Much of what we know — or think we know — about keeping self-improvement promises is wrong, experts say. Here are seven common myths about habits. NYTimes New Year’s Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/10/your-money/some-facts-to-turn-your-new-years-resolutions-into-action.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Original Source: NY Times >>
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The Strip
A weekly comic strip featured in the Sunday Review. NYTimes New Year’s Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/opinion/sunday/the-strip-brian-mcfadden-comics.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Original Source: NY Times >>
A Memorial in Shanghai for Victims of Stampede
Friends and relatives of the victims were among those who came to bow, mourn and place flowers in Chen Yi Square, where scores of people were injured or crushed to death on New Year’s Eve. NYTimes New Year’s Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/07/world/asia/shanghai-mourns-victims-of-new-years-eve-stampede.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Original Source: NY Times >>
A Race to the Front Row
Like fashion shows, gyms have their status-symbol front rows, too, and the scramble is on for those coveted spots. NYTimes New Year’s Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/08/style/a-race-to-the-front-row.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Original Source: NY Times >>
When Celebrity Fortunetellers Talk, the Lebanese Listen
In a region where many governments criminalize divination, Lebanon stands apart for featuring its star soothsayers on New Year’s Eve, when they make predictions in TV specials. NYTimes New Year’s Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/03/world/middleeast/when-celebrity-fortunetellers-talk-the-lebanese-listen.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Original Source: NY Times >>
If You Want to Meet That Deadline, Play a Trick on Your Mind
By tweaking our perception of time, research shows, we can more easily attain a goal — or meet a New Year’s resolution. NYTimes New Year’s Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/business/if-you-want-to-meet-that-deadline-play-a-trick-on-your-mind.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Original Source: NY Times >>
Resolving to Create a New You
Don’t just do what you should be doing. Reflect on the person you can be. NYTimes New Year’s Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/opinion/sunday/resolving-to-create-a-new-you.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Original Source: NY Times >>
France: Hundreds of Cars Set on Fire
The Interior Ministry said Thursday that 940 cars were set on fire by vandals on New Year’s Eve, fewer than the 1,067 set aflame the previous year. NYTimes New Year’s Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/02/world/europe/france-hundreds-of-cars-set-on-fire.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Original Source: NY Times >>
In Moments, New Year’s Revelry Became Fatal Crush in Shanghai
Most of the 36 victims were young revelers who had come to ring in 2015 on the Bund, the city’s iconic riverfront promenade. NYTimes New Year’s Eve http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/02/world/asia/witnesses-recall-panic-of-deadly-stampede-in-shanghai.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Original Source: NY Times >>
Stampede survivor: I failed to protect you
Shanghai authorities released details about 32 of the three dozen New Year’s revelers killed in a stampede on the city’s waterfront. The victims were young, with an average age of just 22. CNN World http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/GpbKtmsjw_w/index.html Original Source: CNN World >>