2015年6月20日 星期六

2015-06-21 U.S. Spotlight


New York Times
   
Gawker's Moment of Truth   
New York Times
“I'm pretty sure we have a revolution coming,” said Nick Denton, founder and chief executive of Gawker Media. “It's not 100 percent guaranteed, but the existing corporate structure is looking pretty hollow.” It was a mild spring evening, and Mr. Denton, who is ...


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U-T San Diego
   
This weekend's top events   
U-T San Diego
9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. San Luis Rey Mission Grounds, 4050 Mission Ave., Oceanside. Free; details. San Luis Rey Luiseño Indians perform traditional intertribal singing and dancing. There will be food booths, arts and crafts as ...


   


Outside Magazine
   
Running on Empty   
Outside Magazine
Over the past decade, ultrarunning has gone from a fringe pursuit for distance freaks to a hypercompetitive sport attracting big-time sponsors. But a mysterious training condition is suddenly plaguing its ranks, robbing a generation of top athletes of their talents ...


   


Entertainment Weekly (blog)
   
5 questions for the Game of Thrones season finale   
Entertainment Weekly (blog)
Tonight the fifth season of HBO's Game of Thrones will come to close with an episode called “Mother's Mercy.” Somehow we're not expecting much actual mercy to be shown, however. The last two episodes have been an extreme emotional roller coaster and ...


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New York Times
   
In Tucson, an Unsung Architectural Oasis   
New York Times
“People tend to come to Tucson to figure something out,” Demion Clinco remarked one cool desert evening, beneath a sky so boundless it made all things seem possible. We were seated on the terrace of the 85-year-old Arizona Inn, drinking anachronistic ...


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Washington Post
   
Why the Olympics Washington didn't win could still transform the city   
Washington Post
ANALYSIS |. For more than a year, some of Washington's most accomplished architects, engineers and planners assembled a vision for how the region could look a decade from now. Huddled in secret brainstorming meetings, they plotted the most idyllic ...


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Ars Technica (blog)
   
Stunning images of abandoned Soviet space shuttles   
Ars Technica (blog)
The cavernous interior of the MZK building (Site 112A at Baikonur Cosmodrome). Abandoned for some years, it contains the second Buran orbiter and a static test model. Ralph Mirebs. The cavernous interior of the MZK building (Site 112A at Baikonur ...


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New York Times
   
'Goodfellas,' 25 Years On: Cast Members Reminisce   
New York Times
It's been 25 years since Martin Scorsese's seminal gangster film “Goodfellas” opened to the adulation of critics, among them Vincent Canby of The New York Times, who hailed it as “breathless and brilliant.” Though it's now considered a classic, counted by ...


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Entertainment Weekly (blog)
   
Box office report: Jurassic World roars to biggest global opening of all time   
Entertainment Weekly (blog)
Back in 1993, Jurassic Park became the first film ever to open to more than $50 million. Now, Jurassic World has brought us back to Isla Nublar and broken a few box office records of its own: Chris Pratt and the leaping lizards earned $511.8 million worldwide, ...


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US, Europe ready new sanctions to deter Putin on Ukraine   
CNN
Washington (CNN) The United States and the European Union are finalizing further sanctions against Russia that could be imposed if Moscow takes additional military action in Ukraine, senior U.S. administration officials and European diplomats said ...


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