WHO TIPS THE MOST? YOUR GUEST’S CREDIT CARD WILL GIVE YOU A HINT

Dear Professor Ariely,

I work as a waiter in Waikiki, and sometimes to pass the time I conduct mini-experiments with customers, altering my behavior and attitude from day to day and seeing if it increases tips (in case you were wondering, seeming sad nets the most tips). I have noticed that those paying with credit cards leave bigger tips, but it varies by card: American Express AXP +0.31% users tip the most, those with Visas a little less. Discover DFS +0.99% card users are by far the worst. I can’t quite figure this out. —V.

DID A UFO JUST HIT A CHINESE PASSENGER JET FORCING IT TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING?

Was it a bird? A Plane? Or a UFO?? Chinese passenger jet hits mysterious object at 26,000ft and lands with severely dented nose cone

• The Air China Boeing 757 was forced to make emergency landing
• It landed with a severely dented and scratched nose cone
• Pilot heard a large bang and then the plane ‘struggled to perform’

THE MOST EXPENSIVE BOTTLE OF CHAMPAGNE IN THE WORLD GIVES YOU A ‘TASTE OF DIAMONDS’ FOR $1.2 MILLION

 

Goût de Diamants: The Most Expensive Bottle Of Champagne In The World

APPLE UNVEILS THE LATEST iPHONE AND IPAD LOOKS: THE NEW iOS 7 SOFTWARE DITCHING THE OLD FOR A BRAND NEW ‘FLAT’ LOOK

Apple unveils revolution to the way your iPhone and iPad looks: Company bosses show next generation software that ‘ditches classic interface’

• Apple’s latest iOS 7 software for iPhones and iPads takes a bold step away from previous versions by abandoning the use of textured paper and wood effects for icons
• It is the first software designed by London-born Sir Jonathan Ive since he took over from Scott Forstall in October last year
• Apple also announced a new music streaming service – iTunes Radio
• Two new MacBook Air models available from today with improved battery life
• Apple bosses unveil new Mac software OS X Mavericks with tabs, tags and multiple displays plus an overhaul to its Safari browser

By Victoria Woollaston and Mark Prigg

Apple has unveiled the biggest ever change to its iPhone and iPad software with the new iOS 7 operating system. The announcement, made at Apple’s annual Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, comes after months of speculation. The firm also unveiled a music streaming service called ITunes Radio set to take on Spotify, plus a host of new power-efficient MacBook Air laptops.

SUSAN G. KOMEN CEO NANCY BRINKER IS MAKING A STAGGERING $684,000 A YEAR OUT, OTHER NON-PROFIT CEOS ARE NOT FAR BEHIND EITHER

 

SUSAN G. KOMEN FOUNDER NANCY BRINKER‘S PAYCHECK OUT OF STEP WITH OTHER CHARITY CEOs

Though Brinker took a lot of heat after yanking funding to Planned Parenthood for breast exams and all but resigned in 2012, the CEO is still benefiting from a giant bump in pay she took in 2010. Below is Brinker’s pay compared with that of CEO’s of America’s far larger charities:

Brian A. Gallagher, CEO United Way Worldwide, which had $4.14 billion in revenue as of October 2012. Compensation: $763,394

Gail J. McGovern, CEO American Red Cross, which had $3.65 billion in revenue as of October 2012. Compensation: $501,122

Vicki Escarra, CEO Feeding America, which had $1.18 billion in revenue as of October 2012.Compensation: $408,958

Nancy Brinker, CEO Susan G. Komen, which had $327 million in revenue as of October 2012. Compensation: $684,717

HEARD OF A $20,000 SMART PHONE? THE SUPER RICH SKIPS THE iPHONE FOR RESERVATION OF VERTU TI, THE LUXURIOUS SMART PHONE TAILORED FOR THE RICH AND SUPER RICH.

