I'm
An 86-Year-Old Retired Executive, And The FBI Tracked Me Down Because Of One
Photo I Took - (www.businessinsider.com) The
Rainbow Swash is an iconic piece of public art near Boston painted on the
circumference of a 140-foot high liquefied natural gas storage tank in 1971 and
repainted in 1992 at an adjacent site. It is actually one of the largest
copyrighted pieces of art in the world. The original artist was Korita Kent. I
went to Dorchester, Mass., to photograph it, but before I could take a picture,
I was confronted by two security guards who came through their gate and told me
I could not because the tank was on private property. I pointed out that I,
being well outside the fenced area, was not on private property – but they
insisted I leave. If one goes to Wikipedia there are number of excellent close-up shots
for the entire world to see. A few months later, I found a business card on the
front door of my home in Sacramento from Agent A. Ayaz of the Joint Terrorism
Task Force, asking me to call him. One of my neighbors, an elderly woman, told
me that two men wearing suits had come to her door to ask her about me, her
neighbor.
Russia
warns Ukraine of ‘irreversible consequences’ after cross-border shelling - (www.washingtonpost.com) Russia
on Sunday accused Ukraine of lobbing a shell over the border and killing a
Russian civilian and warned of “irreversible consequences,” in a sharp
escalation of rhetoric that raised fears of a Russian invasion in Ukraine’s
east. The accusation, which Ukrainian officials denied, set off furious
denunciations in Russia, with one senior legislator calling for pinpoint
airstrikes on Ukrainian soil of the sort he said Israel was making in the Gaza
Strip. Ukrainian security officials, meanwhile, said that about
100 military vehicles driven by “mercenaries” had attempted to cross the
border from Russia early Sunday, and that Ukraine’s military had destroyed some
of the vehicles.
Owners
of Trump Plaza casino expect it will close - (www.hosted.ap.org) Atlantic
City's crumbling casino market disintegrated even further Saturday as the
owners of the Trump Plaza casino said they expect to shut down in
mid-September. Trump Entertainment Resorts told The Associated Press that no
final decision has been made on the Boardwalk casino. But the company said it
expects the casino to close its doors Sept. 16. Notices warning employees of
the expected closing will go out to the casino's 1,000-plus employees Monday. If
Trump Plaza closes, Atlantic City could lose a third of its casinos and a
quarter of its casino workforce in less than nine months. The Atlantic Club
closed in January, the Showboat is closing next month and Revel might do
likewise if a buyer can't be found in bankruptcy court.
Berkeley dispensaries
must give free pot to poor members, city says - (www.latimes.com) Medical
marijuana dispensaries in Berkeley must give some of their pot free of charge
to low-income patients under an ordinance approved by the City Council. At
least 2% of the marijuana each dispensary doles out needs to be given free to
dispensary members who have “very low” incomes and are Berkeley residents, the ordinance, approved Tuesday, says. The ordinance also stipulates that free pot
must be the same quality, on average, as the pot that other members buy. According
to NBC Bay Area, the City Council has defined very low income
as $32,000 a year for one person and $46,000 a year for a family of four. Berkeley
had three permitted dispensaries as of early 2012, according to the ordinance.
Facebook
Pays This Police Officer's Salary, And Residents Aren't Too Happy About It - (www.businessinsider.com) Thirty-four
year-old Mary Ferguson is just your average police officer, patrolling the
city of Menlo Park, California. But what separates her from her peers is that
her salary comes from an unusual place: Facebook. According to the Wall Street Journal, the social media giant pays Ferguson's annual
salary of $194,000. Apparently company-funded police officers isn't necessarily
a new thing. In the 90s, tech companies helped pay police salaries for
computer-crime departments. But this definitely isn't all that common. The deal
benefits Facebook since part of Ferguson's job is to help large businesses plan
for emergencies like break-ins or natural disasters, but Ferguson is also in
charge of working with juvenile offenders and keeping kids in school.
Ukraine
says Russian army officers fighting with rebels - (www.reuters.com)
Obama Contends With Arc of Instability Unseen Since '70s - (www.online.wsj.com)
Obama Contends With Arc of Instability Unseen Since '70s - (www.online.wsj.com)
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