On Finding a Parking Spot During Busy Times

"Wait in a place where you can see 20 parking spots in front...assume that the average person's amll trip is roughly three hours (180 minutes).  Divide by those 20 cars, and probability factors indicate that one of the cars will leave in nine minutes or less...the more cars you can watch, teh shorter the wait.  Lingering in a place with 25 parked cars could shorten the wait time to about seven minutes."

Quick, Find a Parking Space
by Kelli Grant
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204026804577098451316357124.html

Most Influential Cities in the World

The November 2011 National Geographic has an article/infograph of "The Most Influential Cities" in the world.  A.T. Kearney launched the Global Cities Index in 2008 and issued an update in 2010.  The rankings are based on political engagement, information exchange, human capital, cultural experience, and business activity  Here is the rank:

1. New York City
2. London
3. Tokyo
4. Paris
5. Hong Kong
6. Chicago
7. Los Angeles
8. Singapore
9. Sydney
10. Seoul
11. Brussels
12. San Francisco
13. Washington, DC
14. Toronto
15. Beijing

http://twitpic.com/7jdcqa

US Presidents Live Long?

Aging in Office: US Presidents Often Outlive Peers
by Julie Steenhuysen
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/06/us-usa-presidents-aging-idUSTRE7B52EY20111206

FP's Top 100 Global Thinkers

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/11/28/the_fp_top_100_global_thinkers?page=full

Which TV Shows Do Republicans & Democrats Like?

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/12/06/republican-vs-democrat-tv/

Fact of the Day: Twelve Days of Christmas

This is the first time the cost of all 364 items named in the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, estimated by PNC Wealth Management, is more than $100,000.  The cost is now $101,120.

-Time Magazine; December 2011

Burma vs. Myanmar

Find out which one is "correct" to use...

For Clinton, A Quandary By Any Name
by William Wan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/burma-or-myanmar-for-clinton-no-easy-answer/2011/11/30/gIQAIl8rCO_blog.html