The Obama recovery | Opinion | The Seattle Times

http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2025341656_paulkrugmancolumneconomymistakes30xml.html

How Putin Forged a Pipeline Deal That Derailed - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/31/world/europe/how-putin-forged-a-pipeline-deal-that-derailed-.html?ribbon-ad-idx=2&rref=homepage&module=Ribbon&version=context®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=Home%20Page&pgtype=Blogs

So much architecture is monstrous – that’s why we like to see it demolished | Jonathan Jones | Comment is free | theguardian.com

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/jul/28/architecture-blown-up-three-cooling-towers-demolished-didcot

Prince Charles’s 10 principles for architecture – and 10 much better ones | Art and design | The Guardian

On this issue, I'm on Charlie's side, but let the critic have its say...

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/dec/27/prince-charles-10-principles-architecture-10-better-ones

Prince Charles’ 10 “Geometric Principles” for Architecture Cause a Stir in the UK | ArchDaily

In my book, Charles, you are welcome here in Canada anytime. We have such awful architectural and land use crap to put up with ....

http://www.archdaily.com/582691/prince-charles-10-geometric-principles-for-architecture-cause-a-stir-in-the-uk/

BBC postpones broadcast of film about Prince Charles’s former spin doctor | UK news | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/29/bbc-postpones-prince-charles-spin-doctor-documentary

Research, talks continuing | Sarnia Observer

http://www.theobserver.ca/2014/12/28/provincial-ministries-lambton-shores-first-nation-set-to-speak-again-next-month

Ranip residents oppose 4G tower - Ahmedabad Mirror

http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/ahmedabad/others/Ranip-residents-oppose-4G-tower/articleshow/45670756.cms

Large Hadron Collider ready to delve even deeper than ‘God particle’ as it switches back on at double power - News - Gadgets and Tech - The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/large-hadron-collider-ready-to-delve-even-deeper-than-god-particle-as-it-switches-back-on-at-double-power-9948724.html

Russians Rage Against America | New York Observer

Canadians have a fear of America, but we know that the Yankee Doodles are really very nice people being manipulated by oligarchs in the same way the very nice people of Russia are being manipulated by oligarchs. The question for both is to what degree and how soon can /will the oligarchs be shown the door. One is reminded in Russian history of what happened to the Kulaks with the rise of Lenin.

We might all agree that Obama is too polite to all the oligarchs that actively contrive and execute pollution policies and socially derisive policies and programs.

Where is the average person in all this? Just a pawn or eventually a rook? 

http://observer.com/2014/12/russians-rage-against-america/

UCSD study links eating red meat to cancer risk | FOX5 San Diego – San Diego news, weather, traffic, sports from KSWB

http://fox5sandiego.com/2014/12/29/ucsd-study-links-eating-red-meat-to-cancer-risk/

2015: The Year of the Putin Dictatorship - Bloomberg View

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-12-29/2015-the-year-of-the-putin-dictatorship

TASS: World - Over 20,000 infected with Ebola virus in the world — WHO

http://itar-tass.com/en/world/769910

TASS: Russia - Moscow regrets Red Cross official describing aid convoys to Ukraine as invasion

http://itar-tass.com/en/russia/769882

2014 from Brussels: Changing security policy and challenges for NATO | Europe | DW.DE | 29.12.2014

http://www.dw.de/2014-from-brussels-changing-security-policy-and-challenges-for-nato/a-18153604

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama 'Most Admired' People - Again - ABC News

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/hillary-clinton-barack-obama-most-admired-people-again/blogEntry?id=27881106&ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

Pope: U.N. must fight global warming

http://www.macroinsider.com/politics/pope-un-must-fight-global-warming-h17819.html

Microsoft Is Working On An IE Killer - Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-is-working-on-an-ie-killer-2014-12

Microsoft Surface Pro 4 release soon to counter 12-inch iPad Pro | Christian News on Christian Today

http://www.christiantoday.com/article/microsoft.surface.pro.4.release.soon.to.counter.12.inch.ipad.pro/45065.htm

Rumor: Mercedes-Benz Planning Its Own Electric-Car Program To Tackle Tesla - Transport Evolved: Cleaner, Greener, Safer and Smarter

https://transportevolved.com/2014/12/29/rumor-mercedes-benz-planning-electric-car-program-tackle-tesla/

Leshi Plans To Build Electric Cars

http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/29/leshi-plans-electric-cars/

Port Canaveral to add electric vehicle charging stations

http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2014/12/29/port-canaveral-add-electric-vehicle-charge-stations/20996631/

Nietzsche and Learning to Love Prayer

http://bahaiteachings.org/nietzsche-and-learning-to-love-prayer

Don't let chronic fatigue stop you going to university | Education | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/dec/29/neurological-disease-at-university?CMP=fb_gu

