Wednesday, January 14, 2015

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World

10 Are Killed in Ukraine as Diplomacy Hits a Wall

Travel

In Ensenada, Cheap Mexican Charms Await

Less than two hours from San Diego, the city is one of the easiest and safest places to experience Mexico on a budget.
Budget Travel; Travel and Vacations; Road Trips 

I could risk it.

3
Sports

U.S.O.C. Chooses Boston as Candidate for 2024 Summer Olympics

World

Taxi Strikes Spread Across China

The cabdrivers say they are protesting soaring expenses, shrinking incomes and the competition presented by a spate of new ride-hailing apps.
Taxicabs and Taxicab Drivers; Strikes; Car Services and Livery Cabs 

Yes.   The cabbies have a case.  They will only get higher fares.

5
Technology

Looking for the ‘Most Recent’ Facebook Posts

Facebook eventually reverts to the “Top Stories” view of its news feed even if “Most Recent” is chosen, but there are ways around this.
Mac OS (Operating System) 

"If you just want to stop the browser from noting your whereabouts when you search, you can adjust the program’s settings so that it stops using your coordinates. Apple’s site has the steps for turning off location services in its Safari browser. Google has similar instructions for Chrome and Mozilla has information about using (or not using) the location-aware browsing feature of Firefox. Windows users can disable Internet Explorer’s Location Services as well."

http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT5403

Follow these steps to disable Location Services features in Safari:
  1. In Safari select Safari > Preferences.
  2. Click the Privacy icon in the Preferences window.
  3. Select the "Deny without prompting" option.













Thermal Imaging Allows for Picturing the Invisible

Business Day

E.C.B.’s Bond-Buying Program Is Legal, Adviser to Appeals Court Says

The opinion by an advocate general is a victory for the central bank president, Mario Draghi, as he seeks to stimulate the region’s stagnant economy.
Government Bonds; Quantitative Easing; Euro (Currency) 

A pointless activity.

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World

Ex-Marine Says Iranians Want a Swap to Free Him

The family of the former Marine, Amir Hekmati, has been receiving telephone calls and emails from Iran proposing prisoner swaps for Iranians held in the United States, he said in a letter to Iran’s president.
Political Prisoners 

These proposals are generally refused by the government.

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false

Christie Speech Points to a Presidential Path


Yuck!
Opinion

A Pipeline and a Pie in the Sky

The State Department estimates the number of permanent new jobs created by Keystone XL at 35 — about the same as the handful of new taco trucks in my neighborhood.
Keystone Pipeline System; High-Speed Rail Projects; Alternative and Renewable Energy 

Timothy Egan is only wrong in his regionalism.

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World

Russian and Ukrainian Officials Meet in Germany

The meeting was the latest attempt to ease the crisis in eastern Ukraine, where about 4,700 people have been killed since the conflict erupted last spring.
International Relations

There is no hope in this.

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U.S.

On Washington Metro, a Death Is Rare but Problems Are Almost Daily

Technology

Apple's Cut From App Sales Reached $4.5 Billion in 2014

Google’s app store is the largest in the world, but still makes far less money than the Apple App Store.
Android (Operating System); E-Commerce; Mobile Applications 

A lucrative wall on apple's  "garden".

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U.S.

Scorch Marks and Questions Linger After N.A.A.C.P. Bombing in Colorado

F.B.I. investigators are trying to find whoever set off a makeshift bomb outside an N.A.A.C.P. office in Colorado Springs, in what could be a bias attack or a case of domestic terrorism.
Bombs and Explosives 

Silly children.

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U.S.

Obama, in Tennessee, Begins Selling His Community College Tuition Plan

Science

Out There

Scenic tours through the Milky Way and beyond.
Space and Astronomy; Black Holes (Space); Stars and Galaxies; Solar System 

I wonder about "dark matter".

Nice pictures.

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U.S.

Iraq Veteran, Now a West Point Professor, Seeks to Rein In Disability Pay

Lt. Col. Daniel Gade is traveling the country to urge a shift toward work incentives for disabled veterans, but some find his message misguided.
Veterans; Disability Insurance; Labor and Jobs; Philanthropy; Disabilities 

This is the theory that punishment helps.
I do not hold with the theory.

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Business Day

Europe’s Trade Chief Calls for More Study on Proposed Pact With U.S.

Her answer will be no.


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World

‘Bullet Caucus’ in Brazil Signals a Shift to the Right

Brazilian politicians with backgrounds in law enforcement or the military have been winning elections in a society fed up with violent crime.
Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings

This is the effect of disenfranchising the poor.
World

10 Are Killed in Ukraine as Diplomacy Hits a Wall


More pressure.
Travel

In Ensenada, Cheap Mexican Charms Await


If you wish.
World

Taxi Strikes Spread Across China

The cabdrivers say they are protesting soaring expenses, shrinking incomes and the competition presented by a spate of new ride-hailing apps.
Taxicabs and Taxicab Drivers; Strikes; Car Services and Livery Cabs

The cabbies will get a fare hike.
Sports

U.S.O.C. Chooses Boston as Candidate for 2024 Summer Olympics

Technology

Looking for the ‘Most Recent’ Facebook Posts


"If you just want to stop the browser from noting your whereabouts when you search, you can adjust the program’s settings so that it stops using your coordinates. Apple’s site has the steps for turning off location services in its Safari browser. Google has similar instructions for Chrome and Mozilla has information about using (or not using) the location-aware browsing feature of Firefox. Windows users can disable Internet Explorer’s Location Services as well."
Science

Thermal Imaging Allows for Picturing the Invisible


Infrared photography.
Business Day

E.C.B.’s Bond-Buying Program Is Legal, Adviser to Appeals Court Says


Greece will default.
World

Ex-Marine Says Iranians Want a Swap to Free Him

false

Christie Speech Points to a Presidential Path


yuck!
Opinion

A Pipeline and a Pie in the Sky


yes
World

Russian and Ukrainian Officials Meet in Germany


no
U.S.

On Washington Metro, a Death Is Rare but Problems Are Almost Daily


If they were serious it would have been a bigger bomb.


U.S.

Obama, in Tennessee, Begins Selling His Community College Tuition Plan


yes
Science

Out There

Scenic tours through the Milky Way and beyond.
Space and Astronomy; Black Holes (Space); Stars and Galaxies; Solar System

Nice pictures.
Business Day

Oil Output Seen Rising, Despite Fall in Its Price

The Energy Information Administration forecast oil production in the United States of 9.3 million barrels a day in 2015, up from last year, and rising to 9.5 million in 2016.
Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline; Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates); Production

Drillers contract for the hole.
It takes several years to bring in a well.
Wells coming on stream now were started in a high market.
U.S.

Iraq Veteran, Now a West Point Professor, Seeks to Rein In Disability Pay

Lt. Col. Daniel Gade is traveling the country to urge a shift toward work incentives for disabled veterans, but some find his message misguided.
Veterans; Disability Insurance; Labor and Jobs; Philanthropy; Disabilities

Pushing does not help.

Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eih67rlGNhU
Business Day

Europe’s Trade Chief Calls for More Study on Proposed Pact With U.S.



Her answer will be no.

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