Новости за 12.06.2015

LinkedIn has been working on improving its gender diversity numbers, and this week the Mountain View company released new data on how those efforts have paid off over the past year. Since last June, the company has increased the number of women in technical roles by 1 percent, women in leadership positions by 5 percent, and

Harry & Snowman What’s not to like about this? Handsome Dutch farmer Harry de Leyer emigrates from post-war Holland to the US and  becomes a horse riding instructor on Long Island. He buys a plow horse for $80, saving it from the slaughterhouse. The horse — named ‘Snowman’ — soon becomes a world-class champion show

President Obama announced this week he is sending 400 U.S. military trainers to Iraq after Islamic State fighters took control of most of Anbar province last month. They will join 3,000 U.S. troops currently in Iraq. Will this stabilize the Middle East and defeat the scourge known as the Islamic State? Or does this just

Tonight you can watch the U.S. Women’s National Team take on Sweden in the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2015, on the big screen at Civic Center Plaza. As they did for the Men’s World Cup, San Francisco Recreation and Parks along with America SCORES Bay Area are presenting this match and several others, including the Semi-Finals and Finals. VIEW

With standard six-speed transmission (you can go with either a paddle-shifted automatic or the new-for-2015 manual gearbox), massive Brembo brakes at all four corners and magnetic ride control, the SS rewards drivers with romping acceleration and responsive handling. Standard premium touches abound: leather seating, navigation, dual-zone climate control, heated and ventilated front seats, on-board Wi-Fi hotspot, Bose nine-speaker, 220-watt audio system, keyless access and pushbutton start (and remote... Читать дальше...

Hash oil explosions targeted by lawmaker… Cops behaving badly… Jimi Hendrix is now a brand… Giants hire a pot user… and more.LEGALIZATION & LEGISLATION

Former 49ers punter Andy Lee is wearing No. 8 with the Browns to honor the memory of his daughter who died on Jan. 27. Madeline Lee passed away from complications after she swallowed fluid during birth. She was 8 days old. Lee and his wife, Rachel, were the only people beyond medical staff to see Madeline, who never left the neonatal intensive care unit. “I think sometimes, not necessarily by me and my wife, her life can get overlooked,” Lee told the team’s web site. “She was here, she was a person, but nobody got to meet her. Читать дальше...

Travel insurance failed in foul weather Last year, we booked a five-day Northern Lights Reykjavik tour to Iceland. The tour flight, Icelandair 630, departed on schedule, and we were canceled out. The terms of our Travelex policy state that “delays resulting from inclement weather, or mechanical breakdown or organized labor strikes that affect public transportation” are covered. [...] I did not make any claim for the flight — only that its cancellation prevented me, due to weather, from making the tour. Читать дальше...

Leave the place open for 24 hours — as Disneyland does once a year — and there will be tens of thousands of Disney fanatics shuffling around like Sleepy the dwarf from one happy place (waiting time two hours) to another happy place (waiting time three hours) before plopping down for a nap in the middle of Main Street under the watchful eye of Goofy, who knows a thing or two about odd behavior. If Disneyland weren’t so darn happy, nobody would line up at 6 a.m. in a queue that wrapped itself around the Matterhorn 3½ times in order to ride... Читать дальше...

Even though some hotels provide shampoo, conditioner, soap and body lotion, you still may need to bring toiletries along on your travels. The bag’s mesh compartment stashes your toothbrush and razor where they get air to dry, and a rear pocket stashes smaller items. The handle’s buckle allows you to hang the bag from hooks and towel racks when there’s no counter storage. While the clear panel may allow TSA agents to see the liquids you’re bringing in your carry-on bag, the size of the bag may... Читать дальше...

Women’s World Cup Preview: USA vs Sweden by Sean O’Melveny What’s at Stake A victory by the US women, which won its first match of the World Cup against Australia 3-1, would secure a spot in the knockout rounds, while a draw would still put them in a good position with one group stage match

Despite being in Orange County, Newport Beach still evokes some of the feeling of an old-time Hollywood escape, and one way to capture it is through the history of one of its most famous residents. Visitors can follow a not-so-dusty trail around town to the Duke’s favorite spots, see his home and even sail on his yacht. “The last thing Dad wanted to do when he got off the set was to get on a horse,” said his daughter Marisa, who still lives in Newport Beach, managing a spin studio called Grit Cycle... Читать дальше...