Tesla Announced Roadster 3.0 Upgrade: 70 kWh Battery and New Aero Kit

http://insideevs.com/tesla-announced-roadster-3-0-upgrade/

Micro Wind Turbines Could Be Huge Deal For Ford | CleanTechnica

http://cleantechnica.com/2014/11/13/micro-wind-turbines-huge-deal-ford/

New 1100-Mile-High Speed Train Route For China | CleanTechnica

http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/26/new-1100-mile-high-speed-train-route-china/

Business as usual or an energy revolution? | The Japan Times

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2014/12/27/environment/business-usual-energy-revolution/#.VKAuYYoN8

New Tesla Battery Technology: A 400-Mile Electric Car Range? | BostInno

Retroactive replacement of batteries adds to mileage making electric vehicles superior for distance. Much less pollution than diesel :-)

http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2014/12/26/new-tesla-battery-roadster-electric-vehicle-range-to-expand/

The Fracking Boom is a Fracking Bubble :: The Market Oracle :: Financial Markets Analysis & Forecasting Free Website

Applying taxes to pay for roads in Pennsylvania messed up by fracking traffic ...

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article48786.html

Structural Confusion - NYTimes.com

For those that think English usage and terms are important.

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/26/structural-confusion/?_r=0

Heroes of 2014: Pope Francis | Seumas Milne | Comment is free | theguardian.com

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/25/heroes-2014-pope-francis?CMP=fb_gu

UK GDP v US GDP - Jobs And Investment - Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/uk-gdp-v-us-gdp-jobs-and-investment-2014-12?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=FinanceSelect

Russia Begins A $100 Billion Debt Bailout As Its Bonds Face 'Junk' Rating - Business Insider

IMF program looming (thought not without dramatic climb downs) despite China's promise of help? Who could end up owning Russia = China ...

Very sad really ... Reality can be so cruel ... But will produce undesirable change ?

http://www.businessinsider.com/russia-begins-a-100-billion-debt-bailout-as-its-bonds-face-junk-rating-2014-12?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_content=FinanceSelect

This Self-Tinting Window Powers Itself | Asian Scientist Magazine | Science, Technology and Medicine News Updates From Asia

http://www.asianscientist.com/2014/12/general/self-tinting-window-powers/

BMW confirms hydrogen car development

http://www.autocarpro.in/news-international/bmw-confirms-hydrogen-car-development-7180

Can graphene harvest energy from thin air? | Tech - Channel3000.com

http://www.channel3000.com/technology/can-graphene-harvest-energy-from-thin-air/30366128

Nothing Non-Gold Can Stay - NYTimes.com

http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/23/nothing-non-gold-can-stay/

Putin won't go to IMF so China needs to bail his country out?

http://www.twincities.com/columnists/ci_27197082/paul-krugman-putins-bubble-bursts

Disclosure of LuxLeaks a ‘game changer’ for EU regulators

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/disclosure-of-luxleaks-a-game-changer-for-eu-regulators-1.2046504

Russian crisis offers valuable lesson: plunder isn't what it used to be

http://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/russian-crisis-offers-valuable-lesson-plunder-isn-t-what-it-used-to-be-1.2046773

Cost of flying and timing of ticket purchase

http://info.egencia.com/rs/egencia/images/2015-Air-Pricing-Trends.pdf

Russia’s Richest Man Brings Key Assets Back to Russia: Reports / Sputnik International

Russia's telecom and iron profits return to Russia.  Good move after Russian devaluation of almost fifty percent. Only can go up in value? How to double your personal wealth in days. I guess its time for Putin to do the same. Perhaps that has been the point of it all anyways? You place your money outside offshore, then create a ruckus inside the country to get devaluation, then buy double what's inside the country while in a good position to raise relative values once more by behaving. As oil prices rise and the rubble strengthens you  once again invest offshore. Then you attack the Ukraine once more. After doing this a few times you own 95 percent of Russia? 

http://sputniknews.com/business/20141220/1016071400.html

Paul Singer Pins Blame on Fed for Income Inequality - NYTimes.com

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/12/11/paul-singer-pins-blame-on-fed-for-income-inequality/?_r=0

NCC to acquire software as concerns over radiation in telecoms rise | BusinessDay

http://businessdayonline.com/2014/12/ncc-to-acquire-software-as-concerns-over-radiation-in-telecoms-rise/#.VJTv0LDAN8

How Long Can the U.S. Oil Boom Last?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141219-fracking-oil-supply-price-reserves-profits-environment/

North Sea industry 'on brink of collapse' as oil price plunges | Daily Mail Online

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2879826/North-Sea-industry-brink-collapse-oil-price-plunges-Thousands-jobs-risk-wages-cut-fields-uneconomic-cost-barrel-halves-six-months.html

Germany sees 'visible rise' in support for far-right extremism in response to perceived 'Islamisation' of the West - Europe - World - The Independent

