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Jay Weston: Venezuelan Food in Beverly Hills... and Dudamel's Favorite Breakfast Dish!

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:14:00 +0000

Venezuelan Food in Beverly Hills... and Dudamel's Favorite Breakfast Dish! Restaurateur Camelia Coupal and Musical Director Gustavo Dudamel backstage at LA Phil! Huffington readers may recall my...

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Affluent Foreign-Born Parents in N.Y. Prefer Public Schools - NYTimes.com

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:54:00 +0000

Between the prices and the lack of any ethnic and socioeconomic diversity, most foreigners living in NYC are preferring to send their kids to public schools. Affluent Foreign-Born Parents in N.Y....

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Snapshots of Israel

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:49:00 +0000

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Talmud in Korea

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:36:00 +0000

It's a little more complicated than that, but still quite interesting... Just when you thought...

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Screened out and isolated - FT.com

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:27:00 +0000

There were no copies of the FT and no magazines, just angled titanium and back-lit Apple logos punctuating the caféScreened out and isolated Tyler Brule FT.com When a journalist from the German...

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How many Stephen Colberts are there?

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:53:00 +0000

How many Stephen Colberts are there? BY CHARLES MCGRATHFrom The International Herald Tribune There used to be just two Stephen Colberts, and they were hard enough to distinguish. The main...

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The First Killings of the Holocaust - NYTimes.com

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:39:00 +0000

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/04/opinion/the-first-killings-of-the-holocaust.html?pagewanted=1&ref=global The First Killings of the Holocaust On the brisk winter Tuesday of Jan. 20, 1942, 15 Nazi...

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How to Surf on a Cloud

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:44:00 +0000

How to Surf on a Cloud How would you like to "hang ten" half a mile above the ground? A few glider pilots have figured out a way to ride on the clouds moving over the Australian...

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Sex and advertising: Retail therapy How Ernest Dichter, an acolyte of Sigmund Freud, revolutionised marketing | The Economist

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 00:18:00 +0000

Sex and advertising Retail therapy How Ernest Dichter, an acolyte of Sigmund Freud, revolutionised marketing Dec 17th 2011 | from the print edition...

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Before Zynga, Pincus Thrived as Investor - BusinessWeek

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:40:00 +0000

Before Zynga, Pincus Thrived as Investor Posted by: Rachael King on December 12, 2011 By Douglas MacMillan As Mark Pincus enters the final days of Zynga’s road show, he’s aiming to sell investors...

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Andre Aciman on "Alibis" | To the best of our KNOWLEDGE

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 13:46:00 +0000

Interesting thoughts on Memory Novelist and essayist Andre Aciman is fascinated by memory , though he says what we remember is rarely straightforward. It's also tinged by our longing and some of...

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Israel's New Chocolatiers

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:40:00 +0000

A growing cadre of gourmet Israeli chocolate makers are bringing high-quality chocolate to both the Israeli and foreign markets. Israel's New Chocolatiers Monday,...

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The Daily Show: The War on Christmas | The Big Picture

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 11:29:00 +0000

Fox News objects to Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee leaving “Christmas” out of the Statehouse tree lighting ceremony invitation. Tree Fighting Ceremony The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show...

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Foie-gras production: How much is too much? | The Economist

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 12:28:00 +0000

Foie-gras production How much is too much? Why some duck livers are delicious, and others nasty Dec 3rd 2011 | from the print edition ...

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Why Is Art So Damned Expensive? - The Daily Beast

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:40:00 +0000

Why Is Art So Damned Expensive? A pile of stools for $575,000. A cabinet full of surgical instruments for a cool $2.5 million. The global...

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Tiken Jah Fakoly et Alpha Blondy Reconcile for the good of their country, Cote d'Ivoire

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:53:00 +0000

Côte d'Ivoire Les 50 de la Côte d'Ivoire : Tiken Jah Fakoly et Alpha Blondy, la réconciliation en chantant 23/11/2011 à 12h:39 Par Jeune Afrique Alpha Blondy (g) et Tiken Jah...

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Homework and Jacuzzis as Dorms Move to McMansions in California - NYTimes.com

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 00:24:00 +0000

The flip side of the foreclosure crisis in California. Animal McMansion: Students Trade Dorm for Suburban Luxury MERCED, Calif. — Heather Alarab, a junior at the...

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What Can the DNA of Ashkenazi Jews Tell Us About Living Longer? -- New York Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:21:00 +0000

What Do a Bunch of Old Jews Know About Living Forever? (Photo: Christopher Lane) "Don't be sad," says...

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Did You Hear The One About The Con Man, The Bank And The Five Corrupt Chinese Antique Appraisers?

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:38:00 +0000

http://www.businessinsider.com/china-academics-on-the-grift-the-jade-dress-scam-2011-9 Did You Hear The One About The Con Man, The Bank And The Five Corrupt Chinese...

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The #1 Most Effective Habit

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:27:00 +0000

The #1 Most Effective Habit [This was a guest post I did over the weekend at TechCrunch]. – There was a girl at the party, Ona, who then started telling me how she met her current...

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Some Guy Threw 4,800 Messages in a Bottle Into the Atlantic Ocean and Got 3,100 Responses from All Over the World

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:04:00 +0000

Cool or just a bunch of junk? Some Guy Threw 4,800 Messages in a Bottle Into the Atlantic Ocean and Got 3,100 Responses from All Over the World Sharevar addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "The...

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Interpol confirms Libyan treasure was looted | The Art Newspaper

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:34:00 +0000

The Benghazi Treasure comprises 364 gold coins, 2,433 silver coins, 4,484 bronze coins, 306 pieces of jewellery and 43 other antiquities, including statues. The Benghazi Treasure is the name...

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In Piedmont, Seasons of Truffles and Barolo - NYTimes.com

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 14:22:00 +0000

Wine In Piedmont, Seasons of Truffles and Barolo Vietti A view over some of the Vietti vineyards in Castiglione Falletto. By ERIC PFANNER Published: October 28, 2011 ALBA, ITALY —...

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Trademark-Happy Couple Try To Cash In On Occupy Wall Street | The Daily Feed | Minyanville.com

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:36:00 +0000

GOD bless America!Trademark-Happy Couple Try to Cash In on Occupy Wall StreetBy Diane Bullock October 26, 2011 03:22 PMWhat may go down as one of the most ironic trademarks in...

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At Waldorf School in Silicon Valley, Technology Can Wait - NYTimes.com

noreply@blogger.com (www.masterliving.blogspot.com) — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:08:00 +0000

A Silicon Valley School That Doesn’t Compute October 22, 2011 NY Times By MATT RICHTEL LOS ALTOS, Calif. — The chief technology officer of eBay sends his children to a nine-classroom school here....

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