The race for New York City comptroller was supposed to be Eliot Spitzer’s comeback. But in an era when money fuels politics, an old-fashioned campaign of volunteers and small donations stopped him cold.
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Monthly Archives: September 2013
Privacy Lost
The National Security Agency (N.S.A.) is not only collecting our personal phone and email records, but the spy agency is also “exploiting its huge collections of data to create sophisticated graphs” of our social connections. Since 2010, according to the New York Times, the agency has been able to quickly pinpoint our friends, colleagues, locations, traveling companions, and more, spying on our personal social networks.
N.S.A. officials refused to divulge to the NYT how many Americans have been caught up in the effort—including the innocent. But the data is telling: In 2011, the program was taking in 700 million phone records per day. In August 2011, it began collecting an additional 1.1 billion cellphone records daily from a US company.
Privacy guru and legal scholar Chris Hoofnagle says the U.S. government has to limit the collection of our personal data by government and by private companies. It’s the only way we can protect the last vestige of our private lives.
Dance Champions
The international Latin dance champions Riccardo Cocchi and Ulya Zagoryuchenko leave their fans breathless. Their style is hot, fast, sexy—typical for professional Latin competitors. The difference? Chemistry. Their moves, their connection, their stunning looks create an electric performance. A favorite, choreographed just for them, is “Hello, baby!” Watch it and swoon:
Health & Happiness
The New York Times health section has a column by Gretchen Reynolds on the comparable benefits of sleep and exercise. But how do you balance both—and which do you sacrifice if time is short? Neither, as it turns out. Try going to sleep 15 minutes earlier than usual and getting up 15 minutes later. I’m game for sleeping in. But going to sleep earlier? No way!
Read the NYT article here.