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/germany-sees-visible-rise-in-support-for-farright-extremism-in-response-to-perceived-islamisation-of-the-west-9926264.html

Obama: every black man my age has been mistaken for a valet — including me - Vox

http://www.vox.com/2014/12/17/7408479/obama-race-discrimination-bias

Why oil prices keep falling — and throwing the world into turmoil - Vox

http://www.vox.com/2014/12/16/7401705/oil-prices-falling

Plant-Based Foods That Boost Your Immunity: Garlic, Cabbage, Onions : LIFE : Youth Health Magzine

http://www.youthhealthmag.com/articles/4369/20141208/plant-based-foods-that-boost-your-immunity-garlic-cabbage-onions.htm

Study Optimizes Therapeutic Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Therapy To Delay Breast Cancer Growth

http://radiationtherapynews.com/2014/12/12/study-optimizes-therapeutic-electromagnetic-field-emf-therapy-delay-breast-cancer-growth/

Regulations tie up composting toilets - Green - Frederick News-Post

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/your_life/life_news_collection/real_life/green/regulations-tie-up-composting-toilets/article_0abe7de5-dc69-5f8e-81ee-d74e354154be.html?mode=jqm

Putin the Great, and the collapse of the Russian economy - LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/business/hiltzik/la-fi-mh-putin-the-great-20141212-column.html

‘Fields of Blood,’ by Karen Armstrong - NYTimes.com

So you thought your knew?

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/14/books/review/fields-of-blood-by-karen-armstrong.html?emc=edit_bk_20141212&nl=books&nlid=60644272

BoE's Carney says rates will rise despite inflation dip | Reuters

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/10/uk-britain-boe-carney-idUKKBN0JO0TE20141210

International lenders will 'step up' if Ukraine reforms - EBRD official | Reuters

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/11/uk-ukraine-ebrd-funding-idUKKBN0JP1OG20141211

Exclusive - Emirates raps Airbus for A380 comment, dangles huge order | Reuters

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/11/uk-emirates-airbus-group-idUKKBN0JP0VG20141211

Poland counts the cost of losing millions of its workers | Reuters

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/05/uk-europe-demographics-poland-idUKKCN0JJ0KT20141205

Swiss charge ex-HSBC staffer with industrial espionage | Reuters

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/12/11/uk-swiss-hsbc-idUKKBN0JP18020141211

2014: the year British art became irrelevant | Art and design | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2014/dec/02/2014-the-year-british-art-became-irrelevant

The $6.5m canyon: it's the most expensive photograph ever – but it's like a hackneyed poster in a posh hotel | Art and design | The Guardian

Maybe the author of this Guardian piece might realize that the price people pay for an image has less to do with the notion of objective artistic quality and more to do with misunderstood forces that shape motivation and the real world of psychology, sociology and economics. Probably, the purchaser was a drug lord monetizing and legitimizing a laundering operation. As an outlier, the price of the photo is a forgery hiding another reality. That is not to say beauty cannot be made iconic by purchasing an ordinary photo for millions. Someone has started the contest and ended it in one operation to deceive bureaucrats that think value is always a realized price, yet fail to see the transaction as a slight of hand intended to hide real purposes and values unaccounted for in the imagination of the government official. Such rule breaking leads to absurdities in a modern world where normal events bear little relationship to realities hidden below the surface. 

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2014/dec/10/most-expensive-photograph-ever-hackneyed-tasteless?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

BBC - Bill Nighy to reprise his role in The Worricker Trilogy - Media centre

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/the-worricker-trilogy.html

The march of artificial intelligence is a long way off - FT.com

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/cc9ad870-7cb5-11e4-9a86-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3LQ6czlsj

Nissan Long-Range Electric Car In The Works

http://cleantechnica.com/2014/12/08/nissan-electric-car-will-soon-take-issue-range-table/

The Return of Currency Wars by Nouriel Roubini - Project Syndicate

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/world-government-reliance-monetary-policy-by-nouriel-roubini-2014-12?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Nouriel+Roubini%3A+%22The+Return+of+Currency+Wars%22&utm_campaign=20141207_m123457308_Nouriel+Roubini%3A+%22The+Return+of+Currency+Wars%22&utm_term=The+Return+of+Currency+Wars

Prescription Drugs Entering the Great Lakes at Alarming Rate » EcoWatch

http://ecowatch.com/2013/11/27/prescription-drugs-entering-the-great-lakes/

California Experiences Worst Drought in 1,200 Years » EcoWatch

http://ecowatch.com/2014/12/05/california-drought-worst-since-middle-ages/?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=2bb16c4d46-Top_News_12_6_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-2bb16c4d46-85946369