OK, winter was a bust, but summer promises nothing but good things as Heavenly Mountain Resort completes its transition to warm-weather activities. The gondola already went into summer mode Memorial Day weekend, offering sightseeing rides rather than skier transport. The resort’s new Hot Shot Zip Line just made its debut, and two ropes courses have opened for the season. Santa Cruz’s surfing community holds the annual Pleasure Point Street fair to raise funds for the Surfrider Foundation and the neighborhood business association. Читать дальше...

Once a swamp, then an imperial capital, and now a showpiece of long-ago aristocratic opulence, St. Petersburg is Russia’s most accessible and tourist-worthy city. Today St. Petersburg sparkles, with restored palaces, gardens, statues and bridges arching over graceful waterways. Many of those original neighborhoods survive, their canals now filled in and converted to parks. Rastrelli’s most famous buildings are the huge Winter Palace on the Neva River and the grand Catherine Palace just outside town. Читать дальше...

Vacation of a lifetime in Australia Don’t miss: Light outdoor wear, good walking shoes and a hat is all you need. Coolest souvenir: The camel ride at sunset. The guides were friendly and knowledgeable. Wish we’d packed: The Aussies are warm and friendly people.

Visit two ganja fields, meet an award-winning grower and take a Rastafarian cooking class on the inaugural six-day 310 Ganja Tour, which includes waterfalls, a rum factory and beach time, departing July 25. The 58 rooms and suites of Hotel Jackson provide Nespresso coffeemakers, surround sound and gas fireplaces, among other luxurious amenities, for those times when the great outdoors of Jackson Hole is less tempting. Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern hosts the landmark exhibition through Sept. 27; on Oct. Читать дальше...

[...] for sure, a thousand years would be too short a time to locate an impulse to see a movie called “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.” [...] no, this is a film about a teenage boy who is thrust into a friendship with a classmate who has an advanced case of leukemia. The movie walks several delicate lines at once, between farce and tragedy and comedy and drama. [...] it doesn’t even seem to be walking those lines so much as skipping and running along them, with an effortless sense of its own very specific truth. Читать дальше...

[...] “Jurassic World” matches the wit and pace of a 1990s monster movie with the attitudes and anxieties of 2015, and the result is a film that’s as smart as it is exciting. D’Onofrio is a pleasure to watch here, a confident bully, and yet with a lightness of spirit that comes from breathing the rarefied air of lunacy. There is the Gentle Giant petting zoo, and opportunities for patrons to roll through a field of plant-eating apatosauruses, while protected inside a Plexiglas hamster ball. [...]... Читать дальше...

Why can’t you spend thousands on low-water appliances and drip irrigation, like the rest of us? Dairy cows, drinking 35 gallons a day — water moooo-ches, you gals are — to produce milk, to make cheese, for the pizzas Californians eat. When you think about it, you pizza delivery guys are unindicted co-conspirators in a water heist. Why do you fishermen insist that water stay in the rivers and the bay, when people need it? Delta smelt, why can’t you be a little tougher, instead of getting all endangered... Читать дальше...

Welcome to Audiograph – the Bay Area’s sonic signature. Each week, we play you a sound recorded somewhere in the Bay Area, ask you to tell us what it is, and where we recorded it.  We reveal the story behind our mystery sounds every Thursday on C...

Two years ago this month, a 29-year-old government contractor named Edward Snowden became the Daniel Ellsberg of his generation, delivering to journalists a tranche of secret documents shedding light on the government’s national security apparatus. For much of the early 2000s, politicians of both parties competed with one another to show who would be a bigger booster of the NSA’s operations, fearing that any focus on civil liberties risked their being branded soft on terrorism. Since Snowden, though... Читать дальше...

During its Worldwide Developer Conference keynote earlier this week Apple announced a ton of new features that are coming to the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch later this year. One of those new features is an addition to its HealthKit that many argue should have been included from the beginning: reproductive health.   Apple’s

The measures are being developed with the help of tax-preparation companies and state tax administrators participating in a public-private security summit the IRS convened 12 weeks ago in the wake of burgeoning fraud. In a press conference Thursday that included CEOs of Intuit and H&R Block, Koskinen said the average taxpayer probably won’t notice any difference when they file their taxes next year as a result of the protections. Reviewing the transmission of tax returns, including the improper... Читать дальше...

Fast-growing Tesla Motors has leased a Fremont building once occupied by Solyndra before the solar company’s high-profile implosion, the Silicon Valley Business Times reported Thursday. The 500,000-square-foot facility, at 901 Page Ave., was the last of Solyndra’s former buildings to remain empty. Seagate Technologies snapped up Solyndra’s main factory — built with $528 million in