Vertu Ti is something only the super rich heard about and as they try to stay away from what the commoners usually purchase, the luxurious Vertu Ti is created with one group of people in mind – the high-end folks loaded with money whose hands won’t dare touch the gadgets the common folks got their hands on. Vertu Ti is handcrafted in England and comes with a grade 5 titanium casing, five times stronger than other smart phones, has a front and rear camera and powered by Android 4.0.

The price ranges from $9,000 to $20,000. As far as where you can buy them, their stores are tucked away in places where the rich people usually tread. In Las Vegas, only Wynn has a Vertu store.  There are only eight states out of the 50 states in U.S. that sell this luxury goody. If you live in California, Nevada ( Las Vegas ), Florida, Georgia, Texas, New York, Hawaii or Virginia ( Arlington), you can go to their stores if you suddenly decide to have a ‘real’ upgrade.

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WORLD’S MOST EXPENSIVE RV NOW FOR SALE FOR $3 MILLION

The world’s most expensive motorhome has gone on sale in Dubai – covered in gold and worth a cool $3 million. The space-age eleMMent Palazzo comes complete with a colossal master bedroom, 40-inch TV, on-board bar, fireplace and even its own rooftop terrace.

But the most impressive piece of luxury is the ‘Sky Lounge’ – at the press of a button the 40ft home transforms into a personal retreat with pop up cocktail bar, underfloor heating and extravagant marble lighting.

HOLLY MADISON SHOWS OFF POST-PREGNANCY BODY WITH 3-MONTH-OLD DAUGHTER RAINBOW

By George Stark

She recently wowed her fans after getting back into a bikini just six weeks after giving birth. And now Holly Madison has found another excuse to show off the results once again, happily posing with her three-month-old daughter Rainbow. Hugh Hefner‘s former flame looked absolutely stunning in a bright pink bikini, as she held her daughter to one side.

OBAMA NOTICE TO AIRMEN: DON’T LOOK AT INTERNET NEWS STORIES RELATED TO NSA-VERIZON SNOOPING SCANDAL, ‘MOST NOTABLY ‘THE GUARDIAN’ NEWS SITE

President Obama has said the outrage over the federal government’s decision to monitor citizens’ phone activity is all “hype.” He might want to share his opinion with the U.S. Air Force, which is ordering members of the service not to look at news stories about it.

WND has received an unclassified NOTAM (Notice to Airmen) that warns airmen not to look at news stories related to the data-mining scandal.

The notice applies to users of the Air Force NIPRNET (Non-classified Internet Protocol Router Network), which is the only way that many troops stationed overseas and on bases in the U.S. are able to access the Internet.

The last line of the executive summary states:

“Users are not to use AF NIPRNET systems to access the Verizon phone records collection and other related news stories because the action could constitute a Classified Message Incident.”

EXCITED ABOUT OBAMACARE? READ HOW A FORMER NHS EMPLOYEE IN BRITAIN SAW HER DAD DIED IN FILTH, NEGLECT, INFECTIONS AND HUNGER WHILE AT GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL

I worked in the NHS for 30 years. Dad died in the worst ward I’d ever seen: Daughter’s fury at ‘filthy and understaffed’ hospital

• Jane Gill said James Bollen contracted three illnesses while in hospital  
• The former senior pharmacy technician said standards at Weston General Hospital were the worst she had seen in her 30 year career
• Claims 92-year-old father went without food and water during stay

A former NHS employee has described the hospital where her elderly father died as the worst she had encountered during her 30-year career. James Bollen, 92, died last week after contracting three illnesses during a four-week stay at Weston General Hospital in Somerset. The pensioner, whose family said he had always feared he would die on one of its wards, had been admitted to the hospital in Weston-super-Mare with norovirus.

