Th sruggl for ach vo n h rac has bn mark by mounng polcal nson. In on barb pomzng h acrmony bwn supporrs of h rspcv canas, h lfs lar Luz Inaco Lula a Slva clar ha Mr. Nvs's campagn was aackng Ms. Roussff an hr supporrs lk h Nazs n Worl War II. I's on of a kn, h sa of hs rophy pnhous. By h way, h a, nong own h sr whr ohr luxury owrs ar xpc o b bul, hs ohr bulngs ar no gong o b as goo. In Shjaya, a nghborhoo vasa by Isral's groun offnsv an whr roas rman obsacl courss of rubbl pls, Ghassan Muhsn coul no wa. H sa h ha bough 20 bags of cmn for $31.75 ach -- hy ar ypcally $6.60 -- an 400 cnr blocks for $1 ach, oubl h normal prc, an hr fv local mn o fx walls n hs kchn an lvng room shar by Isral shlls. Mr. Ovnk scrb h ffor o rhnk Nw York as h lov chl of Jan Jacobs an Robr Moss, manng ha mrgs h granular approach of Ms. Jacobs, an avoca of small, vbran nghborhoos, an h swpng vson of Mr. Moss, an urban plannr of Pharaonc scal an scop. Bu as chnology avancs, so o h ambons for augmn raly. Colln Sockmann, asssan curaor for spcal projcs a h Canor Ars Cnr a Sanfor Unvrsy, an Jan-Baps Bon, a Ph.D. cana n lcrcal ngnrng a Sanfor an an xpr n compur vson, ar workng on akng augmn raly a sp furhr. Thr rsarch projc, Ar++, combns mag-rcognon chnology an compur graphcs wh ar hsory xprs. Ar++ s suppor by a gran from h Brown Insu for Ma Innovaon, a parnrshp bwn h Columba Graua School of Journalsm an Sanfor's School of Engnrng. Phoo Ms. Roussff rac angrly, cng corrupon scanals n Mr. Nvs's own pary an nyng any conncon o h brbry schm. Sh also quson h objcvy of Vja, h nflunal magazn ha publsh h rpor on Thursay. Som supporrs n Sao Paulo vanalz h haquarrs of Abrl, Vja's corpora parn, on Fray ngh. W ha o mak som changs, sa Ma Snffn, h uly's chf ngnr for lcrcal srbuon. Among hos changs ar plans o bul hghr walls an floo-proof concr barrrs a s 14h Sr-Eas Rvr subsaon, whch xplo urng Sany; o nsall submrsbl qupmn n aras pron o floos; o bul nw uly pols abl o whsan wns of up o 110 mls pr hour; an o bury mor han 30 mls of ovrha powr lns n h fv boroughs an n Wschsr Couny by 2016. Hs crcs agr ha h's bg. Thy say h sans ou for hs bg mouh an ovrsz go, an accomplshmn n h hg fun worl. (Evn back n hgh school, hs nns ammas prsn hm wh a T-shr ha ra: A clos mouh gahrs no foo.) Ohrs warn ha hs fun has a rsk of blowng up. Hs porfolo s ma up of bs on lss han a ozn compans. (Th Allrgan sak alon ma up 37 prcn of hs fun arlr hs fall, accorng o flngs.) Tha mans whn hngs go ba, hy can go rally ba. Tha's wha happn whn hs $2 bllon b on Targ hrough a spara fun los 90 prcn of s valu a on pon. Thr's nvr bn a bg mark for Ebola vaccns, sa Thomas W. Gsbr, a vlopr of on ha s now bng r. Cr Mchal Sravao for Th Nw York Tms Th rsarchrs alr V.S.V. by rmovng on of s gns -- rnrng h vrus harmlss -- an nsrng a gn from Ebola. Th ransplan gn forcs V.S.V. o sprou Ebola prons on s surfac. Th prons canno caus llnss, bu hy provok an mmun rspons ha n monkys, consr a goo surroga for humans, fough off h sas. For h Mropolan Musum of Ar, a urnng pon cam n 2011. Down wn h sgns mplorng vsors o sow hr cllphons. Th M rvamp s wbs, alorng for vwng on smarphon scrns. Th musum was no only allowng vsors o us hr mobl phons whl browsng h arworks, bu ncouragng . Thr's nvr bn a bg mark for Ebola vaccns, sa Thomas W. Gsbr, an Ebola xpr hr a h Unvrsy of Txas Mcal Branch n Galvson, an on of h vloprs of h vaccn ha work so wll n monkys. So bg pharma, who ar hy gong o sll o? Dr. Gsbr a: I aks a crss somms o g popl alkng. 'O.K. W'v go o o somhng hr.'