christina Nunez. National Geographic. Published August 19, 2014.

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  PBS NewsHour   
Hospitals reconsider free healthcare for those who could now be insured  PBS NewsHour
As more Americans gain insurance under the federal health law, hospitals are rethinking their charity programs, with some scaling back help for those who could have signed up for coverage but didn't. The move is prompted by concerns that offering free or ...


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A Beautiful Mind  New York Times (blog)
After a stunning career in fashion, Federico Forquet turned his life's work toward making exquisite houses and gardens. His own in the Tuscan hills is both a sanctuary and a masterpiece. Photo. <strong>LABOR OF LOVE</strong> The view from Federico ...


   

  National Geographic   
Jerusalem Zoo Struggles to Remain Common Ground for Israelis, Palestinians  National Geographic
JERUSALEM—In most zoos, a peccary would warrant scant attention. The grunting, short-legged New World critter doesn't spout water like crowd-pleasing elephants or pick visitors' pockets like mischievous lemurs. What it does boast, though, is a passing ...


   


Would greater independence for teachers result in higher student performance?  PBS NewsHour
In the face of a top-down hierarchy ruling many public schools these days, some teachers are taking back their classrooms by moving to schools where they create the curriculum and vote democratically on decisions. John Tulenko of Learning Matters reports ...


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Readers Respond to Hotel Saving Tips  New York Times
Judging from reader comments, my recent column detailing seven steps to finding a better hotel deal touched several nerves, including those that control memories of horrible hotel experiences, disdain for bargain hunters and physical pain. (Two readers ...


   

  RollingStone.com   
Motley Crue's Big, Badass Influence on Today's Country  RollingStone.com
Motley Crue, with Nikki Sixx in a cowboy hat, arrive at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards. By Joseph Hudak | August 19, 2014. If there was ever any doubt as to how Eighties hard rock influenced contemporary country music, press play on Nashville Outlaws: ...


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  Vanity Fair   
Gehry's Paris Coup  Vanity Fair
Despite its echoes of Paris's architectural past, Frank Gehry's latest museum project—the Fondation Louis Vuitton, opening this fall in the Bois de Boulogne—is like nothing the city has seen before: muscular and delicate, utilitarian and fantastic, a marriage of ...


   

  TIME   
When Will I Die? How I Decided Whether to Test for Early-Onset Alzheimer's  TIME
The disease killed my father. At 39, I had to choose how much I wanted to know about my own fate. People ask me all the time if I want to find out how and when I'm going to die. But that's not exactly how they ask it. What they ask is whether I'm going to get ...


   

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