2014年12月18日 星期四

2014-12-19 U.S. Spotlight


American businesses eye Cuban opportunities – Part 3   
PBS NewsHour
As President Obama closes a door on Cold War hostilities between the U.S. and Cuba, American businesses wait in the wings for new opportunities to expand to the nation that has long been off-limits. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Marcelo Prince of The Wall ...


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New York Times
   
Singing, Dancing and Other Seasonal Merriment   
New York Times
Once the shopping is done, the tree is trimmed, and Santa has been seen, the Miser clan tends to want to spend the time leading up to Christmas hunkered down in front of a flickering screen in the company of Rudolph, the Grinch and Ebenezer Scrooge.

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MIT Technology Review (blog)
   
Chemical-Sensing Displays and Other Surprising Uses of Glass   
MIT Technology Review (blog)
An inside look at Corning's labs suggests what's next for the inventor of Gorilla Glass. By Kevin Bullis on December 17, 2014. Why It Matters. Even some of the most advanced synthetic materials can't match the optical and physical properties of glass.

   


News Wrap: USAID chief announces resignation   
PBS NewsHour
In our news wrap Wednesday, USAID administrator Rajiv Shah announced he's stepping down hours before the diplomatic deal with Cuba was announced. Shah had overseen the agency's involvement in secret programs in Cuba. Also, Pakistan mourned ...


   


New York Times
   
'Serial' Podcast Finale: A Desire for 'Eureka' as the Digging Ends   
New York Times
Listening to the first season of “Serial,” Sarah Koenig's breakout true-crime drama, a spinoff of “This American Life” that's become the most popular podcast in the history of the form, has been like observing a lo-fi but formidable space launch. All the parts have ...


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National Geographic
   
Deck the Halls With Matzo Balls. Going Home for the Holidays—to Miami Beach   
National Geographic
Snowbirds go to Miami Beach for fun, for sun, and to live la vida loca. Gate-crashers, IMHO. I was there first. I'm a native. Aerial view along Collins Avenue and the Fountainbleu Hotel. This is the Miami Beach that tourists saw when I was growing up.

   


Is it in America's interest to have closer Cuban connection? – Part 2   
PBS NewsHour
For two views on the diplomatic reconnection with Cuba, Judy Woodruff turns to Maryland Rep. Chris Van Hollen, who supports the move and traveled from Cuba with released prisoner Alan Gross, and Roger Noriega, former assistant secretary of state, who ...


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New York Times
   
US to Restore Full Relations With Cuba, Erasing a Last Trace of Cold War Hostility   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Wednesday ordered the restoration of full diplomatic relations with Cuba and the opening of an embassy in Havana for the first time in more than a half-century as he vowed to “cut loose the shackles of the past” and ...


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Larkburger: Building a better burger, Colorado-style   
USA TODAY
The scene: The national gourmet burger trend shows no sign of slowing: from celebrity chefs like Bobby Flay, Laurent Tourondel and Gordon Ramsay to chains like Shake Shack and Elevation Burger (both profiled in this column), the phenomena has quickly ...


   


Entertainment Weekly
   
15 real things the fake 'Stephen Colbert' has done   
Entertainment Weekly
It's going to be hard to say goodbye to The Colbert Report this Thursday—mostly because it'll mean saying goodbye to “Stephen Colbert,” the ruthlessly ignorant, hilariously pompous, utterly indelible faux conservative pundit that the real Stephen Colbert has ...


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