Iceland volcano update | Iceland Review

http://icelandreview.com/news/2014/12/05/iceland-volcano-update

Russia's march toward self-reliance - CSMonitor.com

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2014/1204/Russia-s-march-toward-self-reliance?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Daily&utm_campaign=20141205_Newsletter%3ADaily_Sailthru&cmpid=ema%3Anws%3ADaily%2520Newsletter%2520%2812-05-2014%29

Burning tires? House passes bill that would redefine renewable energy | MLive.com

http://www.mlive.com/lansing-news/index.ssf/2014/12/burning_tires_house_passes_bil.html

Orion zooms around planet, drops into the Pacific; recovery underway - LA Times

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-orion-recovery-20141205-story.html

Coal Crunch Forces Ukraine to Seek Russian Power Supplies

http://www.ndtv.com/article/world/coal-crunch-forces-ukraine-to-seek-russian-power-supplies-630657

Putin halts South Stream pipeline - World Socialist Web Site

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2014/12/05/sout-d05.html

Indonesia should drop 'good' and 'bad' labels on women

http://theconversation.com/indonesia-should-drop-good-and-bad-labels-on-women-34878

The Story Behind the Story of Those Huge Corporate Tax Cuts | BillMoyers.com

http://billmoyers.com/2014/12/03/tax-extenders/

Report on Boeing 787 Dreamliner Battery Flaws Finds Lapses at Multiple Points - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/business/report-on-boeing-787-dreamliner-batteries-assigns-some-blame-for-flaws.html?_r=0

Artificial intelligence could spell end of human race – Stephen Hawking | Science | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/dec/02/stephen-hawking-intel-communication-system-astrophysicist-software-predictive-text-type?CMP=EMCNEWEML6619I2

Why Did Putin Turn? by Harold James - Project Syndicate

http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/putin-politics-global-financial-crisis-by-harold-james-2014-12

The World Sees World War III Coming, Real Numbers Say Otherwise | RealClearWorld

http://www.realclearworld.com/blog/2014/12/the_world_sees_world_war_iii_coming.html

An American Talks Strategy in Moscow | RealClearWorld

http://www.realclearworld.com/articles/2014/12/03/an_american_talks_strategy_in_moscow_110834.html

Meet Dreadnoughtus: Newest, Baddest, Biggest Dino On The Block

https://www.thedodo.com/meet-dreadnoughtus-newest-badd-706328951.html?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_257671

Barbra Streisand: 'God Help Us!' Sen. Inhofe to Head Committee on Environment » EcoWatch

http://ecowatch.com/2014/12/03/barbra-streisand-god-help-us/?utm_source=EcoWatch+List&utm_campaign=45fcb81137-Top_News_12_3_2014&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_49c7d43dc9-45fcb81137-85946369

Web search engine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine

Time to send BOE’s Mark Carney back to Canada | South China Morning Post

http://www.scmp.com/business/banking-finance/article/1653004/time-send-boes-mark-carney-back-canada

Research confirms how global warming links to carbon emissions

http://phys.org/news/2014-12-global-links-carbon-emissions.html

Proposed fee would disincentivize electric, hybrid vehicles, environmental advocates say · The Badger Herald

http://badgerherald.com/news/2014/12/01/proposed-fee-would-disincentivize-electric-hybrid-vehicles-environmental-advocates-say/#.VH0YXEfsGrU

Air Liquide plans network of new hydrogen filling stations in the United States > Air Liquide

http://www.airliquide.com/en/air-liquide-plans-network-of-new-hydrogen-filling-stations-in-the-united-states.html

Toyota Set To Take On Tesla With Its Own Electric Car -- Trefis

http://www.trefis.com/stock/tm/articles/267512/toyota-set-to-take-on-tesla-with-its-own-electric-car/2014-12-01

Renault-Nissan Alliance Sells 200,000 Electric Vehicles - Wheels

http://read.wheels.ca/news/1128-renault-nissan-alliance-sells-200000-electric-vehicles

Audi to launch an all-electric vehicle by 2017 to rival Tesla | Manufacturing Global

http://www.manufacturingglobal.com/lean/262/Audi-to-launch-an-allelectric-vehicle-by-2017-to-rival-Tesla

Russia, Turkey relations warming over energy

http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/russia-turkey-relations-warming-over-energy-142367243

World War III Brewing? Putin 'Secretly Plotting' to Rule Europe, Claims Report

http://www.ibtimes.co.in/world-war-iii-brewing-putin-secretly-plotting-rule-europe-claims-report-615541

Revealed: Vladimir Putin Plotting To Invade Europe – Report - International Business Times

Would be a surprise? Business sites are not all that reliable ... 

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/574304/20141128/vladimir-putin-europe-germany-vienna.htm#.VHzz60fsGrU

Russia Works to Freeze Perceptions of Kiev | RealClearWorld

http://www.realclearworld.com/blog/2014/11/russia_works_to_freeze_perceptions_of_kiev_110811.html