12-29-2015, 10:49 PM
Her apologia draws on a contentious study by Fed staff in Washington that there is more slack in the economy than meets the eye. She argues that after seven years of drought and "supply-side damage" it may make sense to run the economy hotter than would normally be healthy in order to draw discouraged workers back into the labour market and to ignite a long-delayed revival of investment.
Chinese devaluation is a bigger danger than Fed rate rises - Telegraph
While the notion that fossil fuels are to blame for global warming is still hotly debated, the negative health effects from coal mining and coal-fired power-gen cannot be refuted. The release of mercury, particulate matter, nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide, plus other hazardous substances, cause respiratory problems, congestive heart failure, cancer, nervous system damage, and in the end, shortened life expectancy. Clean coal and carbon-capture and storage (CCS) technologies alleviate the emissions problem, but can never eliminate it. CCS technology has also been slow to progress: to date, only one commercial-scale plant is operating.
5 reasons for the death of coal - Business Insider
Commercial rents hit a record £1,000 per sq ft this year, pricing out many retailers. And Oxford Street is one of the world’s most polluted streets, even though almost all its traffic is made up of buses and taxis. The half-a-million daily visitors are taking their lungs in their hands, and even their lives – three of its pedestrian crossings number among the 10 most dangerous in the country, according to the Department of Transport.
Death and shopping: the story of Oxford Street, London's 'urban nightmare' | Cities | The Guardian
The GoTenna accessory can help you text and share locations from your smartphone, even when you don't have any cell service. WSJ's Geoffrey Fowler took it into the woods to test it out.
How to Use Your Smartphone When There's No Service
The effect of Sinatra’s popularity on his audience and his background in street politics were enough for the FBI to open a file on him in the 1940s, a file that eventually grew to over 2,000 pages, covering his rumoured (and hotly contested) connections with organised crime, his anti-racist views and liberal politics and his burgeoning relationship on the campaign trail with Jack Kennedy.
BBC - Culture - Frank Sinatra at 100: Was Ol’ Blue Eyes really dangerous?