NSA OFFICIALS AT AIRPORT: NSA LEAKER AND GUARDIAN REPORTER GLENN GREENWALD SHOULD BE ‘DISAPPEARED’ AS OVERHEARD BY STEVE CLEMONS, EDITOR OF THE ATLANTIC

Disturbing: Steve Clemons, pictured left, tweeted the conversation after overhearing the officials saying the NSA leaker and Guardian reporter Glenn Greenwald, pictured right, should be ‘disappeared’ on Saturday 

 By Anna Sanders and Helen Pow

A group of intelligence officials were overheard yesterday discussing how the National Security Agency worker who leaked sensitive documents to a reporter last week should be ‘disappeared.’ Foreign policy analyst and editor at large of The Atlantic, Steve Clemons, tweeted about the ‘disturbing’ conversation after listening in to four men who were sitting near him as he waited for a flight at Washington’s Dulles airport.

‘In Dulles UAL lounge listening to 4 US intel officials saying loudly leaker & reporter on #NSA stuff should be disappeared recorded a bit,’ he tweeted at 8:42 a.m. on Saturday.

WANT A 16-INCH-WAIST? JUST SLEEP IN A CORSET FOR THREE YEARS AND IT WILL BE YOURS

By Ruth Styles and Charlie Mccann

For most of us, a slender waist is the product of a careful diet and plenty of exercise. But not for Michele Kobke, 24. The Berliner has shrunk her waist from 64cm (25 inches) to just 40cm (16 inches) by wearing a corset every day for three years – even while sleeping. And despite now having a waist smaller than most catwalk model‘s, the German slimmer says she hopes to whittle her waist down to a shocking 38cm or 14 inches wide.

Tiny though Kobke’s waist is, the record for the world’s tiniest midriff is held by another – American Cathie Jung, whose waist measures just 38cm. By comparison, the average British woman has a waist that measures 84.9cm (33.43 inches) – equivalent to a dress size 14.

PRIVATE EYE FRED OTASH, WHO BUGGED MARILYN MONROE’S HOUSE, WROTE MONROE COMPLAINED ABOUT ‘BEING PASSED AROUND LIKE A PIECE OF MEAT’ AS SHE DESCRIBED RELATIONSHIP WITH BOTH JOHN AND ROBERT KENNEDY

Files shedding new light on Marilyn Monroe‘s last night alive and her relationships with President John F Kennedy and his younger brother Bobby have emerged 51 years after her death. Documents belonging to the late Fred Otash, one of Hollywood‘s most notorious private detectives, were uncovered by his daughter Colleen after being found in a suburban storage unit. According to Otash, who died in 1992, Monroe had a sexual relationship with the brothers and complained about being ‘passed around like a piece of meat’.

 Otash, who had installed bugging devices in her Los Angeles home, has long been derided by Kennedy admirers for his claims to have listened to a tape of Monroe and JFK in bed together. But the notes published by The Hollywood Reporter magazine last week contained a detailed account of his bugging activities and what he heard. Shortly before his death, he told an interviewer: ‘They were having a sexual relationship … but I don’t want to get into the moans and groans.’

 

And in his notes, Otash claimed: ‘I listened to Marilyn Monroe die.’ He recorded that on August 5 1962, she had a violent argument with the Kennedys and that she felt that she had been ‘passed around like a piece of meat’.

EDWARD SNOWDEN: NSA WHISTLE-BLOWER LEAKED INFORMATION BECAUSE HE DOESN’T WANT TO ‘LIVE IN A SOCIETY THAT DOES THESE THINGS’

NSA contractor who leaked details of surveillance scheme reveals himself: The 29-year-old hiding out in Hong Kong after he stole secret data and fled U.S.

• Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old former CIA technical assistant, says he passed the classified information to The Guardian
• The documents blew open a number of intense NSA surveillance operations and caused a firestorm over the government’s actions
• Snowden, a high school drop-out, says he leaked information because he doesn’t ‘want to live in a society that does these sort of things’
• Comes after National Intelligence director James R Clapper defended the surveillance programs for keeping America safe
• NSA filed criminal report with Justice Dept. in relation to leaks to The Guardian and The Washington Post